The day my husband saved my daughters life.

April 12, 2012 By 4 Comments *This article may include a provided product or affiliate link. See footer for full FTC disclosure.

A question caught my eye today on Facebook. Someone asked, “What has been the scariest moment for you as a parent.”

We have had our share of accidents in this house, but without hesitation, I knew exactly what that moment was.

Kendall was a little under a year old, and crawling all over the place. Just like most babies who are learning to crawl and walk, she was getting into any and everything.

Many times, I would ask Carleigh to make sure all her little toys were picked up, and anything else little on the floor, so Kendall wouldn’t get a hold of anything, since babies love to stick anything into their mouths.

Then, there was this one time.

Carleigh must have been going through my purse earlier that day, because apparently a penny was left on the floor.

In literally just a few seconds, my bright eyed energetic little girl started coughing and turning blue. I knew right away she was choking on something.

The sad part is that I froze.

I learned CPR years before, for my job, and yet I stood there scared and forgetting what to do.

Stupidly, I stuck my finger in her mouth to get it out. At that moment, I did not know it was a penny, just that something was causing her to choke. I’m pretty sure trying to get it out with my finger was not helping and actually ended up scratching her a little.

She continued to choke and all I could do was scream for my husband to come help.

I felt so helpless and scared. Praying that it would come out.

To this day, I thank God my husband was home, because he saved her life.

Every single day after that, I have made sure that anytime I see something little on the floor, it gets picked up and NO ONE is allowed to play with money in this house.

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About Hanan Webster

In 2010, Hanan went from talking about her parenting up’s and down’s on private forums to discussing them with literally everyone on the internet with her blog lilac city momma. Since then, she’s had the opportunity to talk about parenting, cooking, photography, marriage, crafts, faith, and so much more. She also shares her opinions on everyday products from food to baby gear, and everything in between. With three little girls all under six, there is never a dull moment in their home. When she’s not blogging she’s chatting about parenting and life in general on Facebook and Twitter, or wasting way too much time on Pinterest.



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  1. Megan @losingthisweight.com says:
    April 12, 2012 at 6:56 AM

    My brother choked on a penny when he was a baby and it was scary! The scariest thing that I ever experienced was when my husband came home from work one morning and woke me up telling me my oldest (who was 4 at the time) was no where to be found. We thought someone had kidnapped him. I looked everywhere while my husband was on the phone with the police. Then my 2 year old woke up and came to his door. I asked him if he knew where Cooper was and he pointed to his dresser. He was hiding behind the dresser.
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  2. Wendy T says:
    April 15, 2012 at 7:46 AM

    The part where you said you froze? I’m really glad you wrote that because I’m still tormented by the time I froze. My son and daughter jumped off the pier into the lake, and only my son came up.

    I froze.

    And later and still I kick myself for doing that. What the heck? How could I freeze when she needed me? Luckily, there was a man I saw out of the corner of my eye who ran and jumped in and pulled her up unscathed.

    A few months she died….but not that day.

    It is so scary.
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