Choking incident sparks warning
A MUM’S perfect Christmas present almost ended in disaster when her seven-year-old son choked on one of the new Airpods she had just given him.
Kiara Stroud posted on Facebook as a warning to other parents that even if they think their kids are old enough for things that might pose a choking hazard, they should think again.
Kiara explained that she received the call while she was at work that her son had been rushed to hospital after he choked on and swallowed one of his Airpods.
“I know, as a single mum, I raise my son to be very selfsufficient and expect a lot from him at such a young age,” she explained. “When this happened I had to realise that although he is seven and above average height for his age, that he is still only a baby.”
The doctors told her that her son would be fine and would eventually pass the Airpod naturally, but that the whole experience had been a big lesson to both her and him, as she explained in a follow-up post on her Facebook page.
While plenty of people were baffled as to how a boy of that age could actually swallow an Airpod, Kiara explained her son was simply trying to disconnect them from his phone when the choking incident occurred.
And while as of yet, Apple doesn’t have an age-related warning when it comes to AirPods, it’s probably not a bad idea to err on the side of caution when deciding whether your child is old enough to be gifted something so potentially dangerous.
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