With fourteen kids running around, it’s no surprise that it’d be nearly impossible for Nadya Suleman to keep track of who’s eating what. Unfortunately all of the kids are under the age of eight, which puts most of them squarely in the “likes to put non-food items in mouth” age. This weekend Nadya’s 2-year-old son Caleb ingested some of the saline solution from his older brother’s volcano kit. Though he threw it up, Nadya called 911 and he went to the hospital – which naturally resulted in a bit of internet pandemonium.

Nadya Suleman is facing some new drama! Her 2-year-old son, Caleb, was treated and released from a Los Angeles-area hospital Friday after accidentally ingesting a chemical mixture from a home volcano kit. “He’ll be perfectly fine,” Suleman, 33, told RadarOnline.com after returning home with her son from a precautionary trip to the St. Jude Medical Center’s emergency room. Caleb, one of Suleman’s 14 children, vomited at the family’s La Hambra, Calif., home after swallowing liquid from his older brother’s volcano kit, prompting Suleman to dial 911. The boy was taken by ambulance to the Fullerton, Calif., hospital, underwent diagnostic tests and was released. According to Suleman, no further tests or medication will be needed. During the ordeal, Suleman’s other children – including her nearly 6-month-old octuplet babies – remained under the supervision of nannies.

[From the Boston Herald]

Radar reported that the aforementioned “chemical mixture” was actually a saline solution. They also noted that police and CPS workers visited the home as required.

Nadya returned home with 2-year old Caleb at 10:45pm PT and he is fine. Two hospital social service workers went to Nadya’s home to interview her children. Two police officers were also there providing security. It was all standard operating procedure. After 15 minutes inside the social workers determined everything was fine and they left with no further action.

[From Radar]

While I’d like to say this is obviously what happens when you have fourteen kids, a kid swallowing non-food items can happen to any parent. I’m sure having fourteen kids doesn’t help, but Caleb drank something that, while he probably shouldn’t have been given access to it, also was part of a toy. It’s not as though he got into anything under the sink – that would have indicated a bigger problem.

And I am well acquainted with this childhood almost-rite of passage. When I was five I swallowed a penny. How’d I do that? Well naturally I had it in my mouth while I was watching television. I’ve never liked to watch TV without having some other activity to focus on, and there was no internet back in 1986. So the next logical way to distract myself was to put spare change in my mouth and clink it back and forth between my teeth. This was surprisingly satisfying. After about day five of this activity a penny naturally flew into the back of my mouth, and I decided it was better to swallow it than try to pull it out. Luckily. It left my body on its own accord, thanks to the digestive powers of youth. A few months later my 1-year-old sister swallowed a leg from a Cootie game. She always had to one-up me.

Here’s Nadya and I think Caleb – the boy’s name isn’t mentioned in the photo, but this one looks about right – at the park in May. Images thanks to Fame Pictures .