So glad it wasn't me

My darling friend called dreadfully upset. There was something very very wrong with her little one. She had gone to change a nappy, and things were not right.

She told me she was rushing him to hospital. Over the course of the day I had regular, rushed phone call updates from her. The doctors were concerned, they were doing tests, he may have to stay in overnight. Through all this she could not get hold of her husband, so I had kept trying to call him for her.

Several hours later, she let me know he had not done another poo, but they needed to see what was going on – what should she do? I have no idea how to make a baby poo, I just know they will do so at the worst moment possible. I suggested she tell him it would be a bad time, she did and he did! Thankfully this time it was normal.

Finally her husband called me back – what was happening??? I told him where she was and off he rushed. Now the nurse had asked her what had the little one eaten and nothing she told them would have caused any issues.

Of course once hubby was there, he just happened to mention how much little one had loved the beetroot he had fed him.

So glad it wasn’t me!

This real story was submitted by katelt

243 Comments

- - ChiWren said
  - 23 Dec 2023
    1:13 am
I’m too inexperienced and only have a breastfeeding baby, no solids yet, so I’m not 100% sure what beetroot does. If it’s red, or purple in the pants.

- - mom90758 said
  - 25 Nov 2015
    5:00 pm
Funny thinking about it afterwards! 🙂

- - mom107723 said
  - 06 Sep 2015
    7:40 pm
Beetroot poo’s are very scary.

- - mom141765 said
  - 06 Sep 2015
    3:12 pm
Oh i can totally relate. I took my bub to the Dr 2 weeks ago for a beetroot relayed poo!

- - nictate said
  - 15 Apr 2015
    4:29 am
Oh goodness. Thankfully everything was ok in the end. What a stressful time for that poor mum

- - mom94125 said
  - 04 Jan 2015
    10:01 pm
it took me awhile to try to work out what was happening. it could’ve been stated a bit earlier about what was happening with the baby

- - pakeko said
  - 07 Sep 2014
    8:49 pm
Oh dear that would have not been funny at the time, I hope they will one day be able to look back at it and laugh

- - skbou said
  - 31 Jul 2014
    8:20 pm
O oh, the must have felt pretty silly….. but hugely relieved….. better that than the alternative.

- - eestigirl said
  - 25 Jun 2014
    3:11 pm
That is like the mum who didn’t know her little girl had eaten red chalk. Not funny at the time !

- - no1ladydj said
  - 30 May 2014
    11:55 pm
And I bet he didn’t do something like that again, for a very long time. Bless the men in our lives, you really have to wonder what (if anything) they are thinking sometimes.

- - mom57522 said
  - 30 May 2014
    4:03 pm
Classic! Loved the punch line.

- - kazh said
  - 28 May 2014
    11:25 pm
Oh no. That is just cruel.

- - catgrrl3 said
  - 27 May 2014
    9:34 pm
oh my, it is something you can look back on and laugh at, but I can imagine how terrifying it was at the time

- - christial said
  - 15 May 2014
    10:35 pm
Lol my husband actually freaked himself out a couple of weeks ago after eating beetroot!
- ginoula5 replied
  
  27 Aug 2014 , 2:15 pm
  haha my partner had also done the same, we can laugh about it now
- - Mellypenny said
  - 09 May 2014
    11:05 pm
Ohhhhh how scary! Glad it turned out well in the end!

- - cherz said
  - 06 May 2014
    12:20 pm
Very worrying at the time, poor mum, but am so pleased to read the story had a good ending.

- - mle00 said
  - 31 Mar 2014
    2:14 pm
Oh poor thing, that would be horrible, I have done the same thing, given the kids beetroot juice and then freaked out the next day

- - jadeeeee said
  - 09 Mar 2014
    12:58 pm
Thanks for sharing this read

- - mummy liana said
  - 04 Mar 2014
    12:39 am
thanks for sharing was a great read

- - yyon4699 said
  - 31 Jan 2014
    10:34 am
Aww… parents do freak out…lol