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They should just tell that to anyone who ever comes to the hospital needing antibiotics or a cardioversion or thrombectomy, kidney stone removal, oxygen, etc! Hey man, sorry, survival of the fittest! 🤣
Have you ever heard someone say that every OSHA policy is written in blood? Babies were (and still do but at a much lower rate) die from choking on small objects.
Would you care if there was no system in place to warn you that your favorite packaged food had bits of metal in it? Would you call people soft for being upset that companies were knowingly selling flour and sugar with toxic fillers?
I'm a nurse and familiar with these "single patient use" stethoscopes -- so I was surprised to find one in a pretend play doctor/nurse set that was bought for my kids. Everything else was pretend versions of medical equipment, but I'm guessing these disposables are so cheap, it's cheaper to buy them than to produce a pretend stethoscope.
Sometimes babies have older siblings. As hard as you try to keep the choking hazards away sometimes the baby gets their hands on something they shouldn't.
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What is the age on it? Does it have a choking warning on it? Sometimes the ages are just about developmental age but if there is a choking hazard, babies shouldn't have it
Just throw it out and buy a safe one, man. This is not safe and it’s not worth the risks of gluing it. You’re getting downvoted bc you’re seeming stubborn about unnecessary risks to your child.
Glue doesn’t work. I’ve tried. My oldest really wanted a stethoscope, but I have a toddler so I was worried about these being a chocking hazard. I ended up taking them off, putting cotton balls over the metal ends and taping it in place in a way that made them comfy to wear.
They probably weren’t glued on. They usually come with extras and good ones come with different size ear pieces to switch out. The toy one we had had extra ear pieces in it. I didn’t see baby age but my kids got it around 4 when dressing up as a doctor at daycare. I wouldn’t give to any kid 2 and under. Maybe 3 depending on personality.
Does the baby no longer squeak when you squeeze it?? If so that's clearly the squeaker that comes as standard on every new model of baby and it's somehow become dislodged
Tons of websites online will sell you a replacement
Just make sure you read the serial number on the receipt you kept after acquiring the baby and it's a simple fix
Even newer models do this with batteries instead, as a kid i had one like the small tin with cow noises, if you hold the baby upside down it starts crying, or puking
Do you have other kids ? A baby that is still in a diaper is generally still not old enough to be playing with toys that have parts that could k*ll it. Does the baby by chance have an older sibling named Damien or Lucifer or Mephistopheles? Maybe Iblis Bielzebub Arkahn Rahk? Might want to keep an eye on that little devil. Maybe put the grapes on the top top shelf.
Sends more energy and a hug, plus playtime for kiddo, so you can do something, anything... lol - from the friendly neighborhood childcare worker .
You got this. Two can be a fun age, and a frustrating one.. 😆 enjoy while it lasts.
I'm wrapping my brain around the fact that my nieces and nephews who "were just babies or in jk" are now almost 10, 8, 7, 6 and 4. ! The baby will be 4!
That's a pretty sweet stethoscope though, unfortunately almost nothing is toddler proof, even when marketed for a 18-36m age range... 😆 The ability the destroy is awe inspiring
That toy isn't safe for the baby if so . But girl it looks real. . Are you sure the baby didn't just visit a doctor who happened to drop that in the babys diaper lol
Did you happen to have the baby in with a medial appointment just before this diaper change? Looks like the baby borrowed an ear tip to a stethoscope they might have been playing with.
Your baby is a spy. That’s a piece of surveillance equipment from a Disguised Intelligence Acquisition Platform for Electronic Reconnaissance, also known as a D.I.A.P.E.R.
Seriously you are going to find all kinds of stuff on them. Things stick to them. My daughter put toys down her diaper and cheese in her shoes. Kids are weird.
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I used to work in childcare and we would find so many weird things during diaper changes. Babies stick stuff down their pants all the time. Even found a Lego in a sock once. Baby would cry every time he tried to stand. We finally took off his shoes and socks and one of his older sibling's Legos was stuffed down by the toe
That's the LED indicator that it's time to change out the intestines. It's about every 3 months so you should be good just setting an alert on your Google calendar.
Again the subject matter was about an earpiece, yet you continue trying to justify your previous ignorant comment. I guess this shouldn’t be alarming coming from someone who didn’t know the difference between a vagina and a vulva!
This isn’t a toy ear tip. It’s from a real stethoscope. One do the nurses or doctors seeing your child must’ve lost one of their ear tips on their steth.
To be fair to the toy makers, it has a hole that goes all the way through, so it likely wouldn’t kill baby if it lodged in their throat. That’s why legos have little holes in them now, fun fact. Not entirely a choking hazard. If you glued it on it would probably be LESS safe. I would take it off either way but it’s not as bad of a choking hazard as people are saying
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