Toddler Swallowed Marble

I think my child swallowed a marble or something.

Toddler swallowed marble.

Many preschool and early elementary age children also like to put objects into their mouths sometimes that object is a rock. The most popular foreign object for children to swallow are coins. They want to touch smell and yes taste everything they can get their hands on. My husband is a nurse and isn t worried.

What should i do. Little kids learn about their environment by using their. These objects often pass all the way through the digestive tract in 24 to 48 hours and cause no harm. 2 moms found this helpful.

There are worse things to swallow. When a child swallows a marble coin lego or other items that is not food the item is referred to as a foreign. If your child swallowed something that s not sharp or otherwise potentially dangerous and it doesn t seem stuck in her throat she ll probably do just fine on her own. Young children and sometimes older children and adults may swallow toys coins safety pins buttons bones wood glass magnets batteries or other foreign objects.

A glass marble is inert smooth and round and should pass through her with no trouble. Two year old kyah allemang daughter of nick and megan allemang of neligh was hospitalized recently when a marble she swallowed sunk into a pocket between her small and large intestines and refused to pass naturally leading to an infection. Push the fiber and plenty of liquids for a few days and check when she goes potty if you can. Although from your description it seems that he may have swallowed the object d and it is likely that it will pass out of his system naturally do ring a amp e and have a chat with the medical officer on duty as there is a possibility that it may still be lodged in his oesophagus food pipe.

It s not limited to babies or toddlers either. We can check that off our been there done that. It s been 6 hours and she seems ok. It s likely that she ll pass the object in her stool and end up no worse for the experience.