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and if your child goes to daycare, really make a thorough check of the surroundings.
A woman on our street runs a daycare and a one-year-old under her care died this afternoon. It is just the most awful thing that is happening.
If you have a little one at a daycare, make certain that cords on blinds and cords hanging in closets are not within reach.
Please HUG YOUR KIDS TIGHT and say a little prayer for the family of this baby girl.
Nancy,
I just said a prayer for the little girl's family, and the day care provider. What a tragic situation.
Jo
Jo,
Thank you for remembering the daycare provider in your prayers.
Nancy
How tragic and sad. Most people who take care of children in their home are so loving and care so much about their little charges, I'm sure the caregiver is devasted as well as the family. My prayers for everyone who loves the little girl. [img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I am prasnlrd and I definately will put the child, her family, the daycare provider, and her family in prayer!Quote:
Originally posted by SugarMagnolia:
and if your child goes to daycare, really make a thorough check of the surroundings.
A woman on our street runs a daycare and a one-year-old under her care died this afternoon. It is just the most awful thing that is happening.
If you have a little one at a daycare, make certain that cords on blinds and cords hanging in closets are not within reach.
Please HUG YOUR KIDS TIGHT and say a little prayer for the family of this baby girl.
Relatives kept my son when he was a baby and a young child. DD went to daycare until I finally had enough when she was in 4th grade and left my job. I am just so blessed to be with her now.
She had an awful accident when she was at a friends family daycare. It was an accident that could have killed her and the daycare provider tried to hide it. It was awful and I have detested being a working outside of the home Mom since. In May of 2003, I just said, "Forget it." I was stressed all the time worrying about her, I could night find satisfactory daycare, and always was having crazy child care dilemas etc....Ughhhh!
I had always been the Career Woman type and had risen to the top of the scale in my profession, but it meant nothing to me after a while. GOD, Family, and your children come first, always.
I got "flack" by a cousin because she felt that I walked away from a high paying job after 20 years and that made no sense, but I have never once regretted that decison and have never looked back.
Mothers belong at home with their children and their families. IMO daycare "warehouses" children. Children do not like it and would rather be at home. I know this for a fact, I have experienced both sides. STAY HOME WITH YOUR CHILD/CHILDREN!!! If that is not possible immediately, work toward it!
[img]graemlins/island.gif[/img] prasnlrd in CA. [img]graemlins/island.gif[/img]
PS: I am off my "soap-box" now, sorry this thread really touched a cord. [img]smile.gif[/img]
HI,
There are NO safe blinds. Children can get caught in inner cords, not just the ones you think of that dangle on the side to adjust them. I replaced all my blinds w/ shades & sleep much better at night knowing I have done one thing to help keep my kid's safe. I used to belong to a board for grieving mothers (miscarriage through adult child loss) and there were 3 mother's there who had lost children to blind cord accidents. So very tragic. This family & the daycare provider are in my thoughts & prayers.
Warmly,
trvnbrn
They are all in my prayers! As a nanny, I want to point out the safety tricks and tips I've picked up. First, blinds with cords are always a hazard, but it doesn't mean you have to replace your blinds, simply take the cords and knot them until they are well out of a child's reach, or remove the pulls, cut the cords, and reattach the pulls. Next sockets. I know not everyone can get those plugs. A piece of duct tape smoothed down will do the job just fine. Electrical cords: place lamps and other electrics so cords can be held behind furniture. If this is not possible, it's back to the good ole duct tape, tape those cords to the wall, it's ugly, but it's safe. They now make "cabinet drawers" to put sharp things in way out of reach of children. Chemicals...bring the duct tape back out. tape the lids on, it's no big deal if you have to take the tape off your bleach to use it if it keeps a kid safe. If anybody ever has any questions about household child safety, PLEASE PM me, I took a class on "household remedies for household safety issues" that taught ways to make a house safe for kids using things you probably already have laying around. I hope I can help anyone.
And yet people just don't understand why I stay at home with my son!
I have the full support of my family even though it means money will be tight until he starts kindergarden and I can go back to work. My mom is a teacher and works in the school system, and some of the stories she brings home are horrible.
Fatal accidents are pretty rare thank god, but daycare accidents happen far too often.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Oh I understand 100%, but I used to think starting school was the magical age when Mommys would be free...WRONG! It gets more even complex as the child still needs your time and attention with ie. school activities, homework, sports etc.Quote:
Originally posted by GreyMyst:
And yet people just don't understand why I stay at home with my son!
I have the full support of my family even though it means money will be tight until he starts kindergarden and I can go back to work. My mom is a teacher and works in the school system, and some of the stories she brings home are horrible.
Fatal accidents are pretty rare thank god, but daycare accidents happen far too often.
Daycare for older children is also unsatisfactory. It is crowded, germs are passed around, kids would rather be at home AND belong at home.
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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>