A MUM has issued a heartbreaking warning after her toddler nearly lost his eyesight from playing with dirty bath toys.
Writing on her Facebook page, Eden Strong explained how she was already aware of how easy it is for mould to build up in bath toys and would always squeeze the water out after every bath.
The American mum-of-three wrote: “I’ve seen the posts where mom’s have cut them open and discovered a ridiculous amount of mould inside. I knew.
“So I squeezed them out after each bath, cleaned them out every few weeks with a bleach water solution, and regularly held them up to the light to look for mould.”
But despite her treating them with bleach, Eden didn’t know that bacteria could still grow inside the toys as they’re rarely ever dry.
Earlier this year, Eden’s nanny told her that her toddler Baylor had squired himself in the eye with one of the bath toys.
At first, the mum didn’t panic because his eye was only slightly red and she couldn’t see any mould in the toys.
She continued: “I figured it was just irritated from the water, or maybe the pressure of the water, and so I didn’t think much of it.”
By that evening, Baylor’s eye was noticeably even more red and so Eden’s husband rushed him to hospital as they feared he’d developed pink eye.
“The doctor agreed and I patted myself on the back a bit for being so attentive,” Eden wrote. “He got his first dose of eye drops and because I was already priding myself on being attentive, I decided to give him a booster dose in the middle of the night just to assure he would be feeling better by morning.”
But during the night, Baylor’s eye got much much worse – and Eden is grateful she checked on him.
The mum recalled: “I wasn’t expecting to find him in his crib with an eye twice the size as it was when he went to bed, with redness spreading down his cheek.
“As a bit of an internet medical guru, I immediately wondered if he might be developing cellulitis, and so off to the ER we went.
“There, another doctor once again agreed with my diagnosis and wrote him a prescription for oral antibiotics, which we filled and gave him at 2:30am.”
How often should you clean bath toys?
- Bath toys are a breeding ground for mould, bacteria and worse – and the squeezy ones are the worst offenders.
- Water sucked into the toys harbours all sorts of nasties and if it’s left inside, it will become a smelly, gungy mess.
- A study by ABC examined various bath toys sent in by parents and found mould and bacteria on 100 per cent of them – and many also had traces of faecal matter.
- Given how often young children put toys in their mouth, that’s a gross thought.
- Experts recommend that you clean your children’s bath toys at least once a week.
How to clean bath toys:
Related Posts
I Was About To Announce My Engagement To Another Woman When I Walked Into A Restaurant Restroom And Found Four Six-Year-Old Boys Who Looked Exactly Like Me—Hours Later, I Discovered That My Own Mother Had Hidden My Sons And Destroyed The Life I Was Supposed To Have
For Nine Months, My Husband Told Me, “You Can Handle It Yourself.” When Our Daughter Was Born, I Did Exactly That. He Rushed Into the Hospital Three Hours Late, Demanding to Know Why No One Had Called Him. I Just Looked at Him and Said, “You’re Not Late for the Birth, Derek. You’re Late for Us.” Then My Lawyer Walked In With the Papers I’d Signed Weeks Ago
At 2 A.M., I Called My Parents in Tears and Begged, “Please Come Get Me and My 6-Year-Old Daughter. We Can’t Stay Here Another Night.” Mom Called Me Dramatic. Dad Told Me to Stop Blaming My Husband. Then I Discovered Why They Refused to Help: My Husband Had Been Secretly Paying Them $10,000 Every Month to Keep Them on His Side. I Hung Up, Took My Little Girl, and Disappeared Before Sunrise. By Morning, My Husband Was Calling in a Panic, Shouting, “What Have You Done?!” He’d Finally Discovered the One Secret About His Business Empire That I’d Kept From Him All Along
Just 90 Minutes Before My Wedding, My Son’s Nanny Walked Into My Room Holding My 11-Month-Old Baby and Whispered, “Please, Don’t Go Downstairs. You Need to Hear This First.” Then She Played a Recording of My Bride’s Secret Phone Call About My Fortune—and the Son I Had Always Believed Was Mine. I Listened in Silence as Her True Plans Unfolded. With 200 Guests Waiting Downstairs, I Made One Decision My Bride Never Saw Coming: I Canceled Our Wedding Before She Could Walk Down the Aisle
