Vitamin N

So we finally got Nate to start eating gummy vitamins. I'm really relieved because his diet is that of a typical toddler- find a food you like and eat ONLY that food for the next 294 meals.

So this morning he asked Brain for his 'candy' (which I explained to Brian that he needs to tell Nate that these are VITAMINS, not candy but that's another story...). He gets 2 a day so I told Brian to give him one now and I'll give him the other one tonight after daycare (because he's going to ask for one.)

Brian gives it to him and Nate wants more but Brian says no. Then Nate wants to hold the bottle (that's his new thing, holding everything. Of course earlier in the week Brian let him "hold" a hard boiled egg and that ended badly, so you would think he learned his lesson.) So Brian gives him the bottle and then comes upstairs to put something away. A few minutes later, I head down to iron my clothes and find Nate at his picnic table shoving gummy vitamins in his face like they're- well, candy.

I FREAK OUT. Scream for Brian, grab the vitamins, scare the holy living crap out of Nate. I called the pediatrician. I called poison control. Long story short, because the vitamins don't have iron in them, he'll be fine. I on the other hand am still trying to get my heart to slow down. The best part of the whole thing was me trying to be calm (while feeling like a parental FAIL) and tell the poison control lady that the vitamins were Marvel Super Hero Vitamins.

Thanks for nothing, Captain America.