China mum wraps baby's index finger to stop ‘unhygienic' sucking, leads to tissue damage
On July 14, anxious young parents took their 11-month-old daughter to the Hunan Children's Hospital in central China's Hunan province.
They did so because the baby's index finger was swollen and purple.
Little Lele's index finger became swollen and discoloured as a result of her mother wrapping it up. Photo: Sina
The mother told the doctor that she had done so for the baby, nicknamed Lele, to prevent her from chewing her finger.
She said her family believed that finger chewing was unhygienic and could negatively affect the development of the baby's teeth.
She read online that tying the baby's finger up woulde be effective.
She said she only wrapped her baby's index finger 'loosely'.
The family was frightened when they saw her finger the next morning.
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