Feb. 17th...Today was a hard today for us. I didn't have to work today so I was able to say home with the kids. Mia was sick with a cold. Meg was so not her self today. She was crying all the time and she always wanted to be held. I was having a hard time with both of them today. Because Hyrum was working late my mom said that she would come over to be with me and the kids until Hyrum got home at 7pm. By 6:45 pm Meg was so tired I just got her ready for bed and by 7pm I put Meg in bed. Then the weirdest thing happened. Meg got beyond MAD. Just because I put her in bed she started screaming like you could not believe. She was screaming so much she turned purple. Then when she ran out of breath I was waiting for her to take a big deep breath in. But she didn't, it was only a very shallow breath in. Then after that she just stopped breathing all together. I totally freaked out. Everything that I learned about CPR went right out the door. All I knew was that my little Meg was not breathing. I called out to my mom, "MOM, Meg isn't breathing. .... She isn't breathing." My mom didn't know what to do either. The only other thing I could think of to do is to take Meg next door to my very good friend Becky. (She lives like 2 steps away from my front door, we share a front porch.) I banged on her door then walked in and yelled, "Meg isn't breathing .... She still isn't breathing." Becky said, "ALRIGHT" and
took Meg flipped her upside down slapped her back and finally Meg took a big beep breath and started crying. It was so scary. I have never gone through anything like that before. We kept her awake for a while to get color back in her face again. After a while she started playing and she was completely fine. Few minutes later Meg had a phone that I didn't want her playing with so I took it away. You would not believe it.... She did it again. She got so mad at me for taking away the phone that she started screaming again. This time wasn't as bad but she did stop breathing again. Not for as long because we knew what to do. After that she was just fine.
a few Minutes later she was so tired she just went to sleep.
It had been a crazy night. I have learned a great deal of personal stuff. I am staying home from work on Wednesday just to make sure she really is alright.
I hope she never dose that again... that little stinker
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11 comments:
The joys of parenthood. I'm glad you got her breathing again!
Wow, that is sooooo scary. We've had "Breathing" problems with a couple of our children.....and it is VERY hard to stay calm when your child is not breathing! Glad that one is over for you! Your girls soooo cute. We look forward to seeing y'all this summer!
How unbelievably scary! I would have died of a heart attack if my kid stoped breathing and was purple. Now I know what to do, so thanks for that. I hope nothing serious happens again though.
oh, my, what a crazy thing! Have you asked a doctor about it? I think that would be so scary. Well, you did good bringing her to your neighbors!
That is so scary. Before I met Sterling I worked at a few daycare centers. I was taught child and infant CPR so many times but I was always afraid I would forget everything if I were faced with a chocking child. My biggest fear as a childcare provider was that I would have to face that someday. Luckily, I have not. And now, as a mother, I am not as freaked out about it. I think that all those CPR classes are embedded in my brain. But I hope that if a child ever does need CPR I won't be the only one around! I am so glad Meg is ok! That's so scary!
Ok, what did you do to tick her off in the first place? My youngest is a super screamer, and she does NOT listen to anything we tell her. She doesn't stop screaming until she absolutely wants to, and it's very frustrating to deal with. I'm glad things are ok with her and with you, though!
well I really didn't do anything to tick her off to begin with. I put her to bed and she was livid.
i have a friend who's little boy does this. the dr. said that once the child passes out that it should take his body a few minutes and then he will start breathing again.
and that's exactly what happens, apparently it's not that uncommon. scary but not uncommon.
i'm so glad you had someone to help you. that is certainly scary.
Scary. Our friends' baby does that a lot too...I would freak out. Hopefully she'll grow out of it.
Oh Sylvia--I was crying through that post. Just picturing Eleanor like that scares me to tears. I am so sorry you had to deal with that and so, so, so, greatful your neighbor was home and your mom was with you. Have you taken her to the doctor to figure out why she stopped? I think I am going to have to stop thinking about this now.
My grandson has done that before...now when he starts spazing and not breathing they blow in his face to get him to take a breath
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