Not sure if this is the right section to place this post but.....
We had the most frightning experience recently with our ds & his dummy. (& please , before all the posts about the downfalls etc of dummies, this is really to make people aware so they can avoid a similar situation.)
We had tommy tippee "Air" dummies for our 5 month old ds which he has to go down for naps etc. He generally spits them out as he falls asleep. He was having a nap on the bed Sat afternoon & dh & I were in the next room. (live in a flat.)
All of a sudden we heard a straining/choking sound coming from ds.
We dashed in to check on him & dh saw him thrashing around, bright red head/face & clearly extremely distressed. His dummy was in his mouth with the teat pointing outwards.
He had obviously woken & tried to put his dummy back in his mouth but got it the wrong way in. Dh went to remove it, only to find it wedged in. The raised circular part of the dummy (with no handle bit on that style) had wedged in with his gums preventing it coming out. (he couldn't open his mouth wide enough to clear the gums.)
Hubby had to yank the dummy out (both he, me & baby in a panick) & ds's gums ended up cut in the process.
Obviously we were all shocked & V frightened. All dummies of that brand /style have gone in the bin & we haven't slept since! - I e-mailed tommy tippe to make them aware & avoid any other parent / baby having this experience. With the response I got, they clearly were not particualrly bothered & stated:
"It is impossible to design
a soother that will not enter a child?s mouth that will
a) be safe and
b) be a user friendly, cosmetically acceptable product."
- (I'd rather an ugly, safe dummy thanks!)
Sorry for such a long post, but i wanted to let people know just in case.
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