Gurl...I so know how you feel! A few months back the same thing happened to my daughter while we were at a friends house. We were eating pizza, wheat pizza at that so the crust was a bit thicker than normal. Knowing my daughter didn't have all her teeth, I always made sure that the pieces were small enough for her to chew. Sometime my daughter would hold her food in her mouth, and then ask for more. Anyway, that night she was so excited to play with her little friends, she came to me to eat and then ran off to play laughing with excitment. All of a sudden I heard her coughing and I ran to her and she was making this chocking noise, I was so freaked out I didn't know what the hell to do, the first thing that came to mind was to turn her upside down and hit her back like they showed us in a safety class I took before I even had me daughter. That didn't work so my friend stuck her finger down my daughter's throat and scooped out whatever she had in her throat which was a tiny piece of bread and after that, she was ok. I was so scarred, I grabbed my daughter and just hugged her and didn't let go of her for awhile. My poor baby was also scarred, she just laid there holding on to me. After a few minutes of that happening, I just burst into tears in fear of what could of happened and didn't stop crying till the next morning. Boy was that a reality check for me! I kept on replaying the incident in my mind over and over again and was mad at myself for not doing more. If it wasen't for my friend, I don't know what I would of done. I serioulsy considered her my guardian angel.
It took me awhile to get over that. I made sure my daughter's food was extra small and made her sit down while eating, no more running/playing while eating is what I told her and stuck to it! The next day at work after the incident, I did some research on chocking and learned exactly what to do if it were to ever happen and god forbid but I wanted to make sure I was prepared. The sad part of it all was everything we did was wrong. Your not suppose to hit the child on their back because it can cause whatever their chocking on lodge further, and your not suppose to stick your finger in their throat because it can cause it to go further back. Your suppose to do the Heimlichmanuver is what I found out. I made sure to learn the steps just in cause but hopefully I'll NEVER have to do that!
I'm glad your daughter is ok! Ahh the scares and worries a parent has to go through!
