Question
The 10-month-old baby ate a small piece of the cigarette pack wrapper. It’s been a week now, and the baby has urinated four times. I roughly checked and didn’t notice any discharge. The baby’s mental state is normal, and they eat dinner normally. Should I be worried about the baby not having passed anything?
Answer
Based on the situation of your child, it appears that the baby accidentally ingested a small piece of the cigarette pack wrapper, and everything seems to be fine so far, as it has been four days and the baby has had several bowel movements. No discharge has been observed, which might be because it’s wrapped inside the stool and not noticed by adults. In this case, generally speaking, there should be no major issue; don’t worry too much. You can give the child more water to drink appropriately.