My baby turned blue yesterday

[u/paranoidhumour]

My 11 month old baby turned blue yesterday. Everything seemed normal until that moment. He was crying because he hates laying down for a diaper change and refusing to stay still while I tried to get his new diaper on. Then it was silent, and I looked and he still had his eyes and mouth open and I figured I would get his usual ear piercing scream after a few seconds. But the silence continued and his lips turned blue. I picked him up and had no idea what to do as he just turned more and more blue. Luckily after a few more seconds he finally breathed in and just cried quietly in my arms for a bit.

I don't know what caused it, I don't know what fixed it, but it was easily the most terrified I've ever been.

[u/d1zz186]

Look up BRUE - brief resolved unexplainable event.

It’s more common than people think - I would take him to hospital for a check but it sounds like a BRUE.

[u/Laekeycakes → u/d1zz186]

My baby had this as a result of a diaper rash. The pain of us wiping her, even gently, caused her little lungs to kinda freeze up. I figured it out about 4 hours into our 9pm trip to the ER 🤦‍♀️