RHOC’s Meghan King Edmonds slammed by ‘parent police’ for letting daughter, 3, take melatonin from her purse
REAL Housewives of Orange County alum Meghan King Edmonds has had to defend herself after posting a picture of her daughter who took melatonin.
The released a statement after internet trolls slammed her for letting her daughter take a melatonin gummy, which caused her to fall asleep for a very long time.
Over the weekend, Meghan shared an Instagram story where she posed next to her sleeping three-year-old daughter.
The caption read: "This angel found a melatonin gummy in mama’s purse leftover from our flight.
"30 minutes later (that was 2 hours ago)."
But apparently, people weren't having it and Meghan had to release a statement explaining her parenting style to the trolls.
After receiving criticism through her Instagram stories, the talked to about the situation.
She said: "It was a melatonin gummy for kids, not a sleeping pill and certainly not for an adult. It is completely safe.
“Aspen found the one little gummy in a little baggie while rummaging through my purse. She asked me if she could have it and since it was nap time I told her ‘Yes.’
"In fact, the recommended dosage for this particular brand of melatonin for kids is two gummies and I let her have one.”
She continued to explain that she did not delete the post due to the criticism, but that it had expired.
She told PEOPLE: "I never deleted the post, it stayed on my Instagram Stories for the full 24 hours because nothing wrong or dangerous happened.
"Aspen was fully supervised by me the entire time and didn’t take the gummy without my express permission.
"The post was cheekier because it’s Instagram that’s what social media is about: a glimpse into our lives — not usually the full story.
"But, since the parent police are out in full force, I’ve felt compelled to give a full explanation to this silliness.”
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Meghan shares three-year-old Aspen and 19-month-old twin boys Hart and Hayes with estranged husband Jim Edmonds.
The couple broke up after Jim reportedly had an affair with the family nanny.
Jim later filed for divorce in October 2019 and was , Mexico with a new , the same one who .
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