diff --git a/src/components/MoneyRequestAmountInput.tsx b/src/components/MoneyRequestAmountInput.tsx
index 1cccfdc720b3..fb17297dc642 100644
--- a/src/components/MoneyRequestAmountInput.tsx
+++ b/src/components/MoneyRequestAmountInput.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import * as Browser from '@libs/Browser';
 import * as CurrencyUtils from '@libs/CurrencyUtils';
 import getOperatingSystem from '@libs/getOperatingSystem';
 import * as MoneyRequestUtils from '@libs/MoneyRequestUtils';
+import shouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually from '@libs/shouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually';
 import CONST from '@src/CONST';
 import type {BaseTextInputRef} from './TextInput/BaseTextInput/types';
 import TextInputWithCurrencySymbol from './TextInputWithCurrencySymbol';
@@ -140,6 +141,8 @@ function MoneyRequestAmountInput(
     });
 
     const forwardDeletePressedRef = useRef(false);
+    // The ref is used to ignore any onSelectionChange event that happens while we are updating the selection manually in setNewAmount
+    const willSelectionBeUpdatedManually = useRef(false);
 
     /**
      * Sets the selection and the amount accordingly to the value passed to the input
@@ -162,6 +165,7 @@ function MoneyRequestAmountInput(
 
             // setCurrentAmount contains another setState(setSelection) making it error-prone since it is leading to setSelection being called twice for a single setCurrentAmount call. This solution introducing the hasSelectionBeenSet flag was chosen for its simplicity and lower risk of future errors https://github.com/Expensify/App/issues/23300#issuecomment-1766314724.
 
+            willSelectionBeUpdatedManually.current = true;
             let hasSelectionBeenSet = false;
             setCurrentAmount((prevAmount) => {
                 const strippedAmount = MoneyRequestUtils.stripCommaFromAmount(finalAmount);
@@ -169,6 +173,7 @@ function MoneyRequestAmountInput(
                 if (!hasSelectionBeenSet) {
                     hasSelectionBeenSet = true;
                     setSelection((prevSelection) => getNewSelection(prevSelection, isForwardDelete ? strippedAmount.length : prevAmount.length, strippedAmount.length));
+                    willSelectionBeUpdatedManually.current = false;
                 }
                 onAmountChange?.(strippedAmount);
                 return strippedAmount;
@@ -294,6 +299,10 @@ function MoneyRequestAmountInput(
             selectedCurrencyCode={currency}
             selection={selection}
             onSelectionChange={(e: NativeSyntheticEvent<TextInputSelectionChangeEventData>) => {
+                if (shouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually && willSelectionBeUpdatedManually.current) {
+                    willSelectionBeUpdatedManually.current = false;
+                    return;
+                }
                 if (!shouldUpdateSelection) {
                     return;
                 }
diff --git a/src/libs/actions/Report.ts b/src/libs/actions/Report.ts
index 1262e8af7d44..01025f21aa78 100644
--- a/src/libs/actions/Report.ts
+++ b/src/libs/actions/Report.ts
@@ -1027,7 +1027,6 @@ function navigateToAndOpenReportWithAccountIDs(participantAccountIDs: number[])
  */
 function navigateToAndOpenChildReport(childReportID = '0', parentReportAction: Partial<ReportAction> = {}, parentReportID = '0') {
     if (childReportID !== '0') {
-        openReport(childReportID);
         Navigation.navigate(ROUTES.REPORT_WITH_ID.getRoute(childReportID));
     } else {
         const participantAccountIDs = [...new Set([currentUserAccountID, Number(parentReportAction.actorAccountID)])];
diff --git a/src/libs/shouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually/index.android.tsx b/src/libs/shouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually/index.android.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..289c56ad69be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/shouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually/index.android.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import type ShouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually from './types';
+
+const shouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually: ShouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually = true;
+
+export default shouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually;
diff --git a/src/libs/shouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually/index.tsx b/src/libs/shouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..744a94aa1f32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/shouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import type ShouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually from './types';
+
+const shouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually: ShouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually = false;
+
+export default shouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually;
diff --git a/src/libs/shouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually/types.ts b/src/libs/shouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..56394183ef7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/shouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+type ShouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually = boolean;
+
+export default ShouldIgnoreSelectionWhenUpdatedManually;