We had a bit of a scare last night. My 12-month old son was playing beside me while I was trying to get my two-year old into her pyjamas. All of a sudden, I looked beside me and my son was in mid-wail... you know the kind of wail where their mouths are wide open and there is just silence, and you just have to wait for them to catch their breath so that they can start to scream? I have no idea what caused him to start crying... but as he was there with his mouth open about to scream, he tripped and fell over, making him even more angry. At this point, he was still trying to catch his breath to start wailing... and he had started turning purple as he hadn't had a breath yet. He finally got his breath and let out one huuuugggeee scream, and then his eyes basically rolled back in his head and he went limp in my husbands arms.
After about three seconds, he perked up, and within a minute or so, he was walking around as if nothing had ever happened. We were just stunned! Can a child get so upset and go so long without a breath that they actually pass out for a moment?
I have never heard of this, but it really seems that this is what happened. I thought he may have been choking on something, but there was no indication that anything was wrong with him and he is perfectly fine again.
Have any of you experienced this before? It was terrifying!
Thanks lovely mums!