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Baby scratched and ate paint off a plastic toy. Feeling concerned

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sarahhoping · 08/01/2021 11:34

My baby boy 11 month old who has grown teeth now has probably scratched the car part with teeth and consumed part of its paint.
He is fine though but I am wondering if those stuff is carcinogenic and heavens forbid does some harm to baby in long term .
You can see scratched part in bottom

Baby scratched and ate paint off a plastic toy. Feeling concerned
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MaizeBlouse · 08/01/2021 11:40

He'll be fine!
Obviously it's not the best thing in the world for him to consume but, assuming the toy is from a well known manufacturer, they won't have used toxic paint as they have stringent safety grades to pass to even sell a toy for children.

My 13month old actively shoves gross city mud in his mouth at any given opportunity, my older boy once ate bird poo, both unscathed!

bloodywhitecat · 08/01/2021 11:45

He'll be fine, if the paint was that carcinogenic it wouldn't be allowed to be used for anything, much less toys for babies. I can guarantee he will eat far more unsavoury things as he grows.

SinisterBumFacedCat · 08/01/2021 11:49

My son pretty much ate his cot. He’s fine (though continually finding tooth marks in the woodwork was alarming).

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