Choking Baby

dont worry she is fine. dont lose sleep over this. Talk to her doctor and just let him know what happen, and he will let you know that everything is ok. what i use to do when my kids were small was put there crab right next to my bed were i can put my hand inside the crib and feel them, it made me sleep better.

I bet you were really worried, but it's easy to make sure that doesn't happen again. Just make sure that you keep the baby's airway clear. It's really important that when your baby is sick that you keep all of the flem and mucus out of thier throat. It can cause choking, not letting the baby breath easy, and it could cause more infections like ear infections. Just use the little suction bulb to clean out the nose and the throught when you hear it there. My son always got ear infections and it was important to keep his throat clear because the fluid would back up to cause more ear infections. The same happened with my daughet who eventually got bronchitis. I hope that helps.

I know the feeling of how panicked you can become. My daughter has choked several times mostly on her own saliva. I just recently took a CPR class with the American Red Cross. But if the child starts choking you want to pat him on the back several times to try and clear whatever is stuck. If this doesn't work. You will need to flip the baby over so that she is lying on your forearm...support her head and neck with your hand, and once again pat several times. This usually clears the throat so that they can get in a good breath. It might sound complicated, but it is really easy. Ask her pediatrician to show you how. Also i find sometimes just holding her up in the air like i'm going to pick my daughter up, that works as a first resort. I know it is scary, b/c I have been there. Let me tell you it is best if you take a CPR class for infants and children, it will put your mind at ease.
Good luck.

ok this is what i did when my kids were little. i took a clean nipple and held it where i could put the meds in it and then when theye were hungry i gave it to them first. also at walgreens or any drugstore a med. nipple and it is the same thing but more money.

It is always very scary when your child stops breathing. Our youngest daughter has aspirated so many times...she is disabled. Something you should ask your doctor about is the suppositories. I have used them in the past. They are called Feverall Suppositories and you insert them rectally. I found they even worked quicker..
Another idea is to take a first aid class in CPR. It is a very good idea to know CPR. They do offer classe fairly reasonable. If you don't have the funds, talk to Citizen CPR. They sometimes have scholarships so that people can take a CPR class. God luck and God bless.

I am sure that everything is fine, but I know I never feel better until the pediatrician says so. Prehaps they are open today and you can just have them check her out.

Francis,

As the mother of both a "normal" and disabled child, as well as someone who has worked with the disabled, I know the feeling. A baby will not choke to death on that little bit of medicine. The best way, I found, is to put the dropper in the side of the mouth, between the cheek and gum. The medicine just hit the back of the throat at the wrong time and she gagged, which scared her and she may actually have been holding her breath on her own or out of reflex. When you put it in the cheek, it does not suddenly hit the back of the throat where the gag reflex is the strongest. Just give her a little at a time.

I agree with the others on the Infant CPR class. They will not only teach you how to do CPR on a baby, but how to handle choking as well. Many children have at least one episode of choking on food before they are grown, and you need to know how to handle it so you don't panic or do the wrong thing.

Both you and your baby, I am sure, will be just fine.

My biggest fear is that my 4 year old will choke on something and I will panic and screw up! But when she was 2 months old, we thought she had apnea and she was admitted into the hospital(she didn't, thankfully). Before I left they made me take a baby CPR course and I felt better about what to do if something did happen. I also took CPR years before in high school. While it still does scare me that it might happen, I do feel a little better knowing that I know some proper procedures. I highly reccomend taking the class, even if you can't find a free one. Ask your pediatritien, they might know somewhere to reccomend.

It happened with me before, putting him in a high chair won't help because he will spit up all the medicine, so I usually lay him on his back, sing or tell him something he likes so he doesn't cry, and pour the medicine on the sides and in the center of his mouth, this way he has better control to swallow instead of inhale it.

things like this happens all the time. don't feel bad

Hi F.,
I'm so sorry you went through that, it sounds aweful. That happened to my son once, he was about 8 months and I was giving him his medicine because he was sick and he choked. What happened was that instead of swallowing it, somehow he inhaled it. He ended up throwing up and I just felt like dying I was so upset. Now I just have my husband give him any medicene when he needs it. But I think that all you can do is do two things...one is take a baby CPR course, and two, give him the medicine really slowly. Try the high chair so your baby is not straight on his back but tilted up a bit. Good luck, don't worry, babies are resilient.
-M.

My youngest has allergies and is on daily medication so this has happened to menumerous times. Its hard to guess when your baby will take a breath, but you just have to try your best. If they choke you need to get them up and tilt their face down towards the floor and give their back a couple hits. I was a lifeguard for years, so maybe that helps. Generally a ababy who chokes on small amounts of medication can recover from it themselves, but if they seem to stop breating you might need help. I would advise against doing CPR on a baby unless there is no other choice, unless you know how. CPR on a baby is a lot different from CPR on an older child or adult. Their lungs are fragile and its not hard to blow too hard and hurt something.

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who did this. My daughter didn't stop breathing but she was choking for what seemed like forever. The doctor showed me how to do it where you put the syringe or dropper toward the side of the mouth (between the teeth and cheek). She 15 months now and seems to love the taste...for some bizarre reason. Maybe the fruity flavor?

As for long term, I don't think she would have any effects. I got caught half in/ half out of my walker as a baby and had stopped breathing and was blue when my mom found me. I turned out fine.....well if you ask me I did.....my husband might tell you otherwise! LOL!

Taking a CPR class is a good idea though. When my daughter started eating solids I had a deathly fear of her choking on food. So I can definitely relate.

Hope that helps!

T.

Hello F.,

I'm sorry about what happened to you..it must have been terrible !
What you could do is go to a class that teach CPR for babies.
I'm going to attend one at St Mary;s and it's done by the Red Cross if my memory is good. (I can give you more infos if you are interested. It's $10 per person).
But this could give you a little peace of mind for the future.
It's not much, but I least you will learn what to do in case of emergency.
Hope it will help.
Bye
C.