QUICK HELP My 2 year old swallowed WASHING UP LIQUID

[StarryStarryNight]

I was in the other room, and I heard him cough, so went to check, he has climbed up on a chair to the sink, managed to reach the washing up liquid, half the bottle is gone, most is in the sink, but his arms are covered in it. Dont know how much he managed to swallow.

What is the best course of action? I have given him some milk (base vs acid) and a waffle.....

Should I just leave him to it? He is eating waffle and watching tv.

i am calm.

i am just pointing out that no studies have been done on a two year old boy who has swallowed half a bottle of washing-up liquid.

if there has (and follow -up study in teenage and adult years) i would like to know your resource.

these chemicals are at the moment being petitioned in courts in the EU - to be banned.

i have read quite a lot about this, and i would not normally urge a mother to rush to hospital, but surely to err on the side of caution is best?

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casbie, you can accuse me of many things, I think the only negliegence I am guilty of here is to accurately describe the events. Half a bottle was left. Most of it was in the sink, on the kitchen work top, on a nearby frying pan, I ran to him as soon as I heard him gag and splutter. I washed out his mouth and I washed his arms that was covered in washing up liquid.

The nurse said he was unlikely to drink any, he would taste it and realize it was not nice, and then start coughing.

Can you actually IMAGINE drinking half a bottle of washing up liquid? Do you think anybody would be able do it?

I am not going to traumatize my sons by taking them to the hospital for a stomach pump for an amount that is likely to just be a mouthful. THAT will do more harm than good.

Casbie, I suspect you have a bee in the bonnet and you are scare mongering here.

I too am concerned with contents of cleaning products, I avoid Johnson & Johnson like the plague, some of their products are forbidden in Norway. I use Ecover, and I source my toothpastes well, as I will not have any triclosan in my household for the very reasons you mention regards to dna etc (fish changing gender to name some), I usually stay away from antibacterial soap stuff too (but this was a bogoff lol) as it has not proved to be any better than other soaps but cause more harm to environment.

I am not the right person to preach environmental issues, toxidity and antibacs too.

pmsl at washing up liquid causing "infedelity"

[snort]

Is your DS Ok SSN?

just erring on the side of caution...

of course i was not there, but if it had happened to me/my child, i would have not hesitated in going to A&E, straight away.

i am not having a go, i am just (in this case having to) justifying my response to your OP.

Thanks Scoobi6, the bottle has no such warnings. It is Tesco Antibacterial Apricot and Lemongrass. Smells like Innocent Juice, probably tastes foul. I normally place it out of reach.

Diplodocus, can you post me a new keyboard too?

Lucikly I am not so concerned with the infidelity of fish...

Apricot and lemongrass?

Get you, you posh bird

I wouldn't take him to A&E. I'm sure he'll be fine. Incidentally, I'd be surprised if something you wash your dishes with could actually poison you.

honestly...

[shake of the head]

let's hope he's alright.

LOL at infedelity If you decide to go with another man, you can blame it on the washing up !!

(by the way I am another MNetter speaking with H&S qualifications)

Desi? me posh? nah.....
Dreaming of shacks....

As I said before I swallowed washing up liquid as a child and have always been very faithful so no problems with infedelity here!

Please add commar after 'before'

Starry, hope he's OK

Actually, washing up liquid has been responsible for a number of deaths. I know many used to contain formaldehyde - maybe they still do. I buy an eco-friendly type which is less hazardous, but I would still be concerned if somebody drank some.

Not having a go at anybody btw!

But I think it's pretty clear here that he didn't DRINK it. He spilled a lot, covered himself in it, and may have got A BIT round or in his mouth, but that is VERY different to drinking it.

By my reckoning if he's had a drink and a waffle and not been sick, he's hardly likely to have ingested any.

Just reading through the posts.....
Was it wrong to be in utter hysterics reading some of the posts? Even before SSNs call back from NHS direct?

Sorry, I wasn't disputing that. Just replying to whoever it was that said that washing up liquid was harmless. So glad he's okay - must have been a scare for you.

woah, isn't it lucky that casbie wasn't the only person online!
I hope your son is fine, which I don't doubt, my mum used to put washing up liquid in my mouth if I said naughty words as a child, she never took me to hospital afterward.........

more of a problem with the bubbles that can be created in stomach rather than the actual liquid.
Don't mean to scare you but occasional if lots of bubbles develop the child can aspirate them, same goes for things like dishwasher tablets etc.

Dishwasher tablets are much nastier. Then it is A&E I believe.

Dd once ate a liquitab.

I have perused the NHSdirect website....

I must be in the don't panic team about this because I caught my 4 year old wahing his mout out yesterday with the Kandoo foaming soap. He had been doing it for about 10 mins after having sucked a felt pen.

He was more concerned about not having a blue mouth than the taste of the soap.

No stomach pump here and no adverse effects apart from an early night!!

gross.

and you actually proud that he went to bed early...

honestly.

What would you have done, casbie?