An
Orange County mom is warning other parents about what she says are broken child
safety caps on some children’s Equate brand ibuprofen she bought at Walmart in
Newburgh.
"I feel it.
You think it works but for some reason it just spins right off," said Lana
Rumore, from Salisbury Mills.
The
34-year-old mom shared her experience on TikTok and showed her toddler opening
an empty bottle after she says the 23-month-old got ahold of the medicine and
managed to open it.
Rumore
says her toddler ingested some of the medicine last month and spilled the rest
on the floor.
She
now wants other parents to be aware that the caps might not work properly and
to check their bottles at home.
"Child proof should be child proof," said Rumore. "Luckily, my husband was
there changing her twin sister and my daughter, so my daughter wasn’t drinking
the entire bottle because to her it tastes good."
Rumore
says she bought a second bottle of the medicine to check the child safety cap which
also didn’t work.
A
representative for Walmart said the customer should call the number on the back
of the bottle, but didn't say if anyone else had reported broken child safety
caps.
Rumore said she did call the number on the back of the bottle but has not heard back.