Having an infant in the house always brings joy and happiness to the family.
Moms would always check on them and ensure they were cared for.
But whatever care and precautions we take to make our babies safe, something is almost always bound to happen that would make a parent worry.
Kristen Milhone, a resident of Lowell, Michigan, shared an unfortunate event that happened to her baby.
She took to social media in 2018 about the blisters that her then 7-month-old son Jack had gotten.
Milhone would typically take her son from the crib after a good night’s sleep and play with him.
However, she was shocked upon seeing the blisters.
“I picked him up and was playing with him, and then all of a sudden I saw his bump on the side of his head,” Milhone shared during an interview.
“I got up to turn the light on, and he had this blister. It almost looked like a chemical burn.”
What caused this?
Initially, she thought that the blisters were from a chemical burn.
But nothing could have caused it when she checked the crib for any signs or items the baby may have slept with.
It was only Baby Jack and his pacifier.
They immediately went to the Emergency Room to find out what caused it and treat it immediately.
The doctors initially thought they were ringworms.
But after the thorough checkup, it was later discovered that the pacifier caused it. Baby Jack fell asleep and turned over to the pacifier and into his right temple.
The pacifier created suction and left a burn.
As a common practice, pacifiers are one of the basic items when having a baby in the family. And we trust that these pacifiers won’t harm our infants.
This type of pacifier is often provided at hospitals for free for newborns.
However, after this, some considerations may need to be practiced to avoid such incidents.
The doctors then advised Milhone to put ointment on the burn. Follow-up appointments were also taken to ensure the child won’t get any other infections, so the wound will be monitored and healed.
However, some doctors also recommended visiting a burn clinic or that Baby Jack needs plastic surgery if the burns do not heal properly.
Since babies have thin skin, the burn may leave marks and scars.
“It’s just terrifying like you don’t do all this stuff, and then this one thing you may do is like suction cup a pacifier to your child’s head,” Milhone explained. “You’re supposed to be able to have that. It’s just scary,” she added.
Milhone also shared further awareness of how that type of pacifier quickly turns into a suction cup.
And leaving it attached to your skin for a while would definitely cause irritations.
The question now arises: are pacifiers safe?
One thing is for sure: as long as parents are aware of the risks involved and take precautions to avoid them, then pacifiers, in general, are safe for babies.
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