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I'm having a hard time understanding how this one could possibly happen...
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I am at a total loss.
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Oh my goodness, how awful
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I wonder how many kids were there? Accidents happen - With a toddler and infants I can totally see me accidentally sitting on someone, though hopping off them quickly...
BUT...how long was this child out of sight? How many were in the room and who was this child's adult?
While I do think this was a freak accident my issue is that he had to have been out of sight for a bit for this to happen.Comment
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I don't like reading these kinds of stories but this is entirely possible. The tiny styrofoam beans will naturally surround and encase the child and the downward pressure on top would keep the child from even being able to move or cry out. Likewise the person sitting on the bag would not feel the child underneath. I had no idea bean bags could ever be dangerous, but in this scenario it makes complete sense. The person who sat on the child must be devastated.Comment
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Maybe this child likes to hide. It's takes only a few seconds to pass out and a few more to die from asphyxiation.
"In 62 cases where "time to unconsciousness" was reported, the average was 35 seconds (range 10-120 seconds). Death will often follow in about 10 minutes, sometimes as quickly as 5 minutes"Comment
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Here is another article on It. It says that video footage shows the boy going under the bean bag and then the staff finds him about 10-15 minutes later. They said it was a tragic accident
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So no one was even sitting on it?!? wowHere is another article on It. It says that video footage shows the boy going under the bean bag and then the staff finds him about 10-15 minutes later. They said it was a tragic accident
http://www.sltrib.com/home/4333606-1...2-year-old-boyComment
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It didn't say if someone sat on it during that time, so I am not sure. He may have crawled under it, someone sat on it, he suffocated, and then they found him after? But, according to the video, no one intentionally put him under it or did something else that caused suffocation and then blamed the bean bag. Sounds like it was a very bad and unfortunate day
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How horrific!
My issue is, why was there a bean bag chair in an infant/toddler classroom? I understand that from the details made available, this was a freak accident, but this could have been prevented by having age appropriate plush cushions and stuffies. If they wanted a soft area for toddlers to sit, they make sturdy foam cushions and toddler sized furniture. Having that would minimize the risk of a child suffocating as they would not hold around the child, and they would not present the child with the temptation to crawl beneath them.Comment
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Oh, I am sure they will be scrutinized for this incident, and if there aren't already age appropriate precautions in place in the licensing rules, I am sure there will be some new ones coming.
I am not sure if there are precautions in place for Iowa centers, but I know that when I worked in a center we did not allow bean bag chairs for children under 3. In our infant and toddler rooms we had vinyl covered foam cushions in a variety of sizes, vinyl covered firm pillows that had washable pillowcases, and various stuffed animals.
Iowa law does state that babies are not to be "propped" up with a boppy pillow, or other plush things if they are not able to sit on their own, as the risk of wobbling over and suffocating very real.Comment
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What a horrible thing for everyone involved. I cannot imagine the pain of the teacher that sat on the bean bag and of course the parents as well. Heartbreaking.Comment
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This daycare is a block away from my best friends house.
My friend (who is a stay at home mom) has always commented to me on this particular daycare's lack of supervision (even before this incident) she told me that she and her mom walk by the playground and there are children playing and adults on their cell phones not watching the children at all.
I feel so sorry for everyone involved though. Especially for his poor family.Comment
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