Am I being paranoid? Don’t know what to do!

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So earlier on I was browsing through social media as you do and came across a story about a toddler (17 month old) who tragically died from swallowing a button battery. To my horror I had no idea button battery’s were that deadly! The story was basically a warning to all parents with young kids/babies to make sure they weren’t accessible to them. I immediately ran around the house frantically trying to find any toys and ANYTHING with these batteries in and made sure they were secured. There actually wasn’t that much tbh, just loads of the AA and triple A ones. But yeah, then I remembered I bought a few packets of these button batteries a while back to put into these fake tea light candles I bought from Amazon which then made me remember I need to actually bin those candles because they don’t even work anymore so yeah I found the batteries and saw that they were just ripped open from the packet so maybe I should take them all out those packets (there were like 5 packs, cardboard with a plastic covering) and put them all together in one small ziplock bag. So as I was doing this I seriously don’t know whether it was coz I was so nervous or what but I literally dropped the whole bag and whoosh they splattered everywhere! I literally screamed Noooooo! And out of all the places to drop them they went all over the play kitchen. My 9 month old was napping upstairs and my 3 year old and my husband were out. I frantically got on my hands and knees and literally cried my eyes out as I was picking them all up. I cleared everything from the play kitchen and literally turned the whole place upside down to make sure I didn’t miss any. So when my husband returned home with my son I immediately told him what happened which we then both just like how they did in ‘Honey I shrunk the kids’ on all fours with our phone torches on the floor scoping out the carpet which btw yes is shaggy style 😩 So anyway we waited for my daughter to wake up then I vacuumed everywhere! So you would think ok, so now everything’s sorted.. ermmm no, not quite, not for me anyway. The what ifs have just consumed me. Seriously, what if we’ve missed one and she’s already eaten it?! Then I googled this and now I’m in a panic!

Should I call emergency services even though I don’t know if she has or not omg I’m going crazy they say if you think they have then don’t wait because it could be too late but the thing is I don’t know ?!!

If you hoovered and checked closely through everything I highly doubt there would be one left there.
Maybe do an extra check and hoover tomorrow to reassure yourself.

Need advice going out of my mind! My partner was put into prison recently and out of the blue MIL told me he had called and told FIL something though FIL has warned MIL not to tell me what is was? AIBU to be really pissed at them?

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How many batteries in each pack? Were all the packets full? Did you only use some for the candles? Maybe counting will help settle your mind? I highly doubt you will have missed any if you have checked so closely and your DH too. Check again tomo when you are a little calmer.

@Whowhatwherewhenwhynow yeah I hoovered again this morning and another torch on all fours around the whole rug. I was literally up all night watching her sleep, making sure she was still breathing, making sure she wasn’t foaming at the mouth, praying that she wasn’t going to just vomit up blood which apparently are all the symptoms 😫

@WishIhadacrystalball it’s so annoying because there was random packets opened and like 2 or 3 missing from each pack, I don’t know why I didn’t just finish a pack before opening another one 🙄 but the thing is I had another packet of smaller ones as well so I don’t even know how many was in there, I just put them altogether in a ziplock bag 😩

Well the only way to know for sure is an x ray.

But OP is sounds like you need help with your anxiety. Your whole post is very ott.

Oh OP this is horrible I hate those batteries and am so paranoid about them after reading the tragic stories. So I can imagine how worried you must be not knowing if there are some lurking in the shaggy rug. Is it a rug you can lift up and perhaps shake over the bath? Or is it stuck to the door? I would be going through every inch of that rug, vacuum everywhere and check the toy kitchen thoroughly as you’ve done. There’s not much more you can do except don’t let your little one play in that area unsupervised.

Stuck to the floor not the door! You do sound very anxious but I am also overly anxious about this so I understand where you’re coming from.

@upfucked I should have mentioned at the start that I do actually suffer from really bad anxiety (constant worrying about something bad happening to my kids) something I've had since my 3 year old was born and I did actually see someone for it but when we moved they said I had to register with my new borough because I wasn't in that area anymore and then covid happened so it all just deteriorated from there really but I have actually got a lot better since I've had my 9 month old, it's only when I come across these tragic horror stories that it triggers it again and yeah I know I should really stop reading them but sometimes it's just hard not to😓

DS1 ate one. We took him to A&E where they x rayed him, saw it on the x ray and told us to keep an eye out, but since it didn't seem stuck it was probably just going to pass in his nappy.

We checked his nappies every day for 3 days but eventually it came out in his nappy intact.

That is what usually happens, it is only very rarely that they get stuck and leak in the gut.

@ShillyShallySherbet I was actually thinking a rug on the door.. is that a new "in thing" now that I don't know about lol but yeah I did comb the rug through thoroughly so should be fine 🤞🏼🤞🏼I'm just gonna take this as a lesson learned, never to leave those batteries lying around or anything with those batteries to keep away from the kids. I was actually saying to my husband if we have anything that has those batteries in we're not keeping in the house and he was like ok so we need to get rid of our watches and the car key 😒 even those tiny mini remote controls that controls those electric fans and that. So annoying, so we've just gotta keep them somewhere where the kids can't get access to them

@CatherinedeBourgh omg you must have been terrified especially after all these tragic stories you hear about! I think you had a best case scenario, it didn't get stuck and just passed through, thank god for that. Maybe because it was a small one because I see they come in so many different sizes so maybe the bigger ones are more likely to get stuck 🤷🏻‍♀️ so glad to hear your baby was ok 👍🏽

You can’t always the news and sometimes they can be helpful like in this situation to help you avoid a situation. It sounds like it maybe a good idea to seek some support with your anxiety. It must be very stressful feeling like this.