An Aussie midwife has issued a warning all parents with newborns and infants should be aware of.
Midwife Cath Curtin posted the photo of what looks to be a baby’s inflamed and swollen toe on Instagram to bring parents’ attention to a painful and potentially dangerous injury that, surprisingly, happens more often than you might think.
“So we have a red sore toe…guess what causes it?” the newborn and toddler expert asked her 19,000 followers about the very sore looking toe.
“Usually a piece of the mothers hair! A hair can be in the baby’s onesie and wrap itself around the babies toe – causing extreme pain and if not checked the toe may need to be amputated.
“It happened to my friend @clairest55 son Tom when he was a baby. A long blonde hair wrapped around his toe. Lucky it was found and the hair removed in time.”
While it might seem like the kind of injury that only happens as a fluke, the post’s comments say otherwise. Many parents shared their stories of experiencing similar situations with their own babies.
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I'm sure I heard of something similar happening from loose threads on hand knitted booties too, their toes getting caught in the loops of wool. Not sure how true that is, but worth keeping an eye out.