To be absolutely seething - beyond seething - after walking into the kitchen this morning to find DS playing with the paracetamol bottle that H gave him?

[Tizzylizzy]

I'm gutted. Absolutely gutted. I have an obsession about medicines getting into the wrong hands anyway. H reckons it was fine as the Calpol had a child safety cap on it. I'm just so upset and H doesn't understand why. Keeps saying I've made I've made my point. I'll literally be worried all day now that DS has somehow managed to ingest some of it.

Was your dh in the room with him at the time?
Allowing him to play with medicines is beyond stupid, as I'm sure you know but if your dh was there, the chance of him having taken any are small I would think

But do get him checked if you're worried. And let the a and e staff tell your dh what a bloody fool he is.

Yes he was with him watching him. I'm just so paranoid about these things.

My DS has been able to open safety caps since he was 2. We have a lockable medicine cabinet with the key hidden away well out his reach in another room for that very reason.
Medicines are not toys, under any circumstances. YANBU

What an odd thing to give to a child to play with! I am sure you would be able to tell if the bottle had been opened. Yanbu.

Of course YANBU.

Given how potentially harmful medicines can be if taken incorrectly, your husband shouldn't be letting your DS play with medicine bottles, regardless of whether it's got a safety cap, or whether the bottles full or empty, or whether your husband's supervising him closely or not.

It's worrying that your husband doesn't seem to understand this.

first was the bottle sealed, if not then i would be logging off her and gtting him to hospital

I can quite understand your concern, and I too would have been extremely cross. I don't think though that if the lid was still on he could possibly have ingested any, or at least no more than any sticky residue around the top which is certainly not enough to be of any concern at all.

If your DH says he's got the message then I'm sure he won't do it again. He does need to understand your point about not letting children have access to medicines as a general household rule though.

How old?

You need to educate child in age appropriate manner. Both my dc know that taking calpol themselves could kill them. Both know that some meds look like sweets and never to eat something they find.

Your h sounds crazy giving calpol to play with. Even if nothing happened on this occasion, it sends a very wrong message.

Wow, your DH is an idiot.

That is a pretty dumb thing to do.

Your reaction is extreme, I think. I'm assuming you're using AIBU to test out whether other people would react in this way?

I would be cross, not beyond seething. I'd accept that DH had taken my point. And I wouldn't be worried that DS had somehow ingested some of the calpol if DH had been watching him and reported that he had not ingested it.

YANBU but you sound incredibly anxious. If the lid was on then DS could not have accessed contents

DH is a nob

I would be beyond livid. What a stupid thing for him to do.

How old is he? If under 3 I'm sure he wouldn't have got lid off, had some, lid back on, no mess, all without your dh seeing. I personally would not be worried. But this is something we all take such care over, I go to great lengths to explain to ds that calpol is not a treat and he only has it when ill etc etc.

I would be livid too. Even though your ds might not have been able to get in the packet you are right in teaching him from an early age that medicines are not toys. It sounds like your dh wasn't thinking and telling you "you've made your point" is code in our house for 'I know you are right and I'm feeling like a total moron for doing that now' Sounds like a lesson learnt.

It was a stupid thing to do, but if your DH was watching him then I don't see how your DS could have got the lid off and swallowed any.

To all the people who think under 3's can't remove safety caps, please be careful as my DS has been able to do this since he was 2 yrs old! It's not worth the risk to make that assumption.

I am extremely anxious. Top was still on. Yes using AIBU to vent as was so upset and (usually sensible) DH can't see my point.

small child + lid off calpol = sticky mess all over!

but DH is stupid, meds are not for playing with under any circs

Feel embarrassed about posting now.

Your DH probably can see your point, he just doesn't want to admit he was wrong.

I would place money on him not doing it again.

If you are worried, ring and see if you can get a GP appointment to ease your worry, but if your DH was watching him and KNOWS he didn't get the lid off then it should be okay. Tell him about my DS Houdini and maybe he will realise why you are upset.

Ok, don't panic. A child can drink an entire bottle of Calpol and it won't do any damage - honestly. I know several doctors who have told me this.
Giving it as a toy is still beyond stupid, kids need to know that these things are serious. There are other pretty pink medicines that WILL kill you if you drink the entire bottle.

dont feel embarrassed at all OP, you did nothing wrong, you were alarmed and paniced, thats all!

hopefully the strength of your reaction will make sure DH does not do it again!

notanartist - surely that depends on

1. the age and weight of the child
2. their general health/underlying issues
3. what other meds they may be on

friends 4 yo drank half a bottle of capol and was told she would be fine, but another lo I know had their stomach pumped out

OPs DH is still a fool, and hopefully he knows it now!

I can understand you feeling so angry.

Your DH was with him and it's a medicine that perhaps wouldn't do harm if your child had managed to swallow some.

But how old is your son? And how likely is he to think he can play with medicine bottles from now on? What happens if he spots a bottle of something but he's not being supervised. It might not be Calpol and your DH might not be there next time.

NotAnArtist is right, there are plenty of other things in similar bottles that your DS might not realise shouldn't be touched or played with now.