Small Children - Overdose - Warning for all Parents

Last week I wrote FDA Experts Urge Ban on Cold Medicines for Young Children. I said if all parents would just read the labels and stop being lazy, than we would not have overdose problems.

This morning I woke up to tragic news out of New Jersey which really scared me. A 2 year old dies of apparent pill overdose. The baby found her grandmothers pills in the bathroom, and digested them. She went to sleep and never woke up. While this seemed to happen to a troubled family who lived in dire conditions, my thought was that this can happen to anyone, Rich, poor or in the middle.

It sometimes takes a tragic event for people to open their eyes. I really urge all parents to be in constant aware of your prescription medications,vitamins and always keep them somewhere where the kids cannot get to.

Yes, we are all great parents, and will do anything for our children. And while this is obvious to all of us reading, lets just take a step back and communicate with our husbands and wife's on this, and just take the appropriate measures to make sure this can never happen to you and your family.

It only takes one time folks. Spread the word to all parents.

Update : Remember its all type of pills and Medications not just prescribed meds. Thanks to a concerned mom who mentioned the following warning on Womans PreNatal vitamin bottle

WARNING: Accidental overdose of iron-containing products is a leading cause of fatal poisoning in children under 6. Keep this product out of reach of children. In case of accidental overdose, call a doctor or poison control center immediately


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FreshDad