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13mo swallowed a stone 😥

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Sunrise888 · 31/08/2018 16:05

I don't know how jagged it was, but he was grinding it round his gums for a while and enjoying it, then swallowed it, so I presume it was ok.

Is it worth calling the GP? They close in an hour and I expect they'll tell me to monitor him for any discomfort, fever, blood in stool, and to call back in a week if I don't see it in his nappies.

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chuckiecheese · 31/08/2018 16:10

Daughter did this when she was a similar age & we took her to A & E and waited ages before giving up & coming home as there was such a long wait

Their advice was to see if they eat & drink ok & if they do not vomit it has not blocked anywhere. The stone should pass in a day or two. Sure enough next day it appeared in her nappy

DitchingTheDye · 31/08/2018 16:27

No advice but my wee boy is awful for wanting to chew on stones! I'm blaming sore gums. Hope your wee one is ok (I'm sure they will be!!)

SavoyCabbage · 31/08/2018 16:36

My niece used to put her hand out of the cat flap and take gravel from the path and full her cheeks with it. She swallowed no end of stones with no consequences.

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ISeeTheLight · 31/08/2018 16:37

How big was the stone?

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Sunrise888 · 31/08/2018 16:37

Their advice was to see if they eat & drink ok & if they do not vomit it has not blocked anywhere.

Thanks, that's good advice. He's just had a tummy bug so has had a lot of loose stools, and they were just firming up again. I was wondering whether it would be better to give him more peaches and plums to help race it out, or maybe a more solid poo would be more comfortable to pass out as I don't know how jagged it is.

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Sunrise888 · 31/08/2018 16:38

I think it was bigger than a cherry stone, maybe like a squashed cherry stone. I was a few feet away 😑

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Sunrise888 · 31/08/2018 16:40

Yeah, he's teething. I took him to this public garden because he was being so grumpy, even though there are sections with gravel that I'm always chasing him down because he's so desperate to put stones in his mouth. Now I'm the grumpy one!

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Sunrise888 · 31/08/2018 16:40

SavoyCabbage thanks that made me smile 😉

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Sunrise888 · 31/08/2018 16:42

It's infuriating because he's constantly dropping food out of his mouth now - I guess because of new front teeth and no back teeth. Anyway I was sure he'd drop this one out too, but kept grinding, grinding, then swallowed, and gave me the sweetest smile... 🙄

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AChickenCalledKorma · 31/08/2018 16:44

Obviously if he seems in pain or discomfort, seek medical attention asap. But when my toddler daughter did the same, I was advised that once it's been swallowed safely, the most dangerous part (i.e. potential choking) is over. They said to monitor her nappies very carefully - including giving them a bit of a squeeze to feel for a hard lump, because a stone is surprisingly hard to see in a dirty nappy. They were right - it was hard to see, but it passed in a couple of days with no ill effects.

(The nurse who gave me a pep talk about not letting my baby have stones then confessed that her teenager had recently swallowed a ring pull, so she was in no position to nag!!!!)

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Sunrise888 · 31/08/2018 16:48

AChickenCalledKorma how does a teenager do that??!

Yeah I'm not taking back to that garden again. It's lovely and peaceful but not when I'm chasing him around because of all the gravel!

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leighdinglady · 31/08/2018 16:49

When my dog ate something spiky I was advised to feed him bread to cushion it. Maybe the same for babies? I'd give 111 a call

DitchingTheDye · 31/08/2018 16:51

Sunrise, sounds like we have the same child 😂

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Sunrise888 · 31/08/2018 17:19

leighdinglady noted, he's eating bread now with a peanut butter sandwich on the way!

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cloudtree · 31/08/2018 17:22

As long as they can breath its fine and they won't do anything. DS2 once swallowed a large ball bearing. I was just told to watch out for it in the loo. Sure enough a couple of days later it was sat there.

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Sunrise888 · 31/08/2018 17:44

I think I'm most worried about it being spiky and hurting him instead. Or it getting stuck, especially if he's trying to pass it and causing him pain. He has a pretty fast throughput though so I'm sure we'll find it soon enough.

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Sunrise888 · 31/08/2018 17:45

*inside, not instead

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SneakyGremlins · 31/08/2018 17:46

I swallowed a ring pull last week, and several stones as a child. All passed through okay!

ABitCrapper · 31/08/2018 17:49

If it was spiky he wouldn't have been chewing it so happily.

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Sunrise888 · 03/09/2018 00:14

Still no appearance of the stone yet. He was still having diarrhoea from his tummy bug as well as teething discomfort, so I'm a bit worried the two might be hiding any issues with the stone that he may be having. Also stuff he ate after the stone has appeared in his nappies! I presume it is squeezing past. It makes me question whether he ate it at all!

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SneakyGremlins · 03/09/2018 00:49

Think you may just have missed it?

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Sunrise888 · 07/09/2018 09:24

It's possible. I've checked his nappies, but nursery didn't check all of them so it's possible it's already passed. He seems fine, eating and pooing well, though a little less frequently than he used to (before his tummy bug it was after every time he ate, so five times a day!). It's been a week, do I call the GP?

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