m. was playing with a bouncy ball that belonged* to his older brother (pictured below). it has a liquid inside and a "floating" pirate head. it used to light up when you bounced the ball. like most 19 month old boys, m. thought it a good idea to put this ball in his mouth and bite down. turns out that is all it took to spring a leak of a "kerosene-like substance" into his mouth (as confirmed by poison control, whose number is listed below). oh great - who on earth decided kerosene was an ideal substance with which to make a child's toy?!?!?! turns out since he only had a tiny amount in his mouth we were instructed to rinse out his mouth the best we could until we no longer detected the odor and then allow him to drink some milk. i dont even want to think about what would have happened if i had to answer "yes" to the question posed to me by the poison control expert of "do you think he ingested more than a few mouthfuls?"
*note the past tense, as this ball now belongs to some proud landfill!
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