30 seconds of no fun at all

Tonight Rubens was choking on a mouth full of rice cake and camembert cheese, and I mean seriously choking. The whole thing took about 30 seconds, but that was 30 seconds of no fun at all.

He was hanging around my legs and I was cooking him dinner, it was later than usual and he was mega hungry so I was feeding him chunks of food as I went... he was wolfing his pre-dinner treats down, when I look down and he has tears pouring down his cheeks and was trying to get a breath opening his mouth like a fish. So I wacked him on the back twice, he coughed, I clawed stuff out of his mouth (he did to) then starts breathing properly. I dont think his airway was completely blocked but...

I was shivery all over afterwards. Afterwards he got a treat of playing in the sink and making a huge water and bubble messy.

I looked this up afterwards

Step 1
- Determine if the infant can cry or cough. If not, proceed to the next step.

Step 2
- Give 5 back blows.

Step 3
- Give 5 chest thrusts.

Step 4
- Repeat steps 2 & 3 above until effective or the infant becomes unconscious. If the infant become unresponsive perform CPR, if you see an object in the throat or mouth remove it.

D is for daddy

Hello, I am 2

My favourite things are: trucks, fire engines, ice cream, cake, duddles/cuddles, Dora and Diego, Daddy and Mummy, Karen and Phil, Poppa and Grandma, pressing the bubble button in the bath, my green train, yellow tow truck and red Canada car - which must be placed into Mum's bag whenever we are leaving the house

Small sentences I like to say: "this way" "not that way" "come on" "hot, very hot" "sad, is sad?" "happy?"

I like to eat: ham, egg, cheese, meatballs and spaghetti, anything that mum buys at a restaurant, corn on the cob, almost all fruit

I love to eat: ice cream and birthday cake

I don't like to eat: what ever I loved last meal, vegetables, grapes

My favourite outings are: watching soccer, watching and listening the university choir and orchestra practice, muffin and coffee trips to the park, collecting rocks, going to see the man and the horse

Things that puzzle me: emotions, sad and happy, why Mum calls the ice cream truck the chicken truck when we pass it

Thinks I do not like: Sad looking people or characters in books - it makes me upset, Bob the builder is too scary

New things I can do: take my shoes and socks off, buckle my self in to the stroller and high chair, repeat the last phrases of sentences in my favorite books.