choking..

[JLeesmum]

ok DS just scared the crap out of me.....went to playgroup, we were there for about 45mins, then i decided to go because i was sick of DS trying to eat leaves:rolleyes:.
he waved goodbye and we left..
i was about to put him in his carseat, i looked at him and he was all red in the face, gagging/choking on something..
so i waited a few seconds to see if he would bring it up, he was starting to scare me (was whinging when choking) so i held him on his belly and did 3 big blows in between his shoulder blades (like i learnt when i did my first aid course)
..still choking...
so i put my finger down his throat trying to clear what ever it was, he did a massive power chuck- i happened to be wearing a lowish cut top, so my clevage was FULL with banana vomit. eww
there was a respectable looking guy standing near me, who was watching.. (i didnt know if DS was still choking and i didnt know what to do if he was) so i ran up to him, and he said " its ok, hes breathing now.."
talk about scary.

i know that putting your fingers down their throat is not a good idea (could lodge it in further) but what else do u do?
i couldnt just watch him, and hope it would pass..

if he had continued to choke, i would have done cpr... ( at least just making sure he was getting air)..

oh the joys of being a mother...:crying:

[Refresh]

It is scary isn't it? Glad he is ok now :hugs:

When I recently updated my first aid, I found out it is now better to do the fingers down the throat thing first if they are only partially choking (still able to whinge/cry means they can still breathe) because striking them on the back can lodge it further and fully obstruct their airway.

It's such a scary thing, glad it all worked out ok :hugs:

[NonnyMouse]

DS does this on a daily basis, but thankfully only with small things that aren't the "windpipe-lodging" variety.

This morning he was gagging on an entire leaf of sweet basil tat he'd obviously grabed off our plant on the way past in the kitchen.

Yesterday it was a tissue, followed by a bunch of my hair he'd somehow managed to pick up off the carpet into a ball.

Luckily for us I can always get him to open his mouth so I can look inside, and so far I've always been able to see what it was and safely hook it out with my finger. I don't know what I'd do if it were something more deply lodged though. Migt be time to print out a choking guide and pin it to our fridge.

[JLeesmum]

ive thought about this so often, but when its acctually happening its so scary, i went into panic mode.
i didnt acctually mean to put my fingers as far down as i did (wasnt that far, just touched his tonsils)...but i guess thats enough to make anyone spew, spewing is a good way of getting lodged things out.. IMO

[Refresh]

Absolutely, :yes: I'm sure that's why the first aid people recommend it over striking on the back. You did good :thumbsup:

[em1984]

How scary is it when that happens!! One thing to remember as well, If they are truly choking, like something is completely lodged and they are getting zero air, they will not make a noise. If air cant get through they cant make noise so gagging, coughing etc is usually indicative that they are getting whatever it is up themselves and its more something irritating like a leaf/hair/paper etc.....I had a scare yesterday when Noah inhaled a chunk of watermelon. His whole face literally went pale and you could see he was REALLY uncomfortable. He was silent for a few seconds there too but it obviously went down his windpipe ok because his eyes started watering and finally he started coughing. He didnt bring it up though but obviously (thank god) it was just small enough for it to go down, albeit very uncomfortably. Its so scary, I always shake for like half an hour after stuff like that happens :(