Today I was not kind

Last week my daughter (9) swallowed a magnet. She has a habit of anything in her hands going right in there and it's been an ongoing thing. But yeah the school called her Dad, he called me and I said get his ass to the school and we're going to the ER.

long story short she pooped it out the next morning.

However we spent HOURS in a packed ER not sure if they were going to send her to Children's Hospital in DC or not. During that time we talked about why it was so serious, explained that she did great telling a teacher that she'd swallowed the magnet and alternated between trying to make her feel better, and making her understand that she fucked up and was LUCKY they decided to send her home.

Today, when she got off the bus her Dad caught her with a piece of plastic in her mouth.

Ya'll we're both pissed. She already had all her electronics taken away, she was already grounded (because yeah she told an adult but putting a random magnet in her mouth and costing us the American cost of an ER visit isn't something we were gonna wave off) and I talked to her for SO LONG about how dangerous it was.

I lost it. I yelled, screamed and sent her to shower and bed as soon as I was done.

I'm not that Mom. I'm sit and talk Mom, I'm apologize and feel your feelings mom.

And honestly I'm still pissed. My #1 question wasn't why she would put it in her mouth, it's a habit and not something she can break over night obviously, but...

WHY KEEP SOMETHING IN YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT WILL/CAN HAPPEN IF YOU SWALLOW IT? IF YOU PUT IN IN YOUR MOUTH SUBCONCIOUSLY THEN WHEN YOU REALIZE ITS THERE WHY DIDN'T YOU SPIT IT OUT?

I'm still mad AF. In the morning I'll talk to her about it again in the morning, but right now I'm not ready to apologize.