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Parenting teenagers has its ups and downs. Get advice from Mumsnetters here.

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Parenting teenagers has its ups and downs. Get advice from Mumsnetters here.

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Ds, 17, has been brought home drunk by his friends - any tips to get him safely through the night?

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likemotherlikeson · 21/07/2011 21:39

He's just sleeping at the moment. Apparently he has been sick a couple of times. I feel surprisingly ignorant of what to do. His female friends are being very concerned and solicitous.

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Tortington · 21/07/2011 21:40

lay him on his side in the recovery position so he can't choke.

get him a pint of water, a carrier bag to be sick into

and go to bed.

in the mornign call him a nob head

ByTheSea · 21/07/2011 21:41

It's good that his friends made sure he got home safe. Let him sleep it off. If he will drink water then he should. Maybe give him some headache tablets as well. He will likely have a headache and feel awful in the morning. Natural consequence.

likemotherlikeson · 21/07/2011 21:42

Thank you - his friends are being wonderful - they have put him in the recovery position.

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LilRedWG · 21/07/2011 21:43

Get him in bed, on his side, bucket by bed. If you can get a pint of water down him great, if not just put one by the side of the bed for during the night. In the morning be ready with a banana (replaces potassium), water and paracetamol. Also be ready to call him a plonker.

bibbitybobbityhat · 21/07/2011 21:44

Recovery position is very very important. Get a load of unwashed towels/sheets from the laundry basket under him.

Nell799 · 21/07/2011 21:45

How drunk was he ? Could he walk and manage speaking ? Can you wake him ok ? Do they know how much he drank ? My mum use to remove my brother clothes to his boxers , lay him in the recovery position , and put a bucket and bottle of water near by , checking on him a few times . But that was when he was just very very drunk , and not needing his stomach pumped .

How drunk was he ? Could he walk and manage speaking ? Can you wake him ok ? Do they know how much he drank ? My mum use to remove my brother clothes to his boxers , lay him in the recovery position , and put a bucket and bottle of water near by , checking on him a few times . But that was when he was just very very drunk , and not needing his stomach pumped .

LynetteScavo · 21/07/2011 21:45

"lay him on his side in the recovery position so he can't choke.

get him a pint of water, a carrier bag to be sick into

and go to bed.

in the mornign call him a nob head"

If MN ever do a book about teenagers this should be quoted.

If he's been sick a couple of times he will be fine.....you may feel the need to do the hoovering at 8am.

Ponders · 21/07/2011 21:46

oh god we've had this at various teen ages (including A&E once )

what everybody else has said, pretty much - but if he's awake enough at any point, see if you can get some sugar water down him (as recommended by the sister at A&E when one of mine was admitted - it speeds recovery apparently)

kids, eh?

likemotherlikeson · 21/07/2011 21:49

TBH at the moment we're leaving him in a room at our house with his friends being very solicitous. They are watching him breathe. He has a bucket etc. When we kick them out we'll try to get him to talk and drink a pint of water.

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likemotherlikeson · 21/07/2011 21:50

He was trying to impress a Girl. She is extremely pretty.

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likemotherlikeson · 21/07/2011 21:51

LynetteScavo, Custy should have a book of her own.

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Ponders · 21/07/2011 21:53

well do put some sugar in the water - the lovely sister at A&E when DS was on a drip gave him 2 bags of saline & then one of glucose (she'd been there herself, bless her)

likemotherlikeson · 21/07/2011 21:54

Have just boiled a kettle to make sugar water - thanks!

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LoveBeingAbleToNamechange · 21/07/2011 21:54

Does she look impressed?

Oh and photos/video footage

likemotherlikeson · 21/07/2011 21:59

Well, the very pretty one has had to leave - strict parents.

However, there is another one twiddling his hair constantly...mmm....

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likemotherlikeson · 21/07/2011 21:59

Dd has been taking pix...for Facebook.

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Ponders · 21/07/2011 22:00

mmm - have to admit that has never happened to my drunken sons

yours must be very appealing

likemotherlikeson · 21/07/2011 22:04

He's my PFB

His nails have been painted a vibrant shade of red.

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fortyplus · 21/07/2011 22:04

Are you sure he's just sleeping and not unconscious? Could he walk without collapsing? If not he should probably get to A&E. They won't stomach pump him if he's already been sick several times but a friend's son in this state was kept under observation a few hours and offered a drip as he was so dehydrated.

likemotherlikeson · 21/07/2011 22:06

Yes, I am taking it seriously. We are trying not to be hysterical overreacting parents but in a few minutes we will get him in, give him sugar water and make him say something. I intend to sleep by him so I wake up if he vomits on me.

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RockStockAndTwoOpenBottles · 21/07/2011 22:13

at hair twiddling
at nails
at DD taking pics for FB

Sounds like a night or two I may have had with DD1

Lots of water, bucket, as Custy sensibly suggested, calls of knobhead in the morning. And remember that very noisy DIY that needed doing - do it. At 7am. It's worth it. I promise.

I've just had ten seventeen year olds to stay for the week. There's a slight chance they may have had a little too much to drink on the odd occasion.

likemotherlikeson · 21/07/2011 22:23

His friends brought him in - saw my computer open - "OMG are you blogging about him????"

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RockStockAndTwoOpenBottles · 21/07/2011 22:25

Love that bit

HOw's he doing now?

Al0uiseG · 21/07/2011 22:27

Dioralyte is brilliant at kicking hangovers into touch, especially coupled with 2 nurofen plus.

It seems rather unfair that he should get the benefit of my miracle cure at such a young age, let him suffer tomorrow and by 3.30 in the afternoon he'll start to feel better.

likemotherlikeson · 21/07/2011 22:33

We got him to say Yes. And to drink a glass of water. Suddenly I have a novel that urgently needs reading; I will have to sit up and read it tonight. At least until I'm a bit more confident that all's well. He will get more water shoved down him if I have my way too.

Thanks for all advice. Will prepare nobhead speeches for the morning.

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