HELP!! BURNT TEETHING RING

[Hannahmc12]

Help guys i may be being over anxious but i put one of my LO teething links in the microwave to steralise it after a few minutes i smelt burning i sat LO on his play mat and opened the microwave to air it threw the melted teething ring outside opened the back door amd kitchen windows LO was on his play mat in the living room which is right next to the kitchen and the doors are right next to eachother have no door on at the moment due to decorating the whole house amelt of burn plastic so i opened windows n then fed LO he then went asleep he is 11 weeks old i then googled the affect of inhaling burnt plastic and panicked worried i then ran around opening every window to air the house out but i did this over 40 minutes could he have inhaled any and should i be worried 😢😢😢

They will be absolutely fine. You did the right thing opening the windows, but any fumes would have been negligible. Don't worry.

If you're still worried, just make sure to keep an eye out for dizziness or illness, though if they were affected symptoms would have presented by now usually.

Thank you so much i really was beside myself im looking out for a cough or anything out of the ordinary it was just on google it says exposure can cause cognitive delays sight loss omg all scary stuff so ppaniced straight away as my LO is our miricke baby we never thought wed have so i panic at the smallest thing so comforted by you guys thank you so much

If your smoke alarm didn't go off then I'd say you did the right thing and the risk is negligible.

I’m sure he will be fine. Burn plastic stinks but the level of dangerous fumes would be very low.

Kindly you are being overtly anxious. Try to do something fun or enjoyable today to take your mind off it.

He’ll be absolutely fine. Opening the windows was the right thing to do, hopefully your weather is not as windy and rainy as it is here!

Find another way to sterilise things OP

It's a one off and a tiny quantity. He will be fine. Things like cognitive delays and sight loss will not be caused by a tiny amount. However I would stop using the microwave to sterelise plastic things without water. That's not what they're designed for. Put it in a steam stereliser, use milton tablets or get a mini microwave stereliser where you add water. It's the heat of the water/steam which sterelizes.

Guys thank you all you have helped my anxiety so much honestly i was so worried and now feel so silly for being so frantic i just took LO for some fresh air hes been smiling and had his feed came back home the house still smells of burnt plastic ever ao slightly but iv left a few windows open and have learnt massivly never to do that again baby brain i swear 😢😢 iv also ordered a sterilising buscket and tablets for future thanks again guys

I never bothered sterilising anything other than bottles - from an early age, DS would put anything and everything in his mouth so it seemed pointless. Obviously if you're FF, you need to do the bottles.