Comments on: Swallowed a Button Cell Battery? Nope (Thankfully)

By: hunter

hunter — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:28:58 +0000

I swallowed a small cell battery about the size of a dime. I made myself throw up and i didn’t see it so what do I do?

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:19:05 +0000

Friday night, I found out that my 1 and 3 year old cousins had to go to the emergency room after the 3 year old climbed up and got a child-proof bottle of cough syrup. She managed to get it open and shared a little with her little sister, but drank most of it herself.

They are both okay, but it was scary to hear about. My uncle got a medicine cabinet the next day that requires a key to open.

Just because a package says “child proof” doesn’t mean that they can’t open it, just that it is not obvious how to open it. When we start having kids, I am going to have to remember not to open things where the kids can see how it is done, especially if they are as quick as my cousin is to figure things like that out. She says that she put the bottle on the floor, pushed as hard as she could, and twisted!

By: dad

dad — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:19:41 +0000

I stand corrected…

By: mom

mom — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 14:08:30 +0000

Actually, husband, they must have been partially used packages. The house has been picked up (we even vacuumed under the couch). No batteries around the house (or in the baby). Thank you for your concern, Blaine.

By: dad

dad — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 01:43:12 +0000

You’re right. I found one of them, but there are still others unaccounted for. So we’re definitely on the lookout.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:05:48 +0000

That must have been scary! I’m glad he didn’t swallow any.

Did you ever find the missing batteries? It doesn’t mean that he won’t at some point in the future.