Posted on 11/11/2015 3:19:47 PM PST by Morgana
UNION COUNTY, Ark. (AP) - An Arkansas mother has been charged with child endangerment after she gave her 10-month-old son bourbon in a bottle.
KATV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1GWGNrY ) that family members found the child unresponsive. He was flown to Arkansas Children's Hospital with a blood alcohol content of .19 percent.
Twenty-eight-year-old Lori Sheppard told police she was trying to relieve her teething infant's pain. Sheppard said she had already given him infant Tylenol and Motrin when her mother suggested she rub alcohol on his gums.
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She may have. But for many years whiskey was commonly used and used safely (as in my case, my mom’s case, my husban’s case etc etc etc).
However with that level, it sounds like she wanted the baby to sleep (some women give their babies Benadryl for the same reason which can be abuse as well) rather than just help with the teething.
I was feeling generous. No doubt this woman is not bright and the fact she left the baby reinforces my suspicion that it wasn’t for teething but to put the baby to sleep.
I’d never heard the rub on gums method. People I knew gave a *small* amount in the bottle diluted with water or, more commonly, straight in a pacifier.
I’m certainly not defending the mother, but some of these seemingly odd practices have been around for generations without sending the kids to the hospital. Apparently some generations had more common sense.
My brother is 52 and I remember my grandmother rubbing whiskey on his gums and putting a very small amount in his bottle when teething. My grandfather was a Pentecostal pastor but they kept a small bottle of whiskey in the house for ‘medicinal’ purposes. She also would give it to me with honey and lemon when I had a cold.
Thing about it was Mom had more than one set of teething rings. Several in fact in the fridge. We’d have one in our mouth then when that melted, put it back to re-freeze and get another. Never heard of using alcohol to do the job, just cryogenics.
I had a hard teething ring but I hated it. My (and my husband’s) pediatrician was an old (then) country doctor who often suggested things like this. My grandmother did it with her parents too.
Not sure how old you are but teething rings are fairly new.
“She also would give it to me with honey and lemon when I had a cold.’
Hot toddies were quite commonly used for colds in the old days.
Delightful. :-)
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