Mum's Horror After Discovering Toddler Swallowed Her Dummy

A horrified mother has revealed the terrifying moment she discovered her 18-month-old daughter swallowed a dummy in her sleep.

Stacey Willett, from Queensland’s Mackay, said the family only realised little Aurora had ingested the plastic product after they found it in her nappy the next morning, reports Daily Mail.

Speaking to 9News about the ordeal, the mother said an x-ray found just a minor scratch and tear on her toddler’s intestine.

‘The doctor said it’s eye-opening to think that something was made with a big plastic piece to not go down the baby’s throat, can go down the baby’s throat,’ she said.

Warning to other parents

“I have three other children and nothing like that has ever happened to us before,” she said.

Relieved when she found out Aurora was going to be okay, the Andergrove mother said she was keen to make other parents aware what could happen.

“I just want to warn other parents to be careful because it can happen and it did happen,” she said.

How terrifying! One very lucky little girl by the sounds of it.

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24 Comments

- - mom101628 said
  - 09 Sep 2018
    4:41 pm
How lucky that nothing more untoward didn’t happen to this little child.

- - mom81879 said
  - 29 Jun 2018
    2:19 pm
Not sonething you would expect to happen. I thought they were increased in size to avoid this kind of thing happening

- - Ellen said
  - 05 Jun 2018
    3:43 am
I wouldn’t give a gun as BD present either, but to be honest i don’t understand why this mum is so furious. It’s just a gift. When you don’t like the gift that is given, then you just take it away and bring it to Vinnies or whatever. How can another mum know what you like or dislike, unless she’s a close friend ?

- - mom206279 said
  - 04 Jun 2018
    3:22 pm
Very lucky little girl.

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 04 Jun 2018
    1:13 pm
You would think dummies are safe but glad she’s ok

- - ashna9 said
  - 03 Jun 2018
    3:04 pm
Wow! How lucky she passed it and didn’t choke in her sleep!

- - mom298431 said
  - 03 Jun 2018
    1:19 pm
I am so please that the child is fine and well. So ironic how babies/children can make things fit in places that we as adults think is impossible.

- - cherz said
  - 03 Jun 2018
    1:09 pm
Wow this story is so very hard for me to get my head around . So glad all’s well though.

- - mom114371 said
  - 03 Jun 2018
    10:18 am
Scary! But lucky it passed through without any issues. They might not have even realised she had done it until something bad happened!

- - nealsq said
  - 02 Jun 2018
    8:30 pm
omg how scary!!!

- - Staceylee101 said
  - 02 Jun 2018
    3:40 pm
What? How is that even possible? Apparently it is though, I’d be pretty horrified too to find that in a nappy.

- - mom160421 said
  - 02 Jun 2018
    2:23 pm
Wow, how did this little baby not choke? I’m so pleased to hear she is okay.
- mom93821 replied
  
  03 Jun 2018 , 6:03 am
  This story still shocks me – considering some poor tots have choked on smaller things. Indeed a wonderful miracle.
- - curlytops said
  - 02 Jun 2018
    11:34 am
wow I thought they were made big enough that a child could not swallow them. Good warning to other parents incase this happens again.

- - nadine_hill said
  - 02 Jun 2018
    8:31 am
I would have never have thought it possible – luckily she was okay!

- - mom93821 said
  - 02 Jun 2018
    6:54 am
Wow and oh my goodness – such a horrific find. Glad the little one survived this incident.

- - Ellen said
  - 02 Jun 2018
    5:02 am
Wow, wouldn’t have thought this could pass the throat of a baby !! This could have gone so wrong.
but then I’ve seen strange things being swallowed in the psychiatric hospital. We had one lady on the unit who ate all kind of strange objects like metal forks and knives and she survived !

- - becstalou said
  - 01 Jun 2018
    8:19 pm
Probably a blessing they didn’t know until it was safely passed. Luckily it ended so well.

- - kjgarner said
  - 01 Jun 2018
    6:11 pm
WOW very painful to come out the other end, luckily she didn’t have too much damage

- - BellaB said
  - 01 Jun 2018
    5:30 pm
Wow. I’m amazed it just came through.

- - mom112217 said
  - 01 Jun 2018
    5:08 pm
A horrible situation to go through ‘