For most children, the end of the day means bath time and the more toys in the bath, the better.
But a mother from the United States is warning parents that a seemingly innocent bath toy can be dangerous for children after her son almost lost his eyesight due to a horrific injury.
Raging fever
Eden Strong was giving her 2-year-old son Baylor a bath when she noticed his eye was irritated. She thought it was because water got into his eye, but Baylor’s eye got worse after the bath.
Her son had developed cellulitis, a potentially serious bacterial skin infection. In just 12 hours, his eye went from pink to infected.
“His eye was protruding from his face,” she said in a Facebook post that has since gone viral. “It was very dark. He had a high fever.
“I cried the entire journey to a larger hospital, praying he wouldn’t lose his eye.
“The week after that was pretty scary. He had severe cellulitis that eventually spread over his face and to both eyes. They warned me he could lose sight in the worst eye, but fortunately, his eyes eventually healed.”
The cause of Baylor’s horrific eye injury was a squirting bath toy.
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“I later found out that because the water is never fully squirted out of that kind of toy, bacteria can grow that you can’t stop,” she said.
Eden posted shocking photos of her son’s injuries on Facebook to warn other parents, and the post has been shared by 320,000 people since then. Eden was flooded with photos from other parents of their children who had similar problems.
Strong said she hopes manufacturers will take this into account when producing bath toys.
She has since thrown away all of Baylor’s squirting toys.
“I especially find those toys cute. They are fun. They are cheap and they are easy, but it’s not worth it.”
What a scare this family went through, I’m so glad Baylor has recovered.
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