As Cody gets older we have been noticing the differences between boys and girls. Our little Brylie never got into things. She never emptied cupboards or put random things in her mouth. Cody on the other hand is teaching us that little boys are very different. Today he decided to give us a big lesson! He went into our bathroom, used Brylie's stool and got a box of cough syrup we had on the counter. He took the bottle out of the box and opened it (child proof bottle - don't ask me how). Then he got one of Brylie's little bathroom cups and poured the cough syrup into the cup and then drank it. Fortunately, the cough syrup was less than half full and when he poured it, most of it went on his clothes and in the sink. That was how I found him. I panicked. I didn't know how much he actually drank. His face and hands were sticky. After a quick phone call to poison control we ended up monitoring him for an hour and he seemed fine and never became sleepy.
Our little boy is fine. We were lucky. But Mom and Dad learned a big lesson today. Even child proof containers can't stop a curious little boy. We will now be moving all medicine to very, very high, hidden places. And yes, our cleaners are in a locked cabinet.
