Swallowing foreign object

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Picked up my 3 year old from nursery today and was told at the gate that he may actually swallowed a marble he picked up from the floor. I looked at them dumbfounded and asked them what the size of the marble was, how was he feeling, did he poop anything etc. They all said he was fine and that their health and safety rep said that the will eventually poop it out. I calmly said "Ok" but I was bloody annoyed that they didn't tell me sooner if it had happened way before school finished. Drove him to the hospital to get an xray because I knew that I was going to be paranoid about the whole thing. Xray results showed no sign of a foreign object in his tummy which was a relief.

I'm thinking of calling the school tomorrow to ask for a detailed report of what happened and to just make sure that if something like this occurred once again, that I be contacted straight away. He's my first child and I'm still learning as a parent so anything like this raises my concern for the wellbeing of my child. AIBU to ask them for something like this?

Total overkill. Don’t be that parent.

I would be that parent 😂

Most nurseries in my area seem to have an app nowadays where they update you almost as incidents occur, even down to nappy changes.

I'm surprised the hospital gave him an Xray?

He'll poo it out soon enough.

The only danger of swallowing a marble would be choking at the time of the swallowing. Since that didn't happen, I don't see why you needed to be immediately informed.

The only thing I'd be doing here is having a stern talk with my 3 year old about how silly and naughty it is to put non-food objects in his mouth or swallow them. He's old enough to understand not to do that.

My child swallowed an object whilst in someone else’s care. That person didn’t do anything, they just let it go. When they told me, I asked them to call 111, who advised them to go immediately to A&E for an X-ray as you have to ensure it is passed the oesophagus and not causing a blockage.

it did pass in 3 days but not all do. I don’t think YABU at all.

I’m not, my child was seen within 45 minutes. I think it’s a bigger deal than people are suggesting to OP.

Also to add, you cannot take the word of a child, esp one who may think they are in trouble and lie - they X-ray to ensure its not a battery that’s been swallowed

What are they doing with marbles in a nursery and how did a child potentially swallow one? That is dangerous. Marbles would be almost impossible to get out of a child's windpipe.

I don't think it is a big deal unless the child is in pain or feels sick etc.

It's not nice, but I'm surprised they thought it worthy of an Xray, given the amount of coins and other things kids swallow.

Marbles are quite big! I recently made some acorn gifts using marbles and one of my dogs was sniffing them, perhaps thinking they were some kind of a treat, so I quickly removed them and made sure he couldn't get hold of any.

I recall being on a children's ward years ago when my son was on the waiting for an operation on a broken arm and there was a little girl who had swallowed a Penny and the Penny was lodged in her windpipe and hadn't moved down and they were observing her and would have to operate if it hadn't moved down and passed through her in a certain amount of time.

I'm with you op, I would have been annoyed they didn't tell me asap.

What are you on about ? If someone told you that your toddler might have swallowed a marble, you’d say oh, ok and continue on your merry way and do nothing ?

Surely it isn’t hard to see why the OP might react as they did though, especially as they say they are a first time parent. It is easier to be more rational later once you have had medical reassurance, but being told your child swallowed a marble would be quite alarming for most parents I would imagine, even if it does usually resolve itself quite harmlessly. I can’t imagine many people just shrugging it off initially. Glad everything seems to be ok OP.