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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/CheetoMeow1 on 2025-12-20 01:33:30+00:00.
My 3 year old was sitting on the floor, quietly playing with his little vehicles. I was being lazy because I just finished prepping a turkey. I went to the bathroom & came back, son still happily playing on the floor. Few minutes later he started coughing, screaming, & crying. I left the pepper on the counter & he got ahold it. Breathed it in, had it in his eyes, all over his hands, etc. I picked him up, started rinsing out his eyes with cold water & wet towels. Wasn’t working so I grabbed the saline nose spray. Luckily I squirted it in my eyes to see if it would work. Felt fine for a few seconds until it started burning the crap out of my eyes! We ended up getting into a cold shower & rinsing out our eyes for what felt like forever. While rinsing us off, I asked him why he had the pepper. He told me he needed some gravel for his dump truck. At least he has an excuse to do stupid things since he’s 3. I’m 46, I should know better.
TL;DR My toddler stole the pepper, got it in his eyes & up his nose, essentially pepper spraying himself. I tried to one up him by rinsing my eyes out with nasal saline spray. We’re both fine.