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Alcohol- Toddler

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Nicegirl123 · 31/12/2017 20:14

At a news years party for kids and some adult just gave my son a sip of some ring alcoholic cider! I know I’m a rubbish mum, I should’ve been watching more but I nipped to the loo.

I’m panicking about my 20month old ds! I’m so worried about brain damage or liver damage or death
(I have severe anxiety and this is the first party I’ve been too!)
Please help! Sad

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Bollooooooocks · 31/12/2017 21:31

Racing i would call 111 just in case they give some good advice for your kid
However I wouldn't let it go just like that and I would stay there either.... not the safest place is it?

AManWalksIntoABarOuch · 31/12/2017 21:31

I grew up in a family where beer was put in baby bottles and whiskey was used when kids wouldn't sleep.

We're all fine. However if speaking with 111 would help, give them a ring. I'm certain they'll tell you to get him checked out though. In my experience 99% of all calls result in that answer!

He will be fine. You'd have noticed if he was "off" by now.

I would be concerned about him regularly giving his kids alcohol though.

Greenshoots1 · 31/12/2017 21:31

Why is it scaremongering to say I beleive she needs to check with a medical professional?

No one on here knows how much the child weighs, what they last ate, and when, what their blood sugar levels are, or how much the child drank.

There are people on here who clearly know so little about it that their advice to "stop worrying because it can't do any harm" is coming from a place so deeply ignorant that it is worthless.

I don't know if he has drunk enough to be dangerous either, but I do know he might have done, and that noone on the internet is in a position to say, and he needs a proper medical assessment.

A child has ingested and unknown quantity of a potentially dangerous, even deadly poison, and there are people here who are prepared to take responsibility for saying " I'm sure he will be fine"

Nicknacky · 31/12/2017 21:32

cosmic We are far more traditional in this family. It's a Scottish whisky for my kids bedtime drink.

TittyGolightly · 31/12/2017 21:33

DD mineswept our prosecco glasses on her first birthday. She’s now 7, perfectly healthy, and gifted and talented. And your toddler will be too.

Nicknacky · 31/12/2017 21:33

Because greenshoots you came out with crap about kids dying after a mouthful of gin and tonic. I'm pretty sure the op is capable of assessing the situation.

CorbynsBumFlannel · 31/12/2017 21:34

I actually agree and I think you need to have him checked over op. It won't do any harm and some of those ciders taste like fizzy juice so you can't be sure how much he drunk. Especially if you only have the say so of the twat that have it to him.
You probably won't be able to relax until he's been seen either.

gamerchick · 31/12/2017 21:34

one was 5, and drained the very last drop of a G and T when clearing up with his father the day after they had had friends round. He died within minutes

The other I can't remember the circumstances, a younger child, also a mouthful of gin, fell into a coma

So you’re deliberately terrifying the life out of an already anxious poster using gin as an example? Are you for real? Hmm is it some sort of sport? The kid hasn’t had any fucking gin.

OP ring for reassurance if you want but a sip of cider is unlikely to do any damage. Maybe it’s time to go home if you’re out.

Nicknacky · 31/12/2017 21:34

And a a+e nurse (disclaimer: anyone can say anything)! has said she isn't worried.

Dontknowwherethelineis · 31/12/2017 21:35

In the days of the toddler getting up at stupid'o'clock I didn't realise that I'd left a glass of wine from the night before somewhere reachable until I heard my 18-month-old crying because he'd taken a big swig. He was fine, I really don't think you need to worry!

RacingRaccoons · 31/12/2017 21:36

About to ring 111, was just settling DS. As Greenshoots said it’s better to be safe. Just worried now they will think I’m absolutely rubbish as a mum and take him off of me. But alas, ds comes first.

Greenshoots1 · 31/12/2017 21:37

Because greenshoots you came out with crap about kids dying after a mouthful of gin and tonic.

Its not crap, it happened.

CosmicCanary · 31/12/2017 21:37

Its CIDER not CYANIDE.

One sip will not harm him.
A childs sip is waaay smaller than an adults.
I probably gets more tipsy from eating apples.

gamerchick · 31/12/2017 21:38

No, nobody is going to take him off you OP. Flowers

InsomniacAnonymous · 31/12/2017 21:38

OP, what has your friend said about what her idiotic husband did?

CosmicCanary · 31/12/2017 21:38

NC fail????

CurlsandCurves · 31/12/2017 21:38

Whether it’s going to harm the kid is not the point.

It was given without her consent. I know a sip will do no harm but I’d be fuming, how does that person know if the child has any health conditions, religious convictions, etc.

CorbynsBumFlannel · 31/12/2017 21:38

They're not going to take him off you. You won't be the first person it's happened to and you are doing the sensible thing having him checked over.
I would feel very sceptical about someone willing to give medical advise on the internet about a child they haven't seen when they don't know exactly what's been ingested.

Notallthat · 31/12/2017 21:39

We always had whiskey on our dummy to help us sleep or rubbed in gums to help with teething or a wee tot when we were poorly from birth. A little bit won't do any harm but i'd have words with the idiot that gave it to them.

BadlyParkedRangeRover · 31/12/2017 21:39

It's OK OP
I drank 'quite a lot' of sherry when I sneaked off with a bottle aged 2. I have no liver damage and no brain damage! Toddler will be fine. They really can't die from a sip!

RacingRaccoons · 31/12/2017 21:40

Cosmic definitely a name change fail. Alas!

I just feel like crap about the whole situation so very tearful. Waiting to get through to 111.

Haffiana · 31/12/2017 21:40

disclaimer: anyone can say anything

Greenshoots1 for example...

C8H10N4O2 · 31/12/2017 21:40

My brother works in a coroners

My brother plays space invaders, I'm an expert on the surface of the moon as a result

CorbynsBumFlannel · 31/12/2017 21:41

Who's saying it was 'a sip' though? The idiot who gave it to him who is probably now trying to downplay what he did and make the op feel stupid for being concerned. She's doing the right thing having him looked at.

CurlsandCurves · 31/12/2017 21:42

A sip to my child, I mean. I’d be very annoyed not that have been asked, but at least I’d know there are no reasons medically or whatever why it would do any harm.

As far as I know.. and I’m the parent...

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