Aaargh! Is my child going to explode????

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She's been eating uncooked rice from a shaker we made earlier.

Damn! She doesn't look like she's swelling up, should I refuse her any liquid as a precaution?

That'll teach me for trying to be creative with her.

Pleeease tell me she'll remain intact, I don't think she ate much and she's quite a bit bigger than a songbird.

Arrrgh. Shall I call the nhs direct or bomb disposal unit?

possibly

have you seen charlie & chocolate factory where violet beauregard...no, she'll be fine

get her to jump up and down - play name that tune

hope it was basmati

No, American long grain Is that worse??!!?

So she'll be ok right? No burst stomach or exploding toddler?

is it like giving bicarb of soda to a pigeon?

bicarb to a pigeon ??

she'll be fine ... don't worry

so many funny answers going round in my head hard to pick one

FGS she's obsessed just caught her up on the kitchen side trying to half-inch more rice.

why oh why can't she just steal biscuit like a normal child??!!!??

ds ate bird poop before, he's never tried again, and was fine, so I think rice is just the the thing that is getting mummy's attention at the moment!

Actually I suspect it is my lack of attention and her frankly bizarre tastes.

My ds has eaten snails. I was less worried about that.

The rice thing, I have images of her swelling up and popping like that sweet little bird in Shrek.

She seems well. She was sat there hand in shaker, rice crunching in mouth and I said. Wait. Freeze. I think that's a bad idea. Hold on.

Then I made my second mistake.

I googled

Shite in a pipe! I should not have done that.

So now I turn to more reasoned sources of nformation.

I thought this was going to be a thread about how much tea your child had eaten!

lol @ google

NEVER GOOGLE. NEVER.

rice only expands when it is exposed to heat. Don't let her get too hot!

just tell her to open her mouth and it will all come out like one of these

she won't explode but she might fluff up nicely

Snap crackle and Pop!

Bugger Captainmummy I've just put her in a nice hot bath....

... arrrrgggghhhhhh!

OH NO!!!!

Got any milk?

so you think I should be ready to make rice pudding???!!!??

Now I get the exploding thing! Apparantly, if you give bicarb to a pigeon it explodes. Apparantly.
Have you tucked her up in bed nice and snug? You'll hear a 'ping' in the morning and she'll be done!

Heh, yeah she's all tucked up.

No Big Bang.

Yet.