I am sure you all are a lot wiser than I but feel obligated to share our story since it is almost Halloween. This week I purchased our Halloween candy including dum dum suckers. I used these to keep Ethan quiet while getting groceries, running errands, ect. Tuesday afternoon just minutes after giving him a sucker I heard him gaging ....the sucker no where to be found. He had locked his jaw up in fear as he was chocking. I managed to slide a finger in his mouth allowing me to open up his jaw. I swooped my finger in his mouth and felt 1 inch of the sucker stick coming out of his throat . I pulled out the stick , with the sucker still attached. I had given him the sucker to keep him occupied as I was loading up Carson in the car. I think reality set in after this ordeal was done, realizing he could have been in the car and I might not have heard him.
When I called my Mom to tell her what had happened to Ethan, she told me of a story of a child, in our extended family who actually had died from chocking on a sucker.
This was a huge scare for us and I will be writing the company to insist that they put a larger warning label on their bag. I have chosen not to give the kids anymore suckers of any kind. You might think I'm crazy but I consider what happened to us a huge blessing .
* Note to self small sucker doesn't mean made for a child*
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that's scary steph!!! what scares me about suckers is when kids run with em. So was ethan just simply eating it and tried to swallow it? Tell him aunt audy said no more sucs!:) -love that you're listening to your bro nlaw on your tunes:) very funny-subliminal huh steph?
Ya that was the scary thing!
Wow, I think I'll have to be more careful. Thanks for sharing. Hopefully that experience didn't knock 10 years off your life, cause I'm pretty sure I would have had a heart attack.
Gosh how scary!! I always worry about Carter running or falling down with one in his mouth let alone just eating and choking on one. Who would have thought suckers could be such a scary thing. I'm glad he is alright. I guess I'll have to find different treats to entertain my toddler.
Ella choked on the kind with the loop for a stick. It lodged in her throat and she choked, stopped breathing, then I started the hymleck (cant spell) and I was still unable to get it out. She threw up at the same time then her eyes started to roll back. I totally thought she was gonna die before I could do anything. I did stay calm and luckily it must have gone down. She was ok. She was about 18 months old. I no longer allow those suckers. It takes somthing scary to happen to learn a lesson. Glad he's ok.
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