These things happen. An ex-girlfriend's 8 year old (at the time) swallowed two small kitchen magnets (they were the small type embedded in what looks like a pu

These things happen. An ex-girlfriend's 8 year old (at the time) swallowed two small kitchen magnets (they were the small type embedded in what looks like a push-pin top). At the time it was suggested by the doctor that he might have had pica (http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/pica.html http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/pica.html) and that's why he ate the darned things.