BOSTON -- If you have a baby under your roof, chances are you have a pacifier.

NewsCenter 5's Jorge Quiroga reported that pacifiers are meant to comfort crying babies, but a local mom is anything but comforted after baby's pacifier fell apart

"I freaked out because it's the perfect size to fit in his throat and block his airway," parent Linda Sesson said.

A few days ago, her 5-month-old son Vincenzo was ready for his nap. So her husband went for the baby's pacifier.

"My husband was bringing the binky over to the baby and just in his hand the tip of the pacifier fell off, which, thankfully, he didn't get it in his mouth," Sesson said.

She said that latex tip tore off the pacifier. Sesson said the pacifier is about 3 months old and that Vincenzo has no teeth to chew through it.

"We would have put it in his mouth and left the room so that he could go down for his nap and we would have never known had the tip fell off," she said.

Sesson picked up Vincenzo's pacifier and in the handle or ring, she found the manufacturer's name, which she said was barely visible.

"I called Playtex and they apologized profusely about the problem. But they said there is a warning on the package," she said.

Sure enough, in the back of the package that many parents tear off and throw away, there is a warning in small print.

"She said that natural latex breaks down over time and that you are supposed to give it a tug every once in a while and check to make sure that it's still intact," Sesson said.

She said that if it's such a potential chocking hazard, they should put the warning in bold letters on the front of the package.

"I didn't read the warning on the label. But I don't know any parent that reads instructions for a pacifier, to be honest with you," she said.

Now, that the initial shock is over, Sesson said from now on she'll only buy Vincenzo pacifiers that won't crumble so easily.