Baby swallows battery

[towman]

I`m a bit soft when it comes to this sort of stuff, so reading the story in todays Mirror about a 15month old baby who has swallowed a watch type battery really upset me.

The poor kid has terrible internal acid burns and will probably be in hospital for a year.

Sorrow turned to anger when I read that his parents "don`t know where he got it from". Parents age? ......18 !! You do the maths.

Am I wrong in jumping to conclusions that these two kids have probably ruined their own childs life because they are simply not mature enough to have their own family?

Incidently, the Mirror didn`t think it newsworthy enough to make their online edition - they`d rather print a load of crap about some sh*tty Z list party.


And i dont normally read the paper, it was laying around in the canteen while I was waiting to load

[towman]

I stand corrected - they are 19.

www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=171859

And I`m still wound up - I hate it when things happen to little `uns.

[Balmoral Green]

towman said:

Am I wrong in jumping to conclusions that these two kids have probably ruined their own childs life because they are simply not mature enough to have their own family?

Yes, I think you are, I dont know anything about this story, but it could have happened to anyones baby. No matter how much of a control freak parent you are. Turn your back just a moment, and there they are driving the family Corsa pissed.

[towman]

Fair enough.

[JonRB]

I hope they're going to charge the parents.

(I'll get my coat)

[richardthestag]

towman said:

Am I wrong in jumping to conclusions that these two kids have probably ruined their own childs life because they are simply not mature enough to have their own family?

A professional couple recently were sentenced for manslaughter when they force fed their adopted son teaspoons of salt.

Desperately sad that this couple could "inadvertantly" take the life of someone so young and innocent. They deserve everything coming to them including the full wrath of the natural mother when she tracks em down

What movie was it where some teenage lad says,

"You need a licence to own a dog but an old arsehole can be your parent!"

[Julian64]

Thats a strange story. I saw a few kids who swallowed batterys and none of them seemed to come to any harm. We just kept them under observation until the battery had passed naturally.

I think the amount of acid in a battery is negligible. There is pretty strong acid in a stomach. In LiIron watch batteries the acid is in a colloidal gel anyway?

I think this may be a case of more going on than we know.

[Plotloss]

Thats what I thought.

Watch batteries are very small in a fairly hefty metal jacket.

Seems odd to cause such damage...

[C C]

Will they call him Torchy?





You have to be 45 plus.

[cotty]

Plotloss said:

Watch batteries are very small in a fairly hefty metal jacket

Full Metal Jacket

Sorry watched the film the other night and was the first thing to spring to mind

[hughesie2]

C C said:

Will they call him Torchy? You have to be 45 plus.

Bright kid then !!!

[dai capp]

I swallowed a light bulb when I was a kid - I loved it, you should've seen my eyes light up...

[JonRB]

With the current blame-culture climate I would imagine there would be a lot of resistence to saying it was 'just one of those things'. Of course, whether or not the battery leaked could make a potential difference as to whether there would be a case to answer.

Sorry. I've got to go ohm now.

[Pickled Piper]

Balmoral Green said:

towman said: Am I wrong in jumping to conclusions that these two kids have probably ruined their own childs life because they are simply not mature enough to have their own family? Yes, I think you are, I dont know anything about this story, but it could have happened to anyones baby. No matter how much of a control freak parent you are. Turn your back just a moment, and there they are driving the family Corsa pissed.

Totally agree,

The little people will put anything in their mouths at this age. Short of sitting there all day holding both their hands there is not much you can do about it.

I read an article where a two year old had swallowed a brightly coloured drawing pin thinking it was a sweet, this had caused an infection which eventually proved fatal. How many people would think of hiding their drawing pins?

pp

[towman]

OK Folks. point taken. I`ll back down on the anger, nut not the upset.

steve