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LINCOLN, Neb. — A woman was arrested Wednesday morning after she allegedly accidentally fed her grandson methadone.

Rose Rej, 48, of Whitinsville, Massachusetts, was arrested and cited for child abuse, according to WBZ-TV.

Police in Lincoln said Rej was visiting her grandson for three weeks. She reportedly keeps her methadone in baby bottles and accidentally bottle-fed some to the 14-month-old boy.

“When she awoke at approximately 1:30 a.m. to feed the child, she grabbed the wrong bottle,” police said in a statement, according to WBZ-TV. “It wasn’t until the child was found in distress that she realized her mistake.”

Police responded to the residence just after 8 a.m. and found the child unresponsive. The child is recovering in the hospital, police said.

The child is in the custody of the state until an investigation is complete, WBZ-TV reports.

Police found marijuana pipes and rolling papers in the home, according to an incident report obtained by the Lincoln Journal Star.

A baby bottle with suspected methadone was found in a bedroom closet and a financial notebook written by the baby’s mom showed a $200 allowance for methadone, court documents obtained by the Journal Star say.

Methadone is given to addicts to help wean them off heroin. The baby’s mother had a past addiction to heroin, the Journal Star reports.

It is unclear if Rej, who had a past addiction to pain medication, according to Lincoln police, had the methadone legally.

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