The more toys in the water, the better, as most kids think of bath time as the conclusion of the day.
However, one Illinois mother is warning parents that an apparently harmless bath toy can be dangerous for kids after a horrific event that left her young son in danger of losing his sight.
A high temperature
While giving her 2-year-old son Baylor a bath, Eden Strong noticed that his eye hurt. After having a bath, Baylor’s eye grew worse, but she blamed it on getting water in it.
Her youngster has been suffering from cellulitis, a potentially fatal bacterial skin disease. Within twelve hours, his eye went from pink to infected.
She said that “his eye was protruding from his face” in a Facebook post that has now gone viral. It was really vague. He was suffering from a high fever.
As I sobbed my way to a larger hospital, I prayed that he wouldn’t lose his eye.
The next week was quite bad. He got acute cellulitis, which eventually moved down his face and into both of his eyes. They warned that he would lose vision in the worst eye, but thank God, his eyes were eventually restored.
Baylor had terrible eye damage from a squirting bath toy.
It has received 300,000 shares.
Because the water is never fully ejected, she explained, “I later learned that those toys can just grow bacteria that you can’t stop.”
Eden posted graphic pictures of her son’s injuries to Facebook in an effort to warn other parents. 320,000 individuals have shared the post since then. Images of children from other parents who had experienced similar things entered Eden’s mind.
Strong said she hopes manufacturers will keep this in mind while creating bath toys.
She has since thrown away all of Baylor’s squeezable toys.
I think those toys in particular are very cute. They provide amusement. They are cheap and easy, but they aren’t worth it.
