How NOT to get the kids to go to sleep: Teen babysitter 'put Xanax in four-year-old's lunch to calm her down'

A teenage babysitter has been arrested after slipping Xanax, an anti-anxiety pill, into the lunch of a 4-year-old girl she was watching.

Olivia Rahne Smith, 17, from North Carolina, said she was trying to calm the child down and get her to take a nap.

The little girl became dizzy and fell over several times after eating her bowl of spaghetti, police said.

Eat up: Teen babysitterOlivia Rahne Smith, 17, from North Cafolina, slipped Xanax into the child's lunch to calm her and get her to sleep

According to a police report obtained by WMBF News, the mother of the child hired Smith, of Carolina Shores, to babysit her daughter from 8am to 2pm on New Year's Eve.

At lunch time, Mrs Smith said she received a text message from Smith stating that 'something was wrong' with her daughter.

The mother called Smith, who informed her the child had fallen over numerous times, had hit her head and was dizzy.

The mother rushed home and told police she found her daughter in 'a state of potential unconsciousness'.

She took her to the local medical centre with Smith in tow.

Drugged: The anti-anxiety drug Xanax was slipped into the four-year-old girl's lunch by teen babysitter Olivia Rahne Smith, 17, of Carolina Shores, in North Cafolina

While at the hospital, doctors performed a blood test on the child and discovered Xanax in the little girl's system.

According to the child's mother, her daughter was not taking any prescription medication.

She began her own investigation into the babysitter and searched Smith's purse.

She found five Xanax bars, which holds four sections of the drug each.

The Xanax, an anti-anxiety drug to calm patients and put them to sleep, was said to have been prescribed to a family member of Smith's.

When confronted, Smith allegedly confessed to stealing the medication and intended to use it to 'calm the [child] down so she would take a nap', according to the report.

Smith told the child's mother she removed just one of the four sections of the drug and put it in the child's spaghetti during lunch, the report said.

The child took just one taste and spat it out, however, she was said to have had the reaction to the medication soon after.

Police charged Smith yesterday with unlawful neglect of a child.