{"id":85238,"date":"2024-10-15T09:11:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T02:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=85238"},"modified":"2024-10-15T09:11:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T02:11:09","slug":"mom-issues-warning-after-toddler-nearly-lost-eyesight-from-bath-toy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/mom-issues-warning-after-toddler-nearly-lost-eyesight-from-bath-toy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom Issues Warning After Toddler Nearly Lost Eyesight From Bath Toy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For most kids the end of the day means bath time and the more toys in the bath the better.\n</p><p>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.\n</p><p>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 Baylor\u2019s eye got worse.\n</p><p>Her son had suffered cellulitis, a potentially serious bacterial skin infection. In just 12 hours his eye went from pink to infected.\n</p><p>**WARNING**So I learned a thing. And I\u2019ve sat on it for a couple months because the pictures are so gross that I\u2026\n</p><p>Posted by Eden Strong \u2013 No Shame on Monday, September 21, 2020<br>\n\u201cHis eye was protruding from his face,\u201d she said in a Facebook post, which has since gone viral. \u201cIt was very obscured. He was running a raging fever.\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-85239 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/Baylor-and-Eden-4104d2459a1d432cadcc8bb240b46419.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1360\"' height='\"1824\"' title='\"\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Baylor-and-Eden-4104d2459a1d432cadcc8bb240b46419.png' https: sizes='\"auto,'>\n</p><p>\u201cI cried the entire drive to a larger hospital, praying that he wouldn\u2019t lose his eye.\n</p><p>\u201cThe 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.\u201d\n</p><p>The cause of Baylor\u2019s horrific eye injury was a squirting bath toy.\n</p><p>**WARNING**So I learned a thing. And I\u2019ve sat on it for a couple months because the pictures are so gross that I\u2026\n</p><p>Posted by Eden Strong \u2013 No Shame on Monday, September 21, 2020<br>\n\u201cI 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 can\u2019t stop,\u201d she said.\n</p><p>Eden posting shocking pictures of her son\u2019s injuries on Facebook to warn other parents, the post has since been shared by 192,000 people. Eden was inundated with other parents\u2019 pictures of their children who had experienced similar issues.\n</p><p>Strong said she hopes manufacturers will take this issue into consideration when producing bath toys.\n</p><p>Mum&rsquo;s warning as baby nearly loses eye from &lsquo;dirty&rsquo; bath toy | Adelaide Now\n<figure style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/cdn.newsapi.com.au%5C/image%5C/v1%5C/f5ebc6b35287b4a20687499cb3809f7e?width=1024%5C%22" alt="\&quot;Mum's" warning as baby nearly loses eye from bath toy adelaide now width='\"768\"' height='\"768\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>adelaidenow.com.au\n<p>She has since thrown all Baylor\u2019s squeezable toys away.\n</p><p>\u201cI think those toys especially are cute. They\u2019re fun. They\u2019re cheap and they\u2019re easy, but it\u2019s not worth it.\u201d\n</p><p>What a fright this family went through, I\u2019m so glad Baylor has recovered.\n</p><p>Please share to warn other parents.\n</p><p>Source: newsner\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>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. 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