"Hello...yes....is this poison control?"

Tonight, my 3-year-old comes bouncing into the kitchen, smiling from ear to ear, with a "milk moustache"...only it's red.  I said, "baby...what have you been drinking?" 

"My medicine!"

"What medicine?"

"My 'cough syrup'"

Uh-oh.

"Show me, sweetie, what are you talking about?"

He then happpily and bouncily (is that a word?) runs excitedly to the bathroom and shows me.

How is it even possible for a person only about 3 feet tall to reach up into a cabinet (that I, at 5'9", have to myself reach UP to get into), pull out "cough syrup", remove the CHILDPROOF LID, and consume 2 full medicine cups of this:

This is a 32 lb. kid....drinking 6+ tsps. of this!  His "normal dosage" (please don't think we dole this out like candy!) is 1 tsp. 

After NOT handling it well with my reaction, I called poison control.  They informed me that he would probably sleep.  Very hard.  Immediately.

He is.  7:00 pm.....LIGHTS OUT.  His idea. 

Lessons Mama has learned:
(1)  My kid is a make-it-happen-kind-of-guy.  If he wants something, he will make it happen.  This will make for an amazing adult...but a child to watch like a hawk!
(2)  For obvious reasons, I will be checking all the childproof lids on all the meds tomorrow. 
(3)  If I ever need him to sleep at 7:00 PM, "accidentally" leave the lid loose on the Nyquil.  I AM KIDDING, PEOPLE.....PLEASE DO NOT CALL CPS.

We're grateful he's okay.  He gave his Mama quite a scare tonight.