Please Be Careful

I thought I would share my thoughts maybe it is to vent and also to prevent someone else from going through the same guilt that I feel right now. Today I was fixing Gracie's hair in the kids bathroom and I thought Caleb was in the living room. We were getting ready to leave for Caleb's well baby apt. We usually keep the main bathroom door closed just because Caleb loves to go through cabinets and if the toilet lid is not down he likes that too. Needless to say the door was not closed and he of course was in there trying to see if there was anything new to explore. I had a Yankee Candle Reed Diffuser on the back of my toilet. He has never bothered it nor did I think he could reach it. But today he did. When I went in there he had it all over his clothes and had drank some of it. I quickly put him in the bath wash him down (I did not want it in his eyes) and we left quickly for the Doctors. They called poison control. When I found Caleb he was not gagging (making some yucky faces sticking out his tongue but not gagging) so that is good for him. They said if he was that is a chance that the oil could have gone into his lungs and we all know that is NOT good. The nurse finished the call with poison control and the Doctor came in to see Caleb. She feels confident that he did not cough it up (which cause it to come back up, I guess when it goes back down it could go in the lungs I hope I am makeing sense.) His lungs sound good for right now and we go back on Thursday. She will recheck him then and if all is well will give him his shots then. All this to say, even if you have animals the chance that your kids or the animal could climb or knock it over to me seems like to big of a chance for what could happen. When I got home from the doctors I still had a mess to clean up. There was a puddle on top of my toilet lid and when I wiped it off it had eaten through some of the paint. I called Tony at work and said Caleb will have the cleanest insides. I had called work when it happened (I work at Yankee Candle) and ask what the box says in case of a accident like this, when I called back to give them a update my boss answered. I told her I hope she does not expect me to sell those things to anyone. She was glad to hear Caleb was fine and she said, No Lisa something tells me you will steer everyone clear of those. I am thankful that he is okay and we will keep our eye out over the next twenty four hours.