Supervision/2nd Floor

[nannyde]

http://m.kcci.com/news/baby-seat-strap-cited-in-death-at-day-care/35198576

[nannyde]

http://m.richmond.com/news/local/central-virginia/article_f6411588-14c6-5b03-9836-3f2d226ce3bd.html?mode=jqm

[BabyMonkeys]

You are so lucky that you didn't have a death. A one year old is not an infant by seat standards and you are so lucky she didn't get entrapped in the harness and die. Obviously she was able to overturn it. There are numerous cases across the US and Canada where a one year old has died being strapped into seats and overturned them. The first day of daycare is the riskiest for death and the first week. You don't know the kid and it's skill set. You don't know what they can do.

Take the citation and thank the lord you aren't in jail right now with a manslaughter charge. If you have so much experience you should know how crazy dangerous what you did is. You need to educate yourself on deaths in.child care and positional asphyxiation.

You are the luckiest provider I know.

I'm sure that you must feel attacked by the strong criticism you are receiving. However, consider it a gift. I bet you never make that mistake again. By posting here you learned something that may very well save the life of a baby in your care.

[BabyMonkeys]

First deep breaths.

I said we just talked about this same TOPIC yesterday. Letting a toddler sleep strapped in a chair.

Not a judgement, a fact. Millions of people still do it. It is not good. The education needs to get out there.

I am not holier than though. I am a mother whose baby laid dead in the back room, alone of a child care providers home for 4 hours until she noticed.

I am a childcare provider who now like to teach this Topic

It was not a judgement. It was a statement. One that I say here a couple hundred times a year.

Show of hands who have read it from me in the last 5 years... :hug:

I am so sorry you went through that. My heart breaks for you. I can't imagine. Hopefully your story will make providers think twice about doing something that seems so harmless, that can actually be deadly. :hug:

[LysesKids]

first deep breaths.

I said we just talked about this same topic yesterday. Letting a toddler sleep strapped in a chair.

Not a judgement, a fact. Millions of people still do it. It is not good. The education needs to get out there.

I am not holier than though. i am a mother whose baby laid dead in the back room, alone of a child care providers home for 4 hours until she noticed.

i am a childcare provider who now like to teach this topic

it was not a judgement. It was a statement. One that i say here a couple hundred times a year.

Show of hands who have read it from me in the last 5 years... :hug:

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[LysesKids]

Sight and sound for me for the last 12 years. If I can do it, anyone can. Yes. Sight and sound from drop off of the first to pick up of the last. I'm licensed for 10. I keep 10. Every day.

I've worked in several states... many were sight & sound and I have been licensed for 7 at the highest (here it's 4 because I do babies only) - I still have everyone of my babies in same room with me to this day.

[nannyde]

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[Blackcat31]

CCL cited me for a supervision deficiency for being on the 2nd floor of my home during nap time, when a child tipped over sideways in an infant/toddler rocking chair which was sitting on the carpet. She was strapped in and simply twisted her body to grab her pacifier which she had thrown to the floor, and in shifting her weight to grab it, tipped, sustaining 2 bruises. There is no problem with the actual incident, only that I said I was on the 2nd floor when it happened.
Has anyone been cited for supervision for being on a second floor of the home during naptime? The investigator wrote it up as "refused to supervise by going to the 2nd floor of the home..." although I was in auditory range, then, "when she returned later". Doesn't it sound like I left the house?
Any and all comments are welcome as I just don't think this is fair and want to fight it. Please PM if you'd rather not reply online.
Thanks!

So out of curiosity I wondered if anyone else had a similar situation like this and if so how it was handled... I was unsure of how your state managed their appeals process for providers with citations as each state has their own regulations so I Googled some questions and key words.

Because of a few specifc statements you made I believe I came across your actual licensing citation. Because this information is public, it becomes part of the searchable data base for anyone to read or see.

Based on what I read, I don't really feel you are being 100% honest about the entire situation and based on your reaction to the less supportive posts above, I have to wonder.

[nannyde]

So out of curiosity I wondered if anyone else had a similar situation like this and if so how it was handled... I was unsure of how your state managed their appeals process for providers with citations as each state has their own regulations so I Googled some questions and key words.

Because of a few specifc statements you made I believe I came across your actual licensing citation. Because this information is public, it becomes part of the searchable data base for anyone to read or see.

Based on what I read, I don't really feel you are being 100% honest about the entire situation and based on your reaction to the less supportive posts above, I have to wonder.

Yup. It wasn't that hard to find.

Op could you post the actual citation please?

[laundrymom]

Yup. It wasn't that hard to find.

Op could you post the actual citation please?

Well. I'm not
Looking for the right thing I guess.

[Crystal]

So, I have a couple of questions.

How long were you upstairs?

What is the floorplan of your home like that allows you to see in to the room where the child was while you were upstairs on a balcony?

How much brusing did the child actually sustain, and specifically, where were the bruises?

[Cat Herder]

Well. I'm not
Looking for the right thing I guess.

If it is the one I read from texas, there was a 1.5 hour lapse before toddler was up-righted or checked on after flipping over.

Now, this may not be the right OP, but the timing of the filing is about right.

If that was not the OP, that explains why they were looking for this type of thing to begin with.

[BabyMonkeys]

If it is the one I read from texas, there was a 1.5 hour lapse before toddler was up-righted or checked on after flipping over.

Now, this may not be the right OP, but the timing of the filing is about right.

If that was not the OP, that explains why they were looking for this type of thing to begin with.

How would they know it had been 1.5 hours before she was up-righted? :confused:

[nannyde]

If it is the one I read from texas, there was a 1.5 hour lapse before toddler was up-righted or checked on after flipping over.

Now, this may not be the right OP, but the timing of the filing is about right.

If that was not the OP, that explains why they were looking for this type of thing to begin with.

We would know if it was the same provider if she offered to give us their words in the citation. The key phrases she uses are identical BUT the details are WAY WAY more specific in the citation I am reading.

I could copy and paste BUT I am trying to give the OP a chance to do so herself.

[Cat Herder]

How would they know it had been 1.5 hours before she was up-righted? :confused:

You got me. I asked myself the same question while reading.

I would HOPE the inspector didn't just sit there with a stop watch Can you imagine? :confused:

Again, this may not be the same case.