Hi Amber

This might reassure you - a few weeks ago DP found DD in the bathroom waving the toilet brush around like she'd found the greatest thing ever. I don't know what your toilet brush is like but mine is pretty gross and it sits in water that drips off it after cleaning the toilet with disinfectant. Anyhow, I was pretty worried that she may have ingested poo and/or disinfectant. So I phoned the nurse helpline thingy and they said this is VERY common and if I wanted some further reassurance to call the Poisons Helpline who also told me that it was very unlikely that she would be adversely affected. All they really advised was to watch for redness in and outside the mouth and give her water to flush (pardon the toilet pun) anything nasty out.

So I'd just keep an eye on things but I wouldn't be making a doctor's appointment unless you see anything untoward.

By the way, I've now put a latch on the outside of the bathroom door as it's impossible to babyproof the entire room. That's well and truly scuppered her!