Just a warning to parents of little ones....

[kldmom2000]

I was thinking of this the other day and just wanted to give everyone a head's up.... remember to check carefully around your hotel room upon checking in for "candy" under the beds/on the floor.... what I mean by candy is MEDICATION. We've run into 2 instances in the past 2 years where we could have had a serious problem. When we were staying at a hotel on Cape Cod, my daughter (then 2) came up to me and asked if she could eat this M & M she found on the floor... I told her no, and then took it from her (thinking it was an M & M) Upon her giving it to me, I noticed it was a pill of some sort I was so relieved she knew enough not to put it in her mouth-kept having horrible thoughts of what could have happened......

Then, when we went to Disney in 12/04, we were walking through Tomorrowland and my other DD (4yrs old at the time) picked something up while we waited for DH to come off Space Mtn. She sat there playing with it and I went over and took it from her-a small ziplock baggie with about 6 different types of pills in it Again, I was relieved that nothing happened!!!

I now make it a point to check every hotel room for anything small that may have been "dropped" and then missed by housekeeping and also stressing time and time again to my girls about the dangers of eating anything they "find" (and of course the taking food from strangers thing too)....

Just wanted to relay our experiences onto others so that you can prevent a potential tragedy......

 

[laceemouse]

Bump! Very wise words. Once after a visit from my mom I found a pill on the floor in our guest room, the oldest two were toddlers at the time. Scary!

 

[Ellester]

Last week my dd4 brought me a pill the dog must have spit out, I thought he ate them all! So glad my ds2 didn't find it first. Although I guess the antibiotic might have killed any dog germs!

 

[mmeads4]

I have a 4 and 2 year old and although they usually bring me something they found I never would have thought to check our resort room floor. Thank you so much, you can NEVER be to careful or over cautious.

 

[ribbot]

Last April at ASMovies, my husband (thankfully) found a pill under the bed before my 4 year old got to it. We called housekeeping to let them know and they thanked us and that was it.

Always, always check right under the beds and under the dressers!!