So I “try” to get some time in to stamp-Jason is working in the yard.
Amber comes to me and says “Mommy I found baby tomatoes in the yard!”
Now let me tell you I am NO Martha Stewart. My art is PAPERCRAFTING only! I dont lanscape-plant flowers NOTHING naturey at all.
So I go running outside to see what she is referring to, only to find Alexa EATTING these new found “baby tomatoes”
I call poision control immediately and was told to take the berries to a Garden Center-thankfully there is one 5 minutes away-so Jason takes the berries and a photo of the flowering plant with him.
I asked Alexa HOW MANY she ate-to hear “I didnt eat anything”
Mind you I scooped some out of her mouth!!!
GREAT!
She will be NO HELP
Come to find out it is a POISIONIOUS PLANT/ Berry from Lily of the Valley
check it out here
And this is what it looks like-see the “baby tomatoes”.
Worst problem is the poision affect the cardiac system-that is not good.
So now we wait to see if she gets sick or not, and if she does we rush her to the ER. They think its doubtful that she ate enough but, you never know-she may just throw up, but me being the over protective parnoid person I am would still take her to the ER.
Its now been about a 1/2 hour to 45 min. since her “incident” so we are hopeful it will be OK. I gave her some ice cream to hopefully help?????
KIDS-they are going to be the death of me I swear!
Now Im off to go rip out some plants from the front yard.
If you ahve these you may want to consider doing the same if you have grandchildren/ children of your own.
It only takes a mintue…………………..
EDITED TO ADD:
Alexa apparently did NOT eat enough to make her ill-Thank God.
19 Responses for "Poison Berry Incident"
Oh no! I hope she is ok and has no ill effects from the berries! This makes me remember reading an article in our local paper about plants that are posionous. Apparently the garden shops, etc are not under any obligation to put if a plant is poisonous or not on the label when they sell them. I don’t remember the whole article, but that was kinda the gist of it. You got me thinking and I did a search and found this site from Cornell Univ. that lists poisonous plants (some of them at least) http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/alphalist.html I’m sure there are more out there that list poisonous ones too.
Oh man can I relate! We had the same scare with our daughter just last weekend. Same plant, same scare. It was the same weekend she decided to fall down the stairs and land on her face. She ended up not getting sick from the plant “berries”. To her they’re all “berries”. They LOVE to scare us.
I hope she’s okay.
Holy crapola!! As if you didn’t have enough stress. At least Amber came in and ratted her sister out, right? I hope she didn’t eat enough to get sick. Yikes!!
Bless your heart Lauren! I cant help but laugh reading your posts sometimes. As a mother of 3 small children I can definetly relate!LOL! Hopefully Alexa wont get sick. Crossing my fingers for you.
Oh dear! I sure hope Alexa doesn’t get sick!! Thanks for the warning!
Oh good god, I hope all is ok!
Oh my gosh, I’m so glad she’s ok. I’ve grown lily of the valley for years and had no idea they got poisonous fruit late in the season. If you want to keep them for the flowers, you could just mow them over at the end of the summer like we do. Keeps them looking tidier.
I’m so glad Alexa’s ok. Ice cream is the cure all, isn’t it??
I read this post earlier, but didn’t have time to comment so I came back to check if you posted again! I’m hoping that since you didn’t post, that means nothing happened. HOPING! 🙂
Oh, and THANK YOU so much for the congrats! That was VERY sweet of you to pop over and leave a comment! 🙂
How scary! I’m glad that she seems ok for now but stuff like this freaks me out!!!!!
Ohh Lauren, I was **** SOOOOO**** happy to read that Alexa didn’t have any reaction to the “baby tomatoes” that were or were not consumed. Don’t worry, you’re not alone ~~ I would be freaking and jumping up and down, not able to sit and wait to see if something does or doesn’t make Alexa ill. Jeepers, I’d be climbing the walls.
I guess you’ll be busy ripping out portions of your garden over the next few days …. I’m happy that Miss Alexa is fine :0)
Whew, so glad she did not become ill from the “berries”! That is SO scary…
Bless you for being such a great Mom, and bless Amber for telling you what was going on! HUGS to all of you….
Becasue the plant is root-born, ripping it out won’t help in the long run. Lily of the Valley will come back next season. Sure hope things are OK with Alexa! That must have been such a shock to see her eating them!
Some of these were in a planter in our backyard when we moved in. Had no idea they could be poisonous. Going out to rip them out of our planter right now! Praying that all is well with your girls! Thanks for the warning!
Aww! Glad to hear she’s okay. My stepdaughter ate some red berries out of our backyard one time. I think they came off a bush. She came running in the house saying her mouth was burning. My husband gave her benadryl because her mouth and around her lips got a little swollen and red. She was okay, though. My stepdaughter is definitely one of those people who has to experience it to believe it. 🙂
Oh Lauren, this brings back memories of the mushroom eating incident in our house when the kids where smaller. Poison Control made me pull out the ipecac for that one. That was a major icky afternoon. We invented a game called stomp the mushroom where the first one who saw a mushroom growing got the honor of stomping it. Stopped them from eating them.
With the Lily of the Vally beware that the berries often fade to purple and have a resemblance to a blueberry. Luckily the kids asked me about eating those before they tried them. I go out and cut off the flower stalks after they are done flowering so they don’t form the fruit. If the plants come back next year, spray them with Round Up. It will kill the plants all the way to the roots and tubers which Lily Of The Valley has. If you pull the plant out, you often don’t get the little tuber so it resprouts next year. Just beware that Round Up will kill anything green it touches but it should take care of the plant.
So glad Alexa is OK and you didn’t have to resort to the ipecac! Ann
being allergic to mushrooms-I can relate. I was in the hospital after having my daughter and its right on my chart. they bring me some noodle stuff and of course, I am hungry after not eating anything for almost 2 days. I chowed, and knew within twenty minutes something was wrong. I paged the nurse and they are on audio (they dont come to your room at all if they dont have to)and she asks whats wrong and I tell her and she says no one can be allergic to mushroom. So my roomie’s hubbie goes out and grabs a person and drags them in. and then he throws up too.
did anyone ever tell you to keep a bottle of syrup of ipecac in your first aid kit? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrup_of_ipecac
read and ask your doctor about it.
glad the sweetie is okay—luckily my kids only ate dog food! Give her a hug from blogland.
Thank God Alexa is okay. My dad’s baby brother died after eating poisionous berries (Snow Berries) so you are very fortunate indeed. Also a plant with poisionous berries to watch out for is one called Night Shade which also has little red berries on it in the fall. Children just don’t realize the importance of never putting something into their mouth without asking their parents first if it’s safe for them to eat. I’m happy to hear the outcome of your story is a good one. Ida
OH, YIKES! That’s awful! I warn my kids about not eating ANYTHING in our yard over and over and over (or anyone else’s yard). I’m SO glad she didn’t get sick over it. Yes, I am with you – KIDS – enough to give you a cardiac incident yourself, even without the poison!
Oh GAWD! I hope she is okay hon!
I swear my hairdresser keeps me blonde so that I am not 100% grey from the kids!
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