Poor bub ! Glad you acted in time and the damage was reduced to temporary symptoms !
The younger kids aren’t allowed in the laundry here and they know. They can help in different ways.

wow that is very scary and it is a good reminder to keep these away from the kids

Hope your bub makes a great recovery. The laundry area is one are my children don’t go into – so I am lucky

I know a child who does her own washing. There is also pods that have granules in them. The child found 2 attached and tried to separate them. One burst and she got it in her eyes.

I hope little Bub makes full recovery.

Oh gosh I hope he will be ok, thank you for the warning. I do keep my laundry products out of the way where little kids can’t reach.

That’s awful! All of my stuff is out of reach anyway, but I had no idea that it could do that if it got in the eye!

The golden rule in our house is to keep everything dangerous higher than a 3 year old can climb to on a chair. Including (especially) everything with a child proof lock.

I keep mine in an overhead cupboard in the laundry. However, it’s still good to know. As an adult, I could even accidentally squeeze one too tightly. I have noticed with these, and the dishwasher tabs, it does say to wash your hands always after use. It is something I adhere to.

oh how awful for this child. Hopefully the manufacturer can work out a new box design to keep the contents contained away from little children

How awful !!
I never let my little one help with the washing. I don’t let her come in the laundry room where all the soaps and washing detergents are, it’s forbidden area.
This story confirms how dangerous it is. Thanks for sharing.

This is terrible. I’ve never tried the laundry pods yet. I think its good for kids to help out with household chores and sometimes it is hard to judge what is age appropriate. Our laundry cupboard had a child lock on it when they were younger, and other cleaners are still out of reach. I hope this bubba has a full and permanent recovery.

What a terrifying ordeal for them to go through. His eyes look very sore. Poor little mite. So glad his blindness was only temporary.

Wow, how absolutely terrifying. I cannot put on a load of washing without master 2 “helping.” Thankfully I don’t use these pods & supervise (as in holding his little hand) as he tips the detergent into the machine. I always make sure his hands are washed afterwards too. Glad to hear this little guy is on the mend ????

oh my goodness, that is so scary. Poor little bub. Hope he is fine now. A good warning though

These accidents are always so terrible and sadly they do happen – hopefully everyone will be ok – bub and mum. Good on the mum for being brave enough to share her story.

Even though it is a nuisance our laundry cupboards are child locked plus a padlock as one child got pass the child proof lock. There is a warning but any chemicals used for cleaning can harm anyone.

I never allowed my kids to handle chemicals or detergents of any kind when young & unable to understand the dangers. Anything to do with washing clothes contains chemicals that kids should not be handling & regardless of the fact there was not any warnings in large print a sensible parent would look for them. Can’t blame the manufacturer for a lapse in commonsense, many cleaning agents in both the kitchen & laundry are not in child proof containers because one would assume parents had a brain. The cost of these goods would rise dramatically if items such as dish washing liquid had to be child proofed, we are heading towards a true nanny state if people don’t start using their own commonsense & good judgement. Stop passing the blame onto others when you fail to do the right thing.

The poor little boy,such a horrible experience.

This is the exact reason why I had my husband build a shelf high above the washing machine. It’s also where I keep my iron, I remember burning my own hand on my mother’s iron when I was young and there was no way I was letting my own baby experience that.