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My son quickly drank alcohol at a family party!! Should I worry??

34 replies

Lozzabell · 09/02/2019 23:09

My 5 year old was caught quickly drinking a glass of Prosecco somebody had left on the table at my MIL birthday party!!
It was half a small glass.
This was at 6.30pm... it's now 11pm. He's sleeping soundly but after googling I'm now stressed to the max!!! Do I wake him!??
Would it now be out of his system ?
Argh stress

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AntiHop · 09/02/2019 23:10

I'd call 111.

Banjax · 09/02/2019 23:18

he'll be fine, my 5 yo son drained a gin glass thinking it was water, I rinsed his mouth out and fed him a load of tea and toast and he was fine. He probably only ingested a tablespoon.

AssassinatedBeauty · 09/02/2019 23:20

He'll be fine. It's 4 plus hours since he drank a small amount of not very strong alcohol. It would have been apparent by now if he was having a bad reaction to it.

ecuse · 09/02/2019 23:23

Total non-medical professional but I wouldn't overly worry about this? Only half a glass of prosecco. Not ideal but not a disaster?

OlennasWimple · 09/02/2019 23:23

Let him sleep it off and have some calpol to hand tomorrow morning in case he has a headache

Plus lots of water in the morning and a fry up

Stardustinmyeyes · 09/02/2019 23:24

Stay away from google. It's not your friend
It's not ideal but as pp have said it was several hours ago. So maybe try not to panic

FromDespairToHere · 09/02/2019 23:26

A glass of prosecco? Just a single glass? He'll be absolutely fine, don't worry.

Contraceptionismyfriend · 09/02/2019 23:26

I honestly wouldn't worry at all! How much did he actually consume?

WatcherintheRye · 09/02/2019 23:28

Did he exhibit any symptoms - vomiting, seizure, feeling dizzy, acting strangely? Did you get him to drink water/milk asap afterwards?
If he didn't appear ill and is now sleeping normally, then I wouldn't worry too much, op.

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Lozzabell · 09/02/2019 23:29

Thank you. I know - I'm always frightened to death when I look on google but google in the hope it will reassure me... and NEVER does.
It's been 5 hours now and I've just woken him... he said he feels fine but tired and drank some water then went back to sleep.
I wouldn't have worried until I googled. My husband thinks I'm being utterly ridiculous.
I won't sleep well at all tonight. Confused

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CuppaTeaAndAJammieDodger · 09/02/2019 23:32

My DD at 4 necked a tumbler of orange juice on s coffee table when we were leaving a party, turned out to be a vodka and orange, she was very giggly in the car ride home, then fell asleep and woke up with a headache and tantrum inducing thirst. She's now 10 and unscathed.

Rapidmama · 09/02/2019 23:33

DD drained a tall glass of strong rum punch when she was 3. Someone switched the fruit juice and punch pitchers!

I took her to A&E as she was clearly drunk! They monitored her for a few hours and then sent us on our way. The nurses were coming in to see the drunk toddler, the consultant said he'd rather have ten drunk toddlers than 1 drunk adult.

I was utterly mortified and expected SS to be banging down my door but didn't even hear from the HV.

babysharkah · 09/02/2019 23:33

He'll be fine. Big warnings next time though about parties and drinking out of oth really glasses!

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Lozzabell · 09/02/2019 23:34

@FromDespairToHere @Contraceptionismyfriend
He drank the whole half a glass (2-3 big gulps) but my mind is working overtime wondering if he did that to any other glasses while nobody saw.
He was acting hyper but was overtired so could have been that. Wasn't dizzy, or slurring his words and didn't vomit.
I think he's fine and wouldn't have normally worried until I saw ALCOHOL IS POISON FOR CHILDREN online 😩 !!

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colouringinpro · 09/02/2019 23:35

No.

WatcherintheRye · 09/02/2019 23:35

That's good ,op. Please try to be reassured. I'm sure he would have shown symptoms of alcohol poisoning much much earlier, if he was affected badly in any way.
Try and get a good night's sleep!

Original poster
Lozzabell · 09/02/2019 23:36

@Rapidmama so reassuring thank you!

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WatcherintheRye · 09/02/2019 23:37

I meant that's good that he told you he felt fine!

Fiddie · 09/02/2019 23:37

DS drank a glass of red wine when he was about 4, he slept it off and we all learnt a valuable lesson about not leaving ribena looking drinks around.

notacooldad · 09/02/2019 23:39

Ok, I've got grown up kids now but we had our fair share of incidents with the pair of them. So from a completely non professional stance I would say if anything was going to happen it would have happened by now especially as it was a few hours ago and he doesn't appear stressed.
We went through something similar but with Talisker - how DS managed to drink that though I'll never know!

Ellapaella · 09/02/2019 23:39

Call 111for advice if you're really worried but personally I think he'll be absolutely fine. Half a glass of Prosecco really isn't that much, especially if he's been eating throughout the day and has drunk water before bed.

unicorncupcake · 09/02/2019 23:43

At my aunt and uncles anniversary party when I was a similar age I drank two glasses of red wine Wine I remember being very sick, and for years I told everyone that I was allergic to baby bel cheese as that is what I was convinced made me sick as I remember eating two of them that evening Grin it wasn’t until Many years later that my mum told me it wasn’t the cheese that made me poorly, but the booze! Blush I was absolutely fine so please try not to worry. Half a small glass of Prosecco several hours ago with no ill effects seems unlikely to do much harm.

MyfanwyMontez · 09/02/2019 23:44

Don’t worry. It’s a only a small amount of alcohol- you know your child and you know if he was in trouble.

Haworthia · 09/02/2019 23:46

Half a small glass? A complete non-issue Smile

Contraceptionismyfriend · 09/02/2019 23:46

If he's not showing any symptoms o would not call 111.
They've been renamed NHSredirect down here because pretty much every question will be met with "Go to A&E"

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