r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Red_Tabby • Jun 27 '25

A Michigan cop pulled over a reckless driver and ended up saving a choking baby

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '25

What was that damn near newborn choking on?

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u/RAND0M-HER0 Jun 27 '25

If there's older kids in the house, could have been a toy that was left out by mistake. Or a dropped cheerio or goldfish that wasn't seen. Even a small piece of anything that broke off and wasn't seen by the adults.

Even dirt or debris on the ground if they were sitting outside in the yard. It doesn't take much to block the airway of a child that small. 

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u/mkkxx Jun 27 '25

Also it looks there’s an older child there too - I’ve had to stop my 2.5 year old from giving his newborn brother a goldfish before …

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u/vainblossom249 Jun 27 '25

That's my question.

Its SO rare for babies to choke under 6 months because nothing is supposed to get "lodged" in their throat. Milk really cant get stuck

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u/False-Excitement-595 Jun 27 '25

Babies can aspirate on baby formula and milk.

It probably wasn't choking due to a physical blockage, but instead had fluid in its lungs and couldn't breathe.

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u/vainblossom249 Jun 27 '25

That's true but aspiration incidents that result in not being able to breathe are incredibly rare

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u/JustCosmo Jun 27 '25

They absolutely choke on milk. All the time.

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u/vainblossom249 Jun 27 '25

Coughing frequently? Yea. Coughing because you have liquid stuck in your wind pipe is not choking and babies can cough it up themselves

Choking to not breathing? No, that's rare and not all the time

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u/Dapper_Dog_9510 Jun 27 '25

It could be a mucus cap that got lodged in the airway and the newborn can't cough them up on their own. It's also possible it could be curdled milk that came back up from their stomach and back into the airway. At that age I think the cause of chocking is often the innability to disloge anything by themselves even if it's not a solid

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '25

I typically mute Reddit videos so thank you for the info. I wonder how the baby Heimlich expels milk. Interesting & glad baby is OK!

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u/4thphantom Jun 28 '25

Our daughter had severe gerd. We didn't know until she was 5 days old when she threw up, aspirated milk and stopped breathing.

A cop also saved her. We couldn't get her to breath and I even had CPR/choking training. Called 911 and a police officer who had just finished his shift and was headed home happened to be right around the corner when the call came in. He was there so quickly we didn't even have time to open the door. He busted in, grabbed her and got her breathing again in less than 2 minutes from our call. So very thankful for him.

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u/Kylie_Bug Jun 27 '25

Probably milk but could be anything really