What should I do if my baby eats a rubber band?

Children generally do not have their own consciousness, so they do not care much about dangerous things. This tests how careful parents are in taking care of their children. Women need to use rubber bands when tying their hair, and rubber bands are also common in daily life. Some babies like to play with rubber bands, but what should they do if they accidentally swallow them while playing with them?

There is no big problem if a child accidentally swallows a rubber band except that it is unhygienic. This is because rubber bands are inert substances in the stomach. They will not be dissolved or digested, and there are no free toxic substances absorbed by the human body, so there is no problem.

If the amount of rubber bands ingested is not large, they can be excreted by the body.

Pay attention to the time and frequency of your child's bowel movements. If they are normal, you don't need to go to the hospital. If they are abnormal, you can go to the hospital for examination.

How to prevent accidental ingestion.

First of all, if there are things at home that you don’t want your baby to touch, you need to put these things in a higher place, or lock them in a cabinet so that the baby will not touch them. Especially for some toxic and harmful objects, they should be kept with caution.

Second, since babies always like to hit the toys they play with, many parts may fall off easily. Therefore, you must check the toys your baby likes to play with regularly to see if some smaller parts are loose. If so, you should repair them quickly to prevent your baby from accidentally swallowing them.

Third, when parents feed their babies food, especially complementary food, they must cut the food into small pieces. This way the baby can eat safely without getting choked. Also, when the baby is eating, parents must supervise nearby and not let the baby move around too much, otherwise it is easy for food to enter the baby's esophagus, and in severe cases, the baby may suffocate.

It is actually very common for babies to accidentally swallow things when they are infants and young children. If the items are non-toxic and harmless, there is actually no problem. However, if the baby eats some toxic and harmful items, it will cause extremely serious damage to the baby's body, and the parents will regret it. Therefore, parents must follow the methods introduced above to effectively prevent the baby from accidentally eating some toxic and harmful items.