Worried Mom Finds Black Mark in Her Baby’s Mouth Is SHOCKED at What It Really Is

Fun and games quickly became every parent’s worst nightmare when a mom found something in her daughter’s mouth that freaked her out!

Worried mother Darian Depreta rushed her daughter Bella to the doctor after playtime took a turn. A black circular mark filled the roof of Bella’s mouth and her poor mom had no idea what it was.

After both Depreta and the nurse practitioner attempted wiping off the mark, doctors in the office suspected Bella had a birthmark. Darian was confident it was not a birthmark.

“I INSISTED it was not because I always look in her mouth and clean it,” said Depreta.

Darian was then being told she would need to take her daughter to two different specialists. She was about to take action until she noticed something — one of the sides of the mark was a little white.

At this point they learned what the mark really was…

“IT WAS CARDBOARD FROM A BOX BELLA CHEWED STUCK TO THE ROOF OF HER MOUTH” wrote a relieved and embarrassed Darian.

The mother admits the situation could have been much worse. “Yes she could have choked on it and I’m thanking God she did not.”

Darian clarifies that “I dont “let” my baby chew on cardboard. She’s teething and she tries to chew on EVERYTHING.”

“The only reason it was posted was because after crying, panicking and trying to figure out what it was (the doctors didn’t even know), she was ok. The laugh was after the storm of it all.”

We’re just happy this story ended in laughs and an easy fix. Laughter truly is the best medicine, and apparently, so is cardboard removal.

Originally published at https://firsttoknow.com on June 3, 2019.