Yesterday my nanny and I went shopping.
Right before we got to the first store Ava
fell asleep, which was great b/c it was 3,
her normal nap time. I hate getting her
schedule messed up when we go out.
Anyway, my nanny offered to stay in the
car with her, so I can just run in b/c i
knew what I wanted. As I was getting my
purse and getting up Ava started couging.
I didn't think anything of it at first,
but it quickly sounded like something
wasn't right. I got out and opened the
back door and when I saw her, her face was
purple and her eyes were wide open. I
took her out as fast as I could and was
saying, "Ava, Ava, Ava" and I kinda shook
her body a little and patted her back.
She wasn't breathing and then all of a
sudden she took a deep breath. It sounds
like a long story, but it all happened in
less than 15 seconds. I was suprisingly
calm. Looking back though it was scary.
I guess she choked on her spit?? She was
sound asleep.
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 07-04-07 09:52am
Yikes! that's so scary. How's she doing
now?
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jessesgirl
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Posted: 07-04-07 10:08am
She's fine, it was a one time thing.
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 07-04-07 10:33am
Glad to hear she's fine. Maybe she forgot
to swallow, and her gag relex kicked in?
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Jules
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Posted: 07-04-07 10:34am
Oh my god! That must have been
terrifying! Glad she's ok now
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OctoberBaby06
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Posted: 07-04-07 11:36am
My god! I think I would have lost it! .I'm
glad everything's okay now!
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kaerbear
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Posted: 07-04-07 11:41am
that's so scary. i'm glad she's okay but
i bet she almost gave you a heart attack.
that's one of my big fears, especially if
i were home alone with baby. i'm thinking
about signing up for a baby first aid
course. i choked one time last year and i
was in the middle of a cafeteria and no
one noticed lol. i thought i was gonna
die then all of a sudden it was gone and i
could breathe again and i looked around
and people were just going on with their
business. scary lol. i think what you
did sounds like what they say you're
supposed to do, except the shaking part,
that can be dangerous, but i'm sure you
weren't really thinking straight. i know
i'd be in a total panic, that's why i'd
like to take the first aid course or at
least read some books about it. luckily
it was just spit and not an obstruction.
hope it doesnt' happen again!!
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jessesgirl
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Posted: 07-04-07 13:35pm
I wasn't vigorously shaking her, it was
more like a little bounce up and down.
Every once in a while when she's eating
she'll cough a little and I use to panic,
but I guess after a while you just react
without overreacting.
Hopefully it never happens again.
that has to be scary, thats happened to me
a few times with joseph, i was calm and
knew what to do , just yesterday joseph
was eating bacon wich hes done all the
time before he is almost 2 now. but i
guess he tried shoving the whole piece in
his mouth and started choking soi leaned
him forward and patted his back and he
coughed it up and ipulled it out of his
mouth, i made bacon today but i chopped is
up into bite size pieces this time.
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kaerbear
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Posted: 07-05-07 06:30am
i've heard wieners and grapes are choking
hazards because of their shape and the
size and because they have a skin on them
it's so scary cuz really, it could be
anything, but my mom is always telling me
to make sure i mash up or cut up grapes
and wieners if i give them to baby. and i
haven't even had baby yet! lol.
i've heard wieners and
grapes are choking hazards because of
their shape and the size and because they
have a skin on them it's so scary cuz
really, it could be anything, but my mom
is always telling me to make sure i mash
up or cut up grapes and wieners if i give
them to baby. and i haven't even had baby
yet! lol.
ive heard that too, joseph steals grapes
out of the fridge though and he eats hot
dogs fine now, i used to cut them up all
the time. grapes i try to cut up when i
give them to him not when he steals em.
otherwise i watch him like a hawk. i think
anything can be a choking hazard, some
little kids like to shove as much as
possible into there mouth at one time.
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tdr
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Posted: 07-05-07 10:51am
kaerbear
wrote:
i've heard wieners and
grapes are choking hazards because of
their shape and the size and because they
have a skin on them it's so scary cuz
really, it could be anything, but my mom
is always telling me to make sure i mash
up or cut up grapes and wieners if i give
them to baby. and i haven't even had baby
yet! lol.
paraphrased from some guide to toddlers
and table foods that they give out at the
peds office where my mom works:
"round foods, such as grapes or hotdogs,
must be cut into pieces before they are
fed to your toddler. hot dogs should be
sliced, then quartered, and grapes should
be quartered."
the size of a hot dog slice is roughly the
same as a toddler's trachea/esophagus. if
they accidentally swallow, it's likely
they'll choke.
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ladylee70
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Posted: 07-05-07 13:59pm
I am such a freak when it comes to the
size of my child's foods. He is four and I
still make sure his pieces are cute
smaller. He does sometimes eat hot dogs
but I watch him like a hawk. I am
constantly reminding him to take smaller
bites. People have told me I am a little
on the anal side. I had to give stomach
thrusts on a child once when I worked at a
daycare as a teenager. The daycare gave
the children cut up hot dogs but they
weren't cut up enough and the child
choked. I also choked on a hot dog when I
was around 18 months and my brother
(around 15 years old at the time) hung me
upside down and hit me on the back.
Luckily I spit it up. I guess I turned
blue. Of course I am going to be a little
freakish about foods. My biggest concern
is when my child(ren) are in someone elses
care and they are not as careful. Even my
mother in law wasn't that careful. My mom
is very similar to me probably because of
what happened to me when I was so young.
I have seen a lot of parents give their
toddlers grapes and I about freak out. I
really want to say something but don't,
not even to my friends because I don't
want to come across as lecturing them.
What do we do in those situations?
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Bridget
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Posted: 07-05-07 14:11pm
betsy, that sounds scary! good thing you
were already parked, it probably would've
been scarier if you were driving and had
to find somewhere to pull over
immediately.
i was scared to open this, i thought she
choked on food or something.
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mommyto3soontobe4boys
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Posted: 07-05-07 14:19pm
Befor Tyler left the hospital we took
infant cpr classes and they went over what
to do if your baby is choking as well. I
am not sure if you can go to cpr classes
for free at all hospitals but I think that
all parents and care givers should take
cpr classes.
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jessesgirl
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Posted: 07-05-07 14:32pm
cpr was included in our lamaze classes
I know Bridget, I don't know what I would
have done. Usually when we have more than
one person in the car, someone rides in
the back with her, but I asked my nanny to
sit in the front so Ava could sleep.
Twice last night she woke herself up
coughing. I don't know what's her
problem. She hasn't coughed today though.
