There's a first for everything, right?

Today was the very first time in my life that I have ever had to call poison control.
Thank you, Chase, for helping Momma experience new things. (The previous sentence is smothered with sarcasm for those who couldn't tell.)

I walked into the dining room to see my son with his mouth on, and licking, an open bottle of hand sanitizer. Yes, like Purell.

First, let me clear a few things up:
-No, I don't leave open bottles of hand sanitizer laying around for the heck of it.
-Yes, I thought the bottle was out of his reach.
-No, I was not in the room with him when he got the bottle.
-Yes, I did freak out when I saw him.
-No, I still don't know how he reached it.
-Yes, I felt like the worst mom in the history of moms.

The bottle is one of those little bottles that you carry in your purse or in the car, etc.
I somehow lost the cap. I have no idea what happened to it or even how it came unscrewed, but it did and the cap is now nowhere to be found.

Anyway, I had it on the dining room table in the middle of the table out of Chase's reach, or so I thought. He must have climbed up onto one of the chairs and crawled on the table to get it. That's the only way I can see possible that he reached it.

I heard something in the dining room so I went in to see what the noise was and it was Chase licking the bottle. It was still right side up and he wasn't tipping it. It still looked as full as the last time I looked at it so I don't think he drank any. He was just licking the top of the bottle. I took it away and started scrubbing his tongue. I frantically called Ryan but there was no answer so then I called who most women look at as their personal expert on raising children, their mom. I talked to Mom and then Ry called back so I talked to him. They both told me to call poison control.

I felt really insecure about calling Poison Control because I didn't want to seem like a bad mom. I then told myself, "If you were a bad mom you wouldn't have called at all because you wouldn't care if your son drank Purell." I just kept repeating that in my head because it was better than what I was repeating before that, "YOU ARE THE WORST MOM EVER!!!!!!!"

I called and spoke to a very nice lady named Crystal who told me that if he didn't drink any and just got a taste of it that he should be perfectly fine and to give him some juice. She also said that the alcohol in hand sanitizer is a lot like drinking alcohol so I should call her back if Chase starts acting like he's drunk or falls asleep suddenly. He fell asleep before I called but it was his nap time so I told her that and she said not to worry because it wouldn't have affected him that soon anyway so it is just him taking nap, not passing out.

So, if anyone else has a similar situation in the future where their toddler licks hand sanitizer bottles, I hope this blog is helpful to you. <---That was a sentence I honestly never imagined seeing or hearing before.
Sheesh!