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This just in.....
I just won a battle that had been going on for 3 days with my 18 month old son. The corner area on the wall leading into the kitchen, there is an area where the paint/ plaster (b/c of years of wear and tear) is chipped. In some areas all you see is metal. Another area in question is this hole in the wall in the livingroom.
Now for the past 3 days he has been chipping away at these areas. I put up a gate to keep him with me in one room where ever I go (kitchen or livingroom) To keep an eye on him. My husband has been wanting to patch it up but hasn't had the time. We don't have the indoor plaster stuff. By mistake one day I bought the outdoor plaster, the stuff dries like cement.
Well while on the phone, he got away I thought he was with me. I went to check up on him. Yup you guessed it, he was where the hole was. He had chipped a good chunk out of it. His mouth was closed shut, I told him to open his mouth. All I saw was white chalk like pieces in there. I shuved my finger in his mouth to remove the stuff. He gagged a couple of times but kelp his mouth open. From there I called poison control to make sure there wasn't any lead in the paint. Fortunately the time our apartment building was built, we are fine. What they told me is that what was in his mouth was Drywall. Which consists of Calium.
As soon as I got off the phone I grabbed a piece of plastic with a string through it to cover the back of the hole then held the string with one hand while I shuved plaster into the hole. When I walked away he couldn't resist but to stick his finger through the hole again. So I had to clean him as well as the hole again. We are now in the kitchen while the hole is drying in the livingroom. Its been 2 hours.
The only question I have now is .....Why with all the toys in the livingroom does he decide to eat drywall?
Do you have any battles?
I just won a battle that had been going on for 3 days with my 18 month old son. The corner area on the wall leading into the kitchen, there is an area where the paint/ plaster (b/c of years of wear and tear) is chipped. In some areas all you see is metal. Another area in question is this hole in the wall in the livingroom.
Now for the past 3 days he has been chipping away at these areas. I put up a gate to keep him with me in one room where ever I go (kitchen or livingroom) To keep an eye on him. My husband has been wanting to patch it up but hasn't had the time. We don't have the indoor plaster stuff. By mistake one day I bought the outdoor plaster, the stuff dries like cement.
Well while on the phone, he got away I thought he was with me. I went to check up on him. Yup you guessed it, he was where the hole was. He had chipped a good chunk out of it. His mouth was closed shut, I told him to open his mouth. All I saw was white chalk like pieces in there. I shuved my finger in his mouth to remove the stuff. He gagged a couple of times but kelp his mouth open. From there I called poison control to make sure there wasn't any lead in the paint. Fortunately the time our apartment building was built, we are fine. What they told me is that what was in his mouth was Drywall. Which consists of Calium.
As soon as I got off the phone I grabbed a piece of plastic with a string through it to cover the back of the hole then held the string with one hand while I shuved plaster into the hole. When I walked away he couldn't resist but to stick his finger through the hole again. So I had to clean him as well as the hole again. We are now in the kitchen while the hole is drying in the livingroom. Its been 2 hours.
The only question I have now is .....Why with all the toys in the livingroom does he decide to eat drywall?
Do you have any battles?