Accidental Ethanol Ingestion in a 32 Day Old Infant.

We report a case of a 32 day old previously healthy male who presented to an outside hospital in the early morning with chief complaint of "not acting normal". The mother reported that she woke up at 4am and prepared a 4 ounce bottle of formula with Enfamil and water for the baby, andthe baby drank 3 ounces of the formula. Approximately an hour later, she observed that the baby was not acting right. The baby was having excessive oral secretions, shaking his arms up and down, and was agitated. 

The father later recalled that he had left clear undiluted gin that he had shared with his friend earlier that evening in a disposable water bottle on the nightstand next to the formula powder. Waking up in the middle of the night and mistaking it for water, the mother then used the alcohol while mixing the patient’s formula. The patient was immediately taken to an outside hospital.(Read more)