yummymummy_2006
03-11-2009, 10:00 PM
Long story but children playing upstairs and I had to go downstairs 5 mins later I go back and a tube of toothpaste (which was another child's who comes in the morning and almost full) has been emptied and LO has toothpaste round mouth.
Assuming the child has eaten it all in blind panic I asked my neighbour who's a nurse what to do she said ring NHS direct so I rang them and mum!
Child has now gone home but NHS said they have to ring me back as I was the one who "assessed" child but no-one been in touch and its been 3 hours now, I've phoned mum and she said child's fine and that she hasn't contacted anyone herself so now I'm waiting up for NHS to ring back and pass info on to mum, I said if they rang late I wouldn't ring her if it wasn't serious but she said she'll be up until 1am and to ring her and let her know what they've said.
I'm really wanting to go to bed I'm up at 5.30am tomorrow but worried about child as been told children can get fluoride poisoning from too much toothpaste.
Don't know what to do now - should I ring mum and tell her to get intouch with NHS herself or wait for phone call, I'm beginning to think I've made a big fuss about nothing but wanted to be on the safe side
Also I have been suspicious over past few weeks that child has been stopping with mum at work until all hours, she works in the family business and another member of family always collects child and then suposedly goes to collect mum, but on numerous occassions when I've needed to phone mum after hours (child leaves at 7pm) mum has still been working - tonight I heard the child in the background at 8.40pm, alarm bells rang when mum said she would be up til 1am. Child also said last week that she sleeps at office when its dark and this would account for the amount of times there have been dirty clothes from the day before and PJ's in the child's bag.
Should I contact social care about this?
Assuming the child has eaten it all in blind panic I asked my neighbour who's a nurse what to do she said ring NHS direct so I rang them and mum!
Child has now gone home but NHS said they have to ring me back as I was the one who "assessed" child but no-one been in touch and its been 3 hours now, I've phoned mum and she said child's fine and that she hasn't contacted anyone herself so now I'm waiting up for NHS to ring back and pass info on to mum, I said if they rang late I wouldn't ring her if it wasn't serious but she said she'll be up until 1am and to ring her and let her know what they've said.
I'm really wanting to go to bed I'm up at 5.30am tomorrow but worried about child as been told children can get fluoride poisoning from too much toothpaste.
Don't know what to do now - should I ring mum and tell her to get intouch with NHS herself or wait for phone call, I'm beginning to think I've made a big fuss about nothing but wanted to be on the safe side
Also I have been suspicious over past few weeks that child has been stopping with mum at work until all hours, she works in the family business and another member of family always collects child and then suposedly goes to collect mum, but on numerous occassions when I've needed to phone mum after hours (child leaves at 7pm) mum has still been working - tonight I heard the child in the background at 8.40pm, alarm bells rang when mum said she would be up til 1am. Child also said last week that she sleeps at office when its dark and this would account for the amount of times there have been dirty clothes from the day before and PJ's in the child's bag.
Should I contact social care about this?