He was choking on it!

**talon** · 08-11-2005 09:18

Well, I am an advocate of the dummy for settling my son at night. He has been using it since he was about 3 days old. I have always let him have a dummy at night time and throughout the night he generally will find it himself.

But this morning he was on the couch with me and was trying to get it into his mouth the right way (it is a NUK dummy - so they only go in one way) and all of a sudden he started to make choking noises. I looked over and the dummy was COMPLETELY inside his mouth and he couldn't get it out!!!!!

Luckily it wasn't stuck fast and I fished it out myself. I am scared to leave him alone with it now in case it happens again.

I am going to report this to NUK. I mean they do say to use it supervised but he WAS with me on the couch and it still happened. This is really dangerous. Maybe they should change the design of the bit with the handle to make it a bit bigger or something.

**Harmony83** · 08-11-2005 09:25

Oh my goodness! Definately report it! Thats so scarey... Poor bubba must have got quite a fright!

**belinda** · 08-11-2005 09:27

oh my god thats horrible i would be complaining too i use a bigger sort of dummie i was never to fussed on nuk ones..

thats so lucky that you were with him and could get it out.. you poor thing i too would be worried to give it to him when he is alone....

hope they do something about that

**Taddy** · 08-11-2005 09:32

That is scarey.

We have never had any problems with our sons dummy. I can't remember the brand though, oh yeh its Tommie Tippee and he has that brand since 3 days old.
He did have a nuk one but I didn't like it so we just put that away incase we did need it.

**nemosmum** · 08-11-2005 09:32

OMG Kriscee very scary

maybe its time to wean him from the dummy or get a different brand.

**mummycloud** · 08-11-2005 09:50

that's a definate risk...needs to be reported. (((HUGS)))

**JessandKirra** · 08-11-2005 09:54

We have happy baby dummy. Cheapest and was most reccomended(sp?) by a few midwives. They are huge and round. Heinz baby dummy seems to be good with the weaning process as they are cherry shaped and she has trouble keeping it in, gets bored with it and doesnt bother, but they may be same shape as nuk's. not sure.

How scary.

**Nickster** · 08-11-2005 10:19

That was a bit scary for you, Kriscee!

Poor bubba!

I used to use the nuk dummies, but because they only go in one way, I figured I'd start to use something different - more symmetrical - so she could find it herself and put it in herself. We switched to the tommee tippee ones, they have a really good cushy, puffy teat she loves to chew on. We also have the happy baby dummies, but she always prefers the t.t. dummies ( I hold them up for her and let her pick at nap time!).

Throw that nuk dummy out! Nasty thing!

**kimmy** · 08-11-2005 10:57

OMG reading this scared the hell out of me, that most of been horrible for you & bub. I am now going to watch Chloe more closely with hers or i might just take it off her completely & go cold turkey.

**xkwzit** · 08-11-2005 20:41

We've always used avent dummies and they have two holes in the front plastic part - so you shouldn't choke, even if you shove the whole thing in.

Just another note as well that freaked me when I was told. I've always liked the silicon teats more than the rubber teats (lst longer and look cleaner) and so searched for these for DD2 (now 18 months). When I finally asked a chemist why silicon teats were hard to find in the bigger sizes I was told that they don't make then anymore, because once bub has teeth they may possibly bite off the end of the dummy. With silicon, once they've made a hole, it is likely that the whole end will come off (could be a choking hazard), whereas with rubber, it is less likely that the whole end will come off. Now I buy rubber dummies. Don't want to freak any of you, just trying to help. I wish someone had told me - oh - A YEAR AGO!

Cheers