A devoted mother is speaking out to issue a warning to other parents after her 10-week-old son almost had his two toes amputated.

Heather Fricke, a mother from Michigan, took to Facebook to post her warning to other parents after her husband Tommy noticed by chance their son Jacob had two of his toes tied together by a piece of hair.

“My son Jacob is 10 weeks old and he never cries except for his basic needs, well today after his diaper change I put him down for his standard 2 hr nap,” Heather wrote.

“He woke up, I fed and changed both his diaper and clothes for a party we were going to. I handed him to his dad Tommy to put socks on him when Tommy realized his two toes were blue and tied together with a strand of hair!!!” she continued. “I immediately took off what I could and had to take him to the ER where we spent an hour and a team of 5 doctors trying to get the rest of MY HAIR off his two toes. Doctors said if I didn’t take off the hair that I was able to get off that his 2 toes they would’ve had to be amputated.”

A photo Heather shared showing Jacob’s toes twelve hours after the hair was taken off still shows massive indents.

Heather decided to go public so that she could warn other parents about the medical condition known as a hair tourniquet, which is particularly dangerous with young children.

“CHECK YOUR BABYS TOES AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN!!!” she wrote. “And if you have a baby boy even his PENIS. Yes I said penis… they are such tiny baby’s and our hair can be such a hazard but it’s something that we never really pay attention to.”

Heather’s post has quickly gone viral, with many other sharing similar stories.

“This happened to one of my children when they were a baby,” one person commented. “Thank God I was able to get the hair off. I was so panicked. It had scared me so bad.”

“This happened to my daughter’s finger,” another added. “She wrapped her own hair around it while she was sleeping and it was just lucky I checked in her before I when to bed as her finger was already blue.”