MY LIL BOY IS 11 MONTHS OLD & HE GOT A HOLD OF A CATALOG OR BOOK THE OTHER DAY, (I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHICH ONE IT WAS, MY MIND JUST WENT BLANK) BUT HE ATE LIKE A DIME SIZE PIECE OF PAPER. & THIS TIME I CAUGHT HIM AGAIN. HE GOT ONE OF THE DVDS & HE SOME HOW TOOK THE COVER APART & TOOK IT OUT OF THE PLASTIC PART & WAS BITING ON THE PAPER & THIS TIME HE ATE A LIL PIECE... LIKE HALF A DIME OR SMALLER. I'M VERY WORRIED. COULD SOMETHING BAD HAPPEN TO HIM? I HEARD OF THIS OLD WIVES TALE THAT BABIES HAVE DIED FROM EATING PAPER, SO I'M FREAKING OUT. HEARD THAT IT GETS STUCK TO THEIR INSIDES. PLEASE HELP. THANKS IN ADVANCE.
Re: Please Help! Is It Dangerous If Babies Eat Paper?
i can't answer for definate but i am sure he will be fine. lots of my patients used to eat paper to fill them up so they aren't as hungry and it never harmed them but then again they are not babies. i am sure it will get mashed inside and come out the other end. oh and i never heard the old wives tale you are on about ether. there are so many oh and welcome to the board i notice it is your first post
Re: Please Help! Is It Dangerous If Babies Eat Paper?
Hello there! While it is not a good idea for a baby to eat paper, I doubt that it can hurt him at all. Paper will not get stuck inside him. My DS has been eating it ever since he could get things from his hand into his mouth! DH called me one day when he was at the grocery store and said "Honey what kind of yogurt did you want, because the baby just took a bite out of the shopping list". Eating or trying to eat paper is a very common activity for babies, don't worry, just keep an eye out!
Re: Please Help! Is It Dangerous If Babies Eat Paper?
when my dd was about 9 months old she ate a WHOLE page of a mothercare catalouge! My dh was freaking out when all of a sudden it all came back out again As for small pieces I wouldn't sweat it too much my dd is now 18months and is still forever chewing on her cardboard baby books... they just keep getting smaller and smaller lol
Re: Please Help! Is It Dangerous If Babies Eat Paper?
DD ate 1/4 of a kleenex yesterday. Here's hoping it wasn't used... It will all come out the other side. I have heard the old wives tale that if you swallow gum it will build up inside of you, which if you have ever swallowed gum and then had a peek in the toliet (sorry) a few days later, it obviously does not stay stuck inside! And paper is way more easily broken down than gum! So I wouldn'nt worry!
Please Help! Is It Dangerous If Babies Eat Paper? 
MY LIL BOY IS 11 MONTHS OLD & HE GOT A HOLD OF A CATALOG OR BOOK THE OTHER DAY, (I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHICH ONE IT WAS, MY MIND JUST WENT BLANK) BUT HE ATE LIKE A DIME SIZE PIECE OF PAPER. & THIS TIME I CAUGHT HIM AGAIN. HE GOT ONE OF THE DVDS & HE SOME HOW TOOK THE COVER APART & TOOK IT OUT OF THE PLASTIC PART & WAS BITING ON THE PAPER & THIS TIME HE ATE A LIL PIECE... LIKE HALF A DIME OR SMALLER. I'M VERY WORRIED. COULD SOMETHING BAD HAPPEN TO HIM? I HEARD OF THIS OLD WIVES TALE THAT BABIES HAVE DIED FROM EATING PAPER, SO I'M FREAKING OUT. HEARD THAT IT GETS STUCK TO THEIR INSIDES. PLEASE HELP. THANKS IN ADVANCE. 
a few days later, it obviously does not stay stuck inside! And paper is way more easily broken down than gum! So I wouldn'nt worry!
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