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The Sun
11 hours ago
- Health
- The Sun
Mum issues urgent warning about popular silicone bowls as she admits 18-month-old daughter was ‘suffocated' by hers
A MUM has issued an urgent warning to other parents following a terrifying incident that gave her the "fright of my life". The woman explained that her 18-month-old daughter was sitting next to her on the sofa as she tucked into a bowl of porridge - which had been served up in a silicone bowl. 2 2 The bowls are popular among parents thanks to how easy they are to wash up, and the fact they can suction to plastic surfaces such as highchair trays. But as the mum was eating her breakfast, she heard a "weird noise", like a "muffled scream", coming from her daughter. She immediately turned to see what was wrong, and found that the "silicone bowl she was eating out of had suctioned to her face and she couldn't get it off". "She was trying to pull it off and was panicking because it would budge," she continued. "It was stuck hard! "I grabbed it as soon as I saw and pulled it off her face and she instantly burst into tears." She added that she never leaves her children when they're eating because of "choking reasons", but admitted "what I didn't expect was she could get suffocated by her bowl!". "I've never moved so fast in my life and been so scared!" she said. "It would have only been on her face for about 5 seconds, but the thought of what would have happened if I wasn't in the room and she had of had it stuck for a lot longer is terrifying!" In her post in The Mum's Lounge Facebook group, she urged other mums and dads to "be so careful" with the bowls, or "better yet, don't use them!". "This is the only silicone dish I have and I'll be chucking it out after this," she concluded. "I saw this happen to some other mum maybe last year," one person commented on the post. "After I read that, I threw all of my silicone bowls in the bin. "It's so scary. It can only take a split second!" "I have this bowl and my son slurps his cereal out of it," another admitted. "It's going in the bin now!" "They shouldn't be sold at all," a third insisted. "Your bub isn't the first & won't be the last to be suctioned to a silicone bowl face first." "Yea I only used those during the 'throwing things stage' and only in the high chair stuck to the tray," someone else commented. "I've seen posts like this and they have warnings as well not to use them unless get are stuck down.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Young Mom of Baby Is Annoyed with Doctor's Parenting Tip: ‘It Was Out of Order and an Arrogant Thing to Say'
A Mumsnet user is wondering if she should confront her baby's doctor about a piece of unsolicited parenting advice he offered The young mom recalled that the doctor said, 'Parenting tip here for you: Do not let them look at your phone' 'I'd find it patronizing,' another Mumsnet user repliedJust what the doctor ordered isn't making one young mom feel better. The mom detailed a recent doctor's visit on the U.K.-based community forum Mumsnet, where she shared a general practitioner's unsolicited parenting tip. 'I took my baby to a doctor's appointment regarding a rash under their chin after beginning weaning. My baby was lying on the bed and we needed them to look up so the doctor could see,' she wrote, before adding that she dangled her keys and phone's screensaver in the air. 'My baby smiled and looked up, so this worked,' she continued. 'The doctor glanced for half a second under her chin and said straight-faced, 'Parenting tip here for you: Do not let them look at your phone.' I laughed thinking it was a joke, but it was obvious from his expression that it wasn't.' The doctor's comment took the mother by surprise. 'I feel a bit annoyed to be honest. Even if I were playing cartoons, he is there to look at a medical concern and not comment on anything else,' she said, noting that she left her husband in the car and now wonders if the male doctor would have made the same statement if he were in the room. 'I do think it was out of order and an arrogant thing to say,' the mom confessed, before asking if it would be unreasonable to confront the doctor. is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! In a Mumsnet poll under her post, 87 percent of the nearly 200 voters selected 'You are being unreasonable' as their voting option. 'Let it go — it's just advice you don't agree with,' one reader replied. However, another person disagreed, commenting, 'I'd find it patronizing, but I don't know if I'd be pissed off enough to make a complaint.' Read the original article on People
