This new dad’s parenting fail landed him a visit from the police

It all had to do with hot sauce.

A lighthearted Facebook posted went terribly wrong for one new dad after he was visited by police who suspected something a lot more sinister was occurring. Thirty-nine-year-old Paul Dawson joked about his new dad fail after accidentally feeding his newborn hot sauce. The mistake occurred when Paul was eating out with his partner at a branch of TGI Fridays in Stockton-on-Tees. Paul's wife was breastfeeding the baby and asked if he could hold him while she ate. According to The Daily Mail, this is when the epic fail occurred:

"I'd wiped my hands on a napkin, as you do, and was holding him.

"He wasn't too happy at not feeding anymore so I put my knuckle in his mouth to try and pacify him - completely forgetting about what I'd eaten.

"Ben made a funny face and that was that."

The new father, from Stockton, then took to Facebook to regale the anecdote:

"Apparently five-day-old babies don't like it when their dads put their fingers in their mouths after eating hot wings. Unintentionally by the way. Lol."

Astoundingly, police officers arrived on Paul's doorstep two days later to inspect the welfare of the child after a member of the public tipped them off. Paul reportedly became quite upset and it was down to his partner Laurencia to explain the reality of the situation. It came to light that the police had not even read the Facebook post. The first time dad was understandably irked by the waste of resources and said, "I can't believe, with our stretched police force, they were sent out without looking into it properly."