THREE YEAR OLD SWALLOWS WIRELESS HEADPHONE, FROM WHICH UNCLE THEN PLAYS SONG

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3-Year-Old Swallows a Wireless Headphone. Then Uncle Plays a Song from the Earbub, but Family 'Didn't Find It Amusing'

By Tereza Shkurtaj  Published on December 7, 2025 08:00AM EST

 

When a toddler swallowed a wireless headphone, panic swept through her family within seconds, leaving them frantically searching for solutions.

 

However, in the middle of that rising anxiety, one relative tried to introduce humor – a choice that didn’t unfold the way he hoped.

 

According to the Reddit user, everything escalated when his 3-year-old niece "swallowed my sister’s left AirPod,” setting off a wave of concern among the adults present.

 

As everyone else around the child tried to decide what to do, the user attempted to cut through the tension with a playful idea.

 

"I was trying to lighten the situation, so I connected the AirPod to my phone and put my ear on her stomach to check if I could hear it," he explained in a post.

 

To his surprise, the plan worked. “I actually did hear a little sound coming from inside her,” he wrote, which briefly turned the frightening situation into something oddly funny.

 

But the lighthearted approach didn’t resonate with those around him. Instead of easing the tension, it left the Reddit user looking apathetic.

 

As he recalled, “the people around us didn’t really find it amusing,” and instead stared at him with irritation and disbelief.

 

What was meant to "calm the mood" only made things more tense. “I ended up being the only one laughing while everyone else was still stressing about the AirPod inside her,” he wrote.

 

When it came to the comments, many people found the situation hilarious, while also acknowledging the family’s understandable concern.

 

“This will eventually become one of those family stories that gets told over and over again,” one user wrote. “Once everyone else knows she's fine, they'll also likely find it funny.”

 

Another commenter said they understood why the family was upset, noting that the original poster had cracked a joke “when they were all stressed and worried.”

 

“On the other hand, this is 100% something me and my husband would do if our kid had swallowed an airpod,” they added. “We would've figured out what to do to fix the issue and then we would've done the test and had a laugh to lighten the mood.”