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PSA: Babies can hold their breath until they pass out
They don't tell you this (for some reason) but babies can hold their breath for up to 1 minute (from being angry, frustrated, frightened, upset, or in pain) and potentially pass out and then they'll be gasping for air and making scary noises and crying weird.
This happened to us the other night and we thought the baby was choking or having an allergic reaction. She was sitting on mom and chewing on her teether then grunting and getting angry with it. Then started coughing as if she was choking then it looked like she wasn't breathing. I picked her up and flipped her over and patted her back but didn't help. She turned white and then arm and leg turned purple and was making crying sounds and noises like we've never heard. By the time paramedics got here (~10 minutes) she was calm and breathing normal again. They checked her out and everything was okay. Almost gave us a heart attack. A fire rescue guy who had also come out told me about how babies can hold their breath if they get a sudden shock of pain (he thought maybe she bit down weird on the teether where she's starting to teeth). I googled it later and confirmed that but they can also do it when they get angry or frustrated, and that seems to match what happened (she was getting angry and perhaps overstimulated and maybe in pain from teething). Doctor also confirmed this can happen and probably is what did happen.
My advice is to distract them with something else if they seem to be getting too upset with their current activity/scenery or with a toy or teether they're playing with. Or, if they seem overstimulated (don't want any toys or activities), take them somewhere quiet and less light to calm down / put down for a nap before they get too upset.
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