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Originally Posted by inv4zn
Happened once to us, but she got it out herself, though we gently patted her back. Just search online to see generally what shape you want to cut stuff; it should be very thin and long, nothing round/any one large dimension that it can get lodged.
FYI, not sure if you meant cow milk, but they shouldn't drink that until much older, 1 year i think.
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breast milk, lol. Only thing he likes right now.
I forgot what was being fed at the time, (my wife would know since she's the one that bought it and was feeding him) but it was some specific 6 month baby food. My son was nibbling away while my wife was holding the other end of the food and then eventually when there wasn't anything left to hold, the remaining bit went into his mouth. That's when he started gagging and choking.
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Originally Posted by inv4zn
Really?
I did a quick google and the websites of various health authorities saying to give sharp blows to the back outweighs the ones that say to not.
One thing is they keep changing what's acceptable and not; like CPR for the longest time included mouth-to-mouth, until suddenly it wasn't.
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I started googling and watching youtube videos too. I think the difference is that you need to have the baby face down and tilt slightly forward, and give firm downward strokes. It makes sense, if you're trying to knock the food out with the aid of gravity.
I think the misconception is most people just try to pat the back while the baby is sitting up... It'll only keep the food further lodged in.
The other thing is these are firm strokes, not baby taps cause you're too scared to hurt the baby. What scares me is if the strokes don't work, then you're supposed to do chest compressions with 2 fingers. And in those demos, they're pushing pretty hard on that baby doll. I'm thinking if that's a real baby, their ribs could break.
They don't really say how hard you're supposed to push, but I heard during chest compression on adults, rib breakage is not uncommon...