For most kids the end of the day means bath time and the more toys in the bath the better.
But one Illinois mom is warning parents that a seemingly harmless bath toy can be dangerous to kids after a horrific injury left her young son facing the prospect of losing his sight.
For most kids the end of the day means bath time and the more toys in the bath the better.
But one Illinois mom is warning parents that a seemingly harmless bath toy can be dangerous to kids after a horrific injury left her young son facing the prospect of losing his sight.
Eden Strong was giving her 2-year-old son Baylor a bath when she noticed that his eye was irritated. She put it down to getting water in his eye but after his bath Baylorâs eye got worse.
Her son had suffered cellulitis, a potentially serious bacterial skin infection. In just 12 hours his eye went from pink to infected.
âI cried the entire drive to a larger hospital, praying that he wouldnât lose his eye.
âThe next week was pretty scary. He had severe cellulitis that eventually spread down his face and to both eyes. They warned me that he may lose vision in the worse eye, but in the end, thank the Lord his eyes healed.â
The cause of Baylorâs horrific eye injury was a squirting bath toy.
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âI came to find out later that because the water is never fully expelled from those types of toys that they can just grow bacteria that you canât stop,â she said.
Eden posting shocking pictures of her sonâs injuries on Facebook to warn other parents, the post has since been shared by 320,000 people. Eden was inundated with other parentsâ pictures of their children who had experienced similar issues.
Strong said she hopes manufacturers will take this issue into consideration when producing bath toys.
She has since thrown all Baylorâs squeezable toys away.
âI think those toys especially are cute. Theyâre fun. Theyâre cheap and theyâre easy, but itâs not worth it.â
