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18 month old licked a Crayola pens should I call toxic helpline or AIBU?

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MummaHud · 19/11/2025 18:51

My 18 month old just licked one of his big sisters Crayola silly scents felt tip in blue.. now his tounge is blue.

we’ve scrubbed his tounge with his tooth brush and he’s drunk a big bottle of milk..

i want to call toxicity help like but my husband says I’m being unreasonable because ChatGPT and the Crayola website say they’re non-toxic and I’m wasting peoples time when the information is online.

am I being over dramatic haha

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Ketzele · 21/11/2025 20:12

A kid in my dd's class used to eat gluesticks. Regularly. He's now a strapping young man about town so it seems he got away with it.

Coconutter24 · 21/11/2025 19:42

Kpo58 · 19/11/2025 19:31

I'm guessing that this is your first child. Kids will eat far worse and be fine than trying to eat a Crayola felt tip.

My 18 month old just licked one of his big sisters Crayola

JohnTheRevelator · 21/11/2025 19:38

I would be highly surprised if a Crayola pen designed for children to use,is toxic!

Londonrach1 · 21/11/2025 19:33

Lol. Honestly just her yourself a cup of tea and relax...

DonaldJohnTrump · 21/11/2025 19:31

I've been lickin 'em bigly for years, and I'm just fine. My favorite is blackcurrent and those yellor ones. Love 'em.

I also suck those marker pens - they're good.
But the best, I'm thinking, is that French / Polish stuff, I think it's called French Polish. Makes you're tongue go brown - but then I look like one of my subordinates!

littleorangefox · 20/11/2025 13:40

pointythings · 19/11/2025 19:33

Your child will be fine. You may have some interesting nappies. My DD1 once ate a large handful of glitter glue. Fabulous poos for days. She's 24 now and none the worse.

Deep breath, cuppa, relax. Being a first time parent is hard.

This sounds spectacular. Ah parenting is fun.

HelpMeGetThrough · 20/11/2025 06:02

He’s going to shit like an alien for a couple of days, other than that, he’ll be fine.

JustMe2026 · 20/11/2025 03:09

All that over a crayon, wait till he swallows pennies or sticks bits up his nose lol

MarxistMags · 20/11/2025 02:03

Indeed you are !

Thoseslippers · 20/11/2025 02:02

Think all my kids have actually eaten crayons tbh.. let alone just liked them.
They are all completely fine.
As long as your child is not choking or vomiting or having any kind of reaction like rash or swelling, breathing difficulties.. basically if your child looks completely well then I really would not bother yourself about this at all

Itsmetink · 20/11/2025 01:49

I won’t post the same pointless comments as the others.. they won’t be harmful but I completely understand your worry as anything not made to be edible contains chemicals etc so of course you’ll question it. Luckily they are non toxic as toddlers always eat and lick things they shouldn’t so he’ll be fine. Just keep an eye on his nappies and give lots of water or milk. No worry should be ridiculed, you’re a normal mum having a concern so I’m sorry the perfect mum brigade took their chance to be rude.

Allseeingallknowing · 19/11/2025 22:18

DoingAway · 19/11/2025 20:57

Not dc but the dog ate a whole box of them and had rainbow poo for days.

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Reminds me of our dog when he ate a J cloth- there was a trail of poo bobbles strung together!

WhatMe123 · 19/11/2025 22:16

Dd1 ate a crayon once......she was fine yours will be too
Don't mean to be harsh but you need to shill kids do this kinda stuff all the time ☺️

KaleidoscopeSmile · 19/11/2025 22:15

MummaHud · 19/11/2025 18:51

My 18 month old just licked one of his big sisters Crayola silly scents felt tip in blue.. now his tounge is blue.

we’ve scrubbed his tounge with his tooth brush and he’s drunk a big bottle of milk..

i want to call toxicity help like but my husband says I’m being unreasonable because ChatGPT and the Crayola website say they’re non-toxic and I’m wasting peoples time when the information is online.

am I being over dramatic haha

You've scrubbed an 18 months child's tongue with a toothbrush? It's like a workhouse in Dickens. Was Mr Bumble there?

