If the comments on this thread (regarding cords of any kind) enlighten just one new parent or new parent-to-be, it will be worth it.

The daycare provider is a mess, as you can imagine. Our youngest sons are good friends. The sherrif would not allow her son to go in his house when he got home from school so he came directly to our house. A couple hours later he wanted to go home and speak to his sister but I didn't want him to go up there so I had him call. The family asked us to take their son overnight (which we are doing). They have a 16-year-old daughter and an 18-year-old son, in addition to 10-year-old with us.

The sister then brought over some of her brother's things. She said that her mom only had two children to tend today (the little girl and her four-year-old brother). She put the little girl down for a nap. An hour and a half later she went in to check on her and was found. I'm assuming she was in a crib and was able to grab something that was within her reach.

She had a faint pulse when medics arrived and started CPR.

This is the second tragedy to rock our street in a year and a half. In September of 2004, our single neighbor guy right across the street (a well-paid Boeing engineer) walked late at night to the neighborhood park which is three blocks away and took his own life (despondent over his love life). He had so much going for him. He was only 32.

Adding: I still pull out the cords that come on hooded sweatshirts for my boys. Playground accidents need to be watched out for, too.

<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ December 01, 2005 11:15 PM: Message edited by: SugarMagnolia ]</font>