A pacifier can calm a baby, but not many are aware that it can also put his life in danger. This is what Kacie McFadden, a Sanford mom realized after finding her son in their house gurgling, turning in colors and discovering a pacifier detached from the teat lodged in her baby's throat.
"He was about two months old," said Mc Fadden. "I did the Heimlich and it finally came out," she added "It really could have killed him if I had not checked on him," according to ABC11.
McFadden immediately informed MAM, the pacifier's manufacturer regarding the incident. They asked her if it was a hand-me-down or has been used by another child before. Since the pacifier was brand new, the company declared that the case was a very rare one.
MAM asked her to send in the damaged one and they will have them replaced. Days later she received the new pacifier without returning the broken one to the manufacturer. Ryder, Kacie's son enjoyed the new pacifier for almost two months until one day something came up again.
"He was going like this with his tongue trying to get something out of his throat and I realized the piece of the pacifier was sitting on his stomach," said Kacie. Good thing the mother checked on her baby and managed to get the part of the broken nipple out Ryder' throat just in time.
After putting her son's life at risk her facing her worst fear twice, McFadden swore to not use the said pacifier anymore, according to Parenting.
MAM released a statement days after the incident assuring their consumers that they are working out for the children's safety and even gave data that out of the 12 million pacifiers they have released in US, none has ever been recalled.
"We do not know at this time the root cause of the problems with Ryder's pacifiers because the products have not been returned to us for testing and analysis," the company stated.