Flippineck67 · 19/11/2025 22:13

I used to work for Early Learning Centre and we were taught all about safety standards for kids.

By law, anything being sold in the UK that's designed for kids has to be safe. Therefore, all pens, crayons etc sold for kids in the UK will be non toxic.

My baby ate Sudocrem once. Even then, the helpline wasn't too bothered. Said he should be fine...and he was!

Namechangefordaughterevasion · 19/11/2025 22:09

I'm in my sixties. I can remember my mum having to explain to me the difference between non-toxic and edible!

With the benefit of hindsight I realise my mum had an eating disorder and as a consequence i was underfed and hungry most of my childhood, hence my need to fill up on crayons ( and chalks, tissues, loo roll, book margins, cardboard, pickle juice, raw oats and vinegar). Basically anything we had around she didn't monitor.

I' m not trying to say my mum's attitude to food was good, but the weird things I filled myself up with when I was young didn't hurt me. I'm probably shorter than I would have been with a better diet but I'm fit, active, have a healthy BMI, good BP and am generally in excellent health.

I am sure a few Crayola points will do nothing worse for your DD than give her some colourful poos.

itbemay1 · 19/11/2025 21:59

Yes you are

PurpleAxe · 19/11/2025 21:56

He will be fine, and will probably eat much worse things going forward.

Chill.

StrawberryQuartz · 19/11/2025 21:49

JaneyDC · 19/11/2025 21:00

LOL your post is hilarious.

My 18 month old bites the whole nibs off her crayola chunky felt tips. The whole nib clean off. She lives to tell the tale and continually ask to "dwaaar" and bite off more nibs as she goes.

😂 My little brother used to do this when we were kids, was very frustrating trying to colour when half my pens were reduced to stubs 😅

ohyesido · 19/11/2025 21:48

Call them if it will put your mind at rest I can’t imagine there’s a queue. The operator might be pleased to get a call

Potaytoecake · 19/11/2025 21:03

mazedasamarchhare · 19/11/2025 19:29

I’m old so when I was at school it was cartridge/ fountain pens all the way….the amount of times we’d chew the cartridges and end up with blue/ black mouths…I mean it tasted disgusting, but was quite a regular occurrence, we’re all still bimberling along in our 50s.
Your little one will be fine, honestly OP, try not to worry.

That brings back memories 🤣 Chewing the cartridges to collect the tiny balls from inside!

OP crayons pens are literally non-toxic.

JaneyDC · 19/11/2025 21:00

LOL your post is hilarious.

My 18 month old bites the whole nibs off her crayola chunky felt tips. The whole nib clean off. She lives to tell the tale and continually ask to "dwaaar" and bite off more nibs as she goes.

DoingAway · 19/11/2025 20:57

MrsR87 · 19/11/2025 20:49

My son did the same. I think he was 2.5yrs. His whole mouth was covered in red wax. We rinsed his mouth and brushed his teeth (mostly to get rid of the colour 😆) and he was fine. A good chunk of it must have been digested though!!!

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Not dc but the dog ate a whole box of them and had rainbow poo for days.

MrsR87 · 19/11/2025 20:49

Perplexin · 19/11/2025 20:09

My daughter ate a red crayola crayon - the joys of PICA. I waited days to see if she had red waxy poop 😅

Crayola fortunately make their products non toxic so nothing to worry about.

My son did the same. I think he was 2.5yrs. His whole mouth was covered in red wax. We rinsed his mouth and brushed his teeth (mostly to get rid of the colour 😆) and he was fine. A good chunk of it must have been digested though!!!

Newsenmum · 19/11/2025 20:37

Oh goodness if this is serious then you really do need to calm down. Maybe if he ate the entire pen. 🤣 Tbh even that would be fine. It’s a kids pen!