The baby died due to the stupidest oversight of the woman.
Probably every mother, faced with the need to find a nanny, knows how difficult it is. It is difficult to entrust your blood to a stranger. It is difficult to find someone who is truly able to take care of a baby properly. How many monstrous videos of babysitters bullying children are surfing the Internet!
Lisa Smith thought she was lucky. She managed to find a kind, responsible woman, a certified nanny with a medical education, who got along well with her one-year-old daughter Amelia – Mia, as her parents affectionately called her. Lisa was able to return to work, the baby grew up and made mom and dad happy. Until the terrible happened – the most terrible thing that can happen to a mother. Mia is dead.
The girl’s nanny, Valerie Walkerly, called 911 when Mia did not wake up from a nap. While the ambulance was driving, the woman tried to revive the baby. The girl was taken to a regional hospital. Two days later, she died in intensive care without regaining consciousness. The cause of death is mechanical asphyxia. Suffocation.
No, Valerie didn’t kill the girl. In any case, intentionally. She just put Mia to sleep in the baby car seat. This turned out to be enough, the baby suffocated in her sleep.
“I always thought that Valerie was putting Mia to bed. I was sure of that! It never occurred to me that she would put my baby to sleep in a car seat. ” Lisa.
Experts have found out: when the seat is installed in the car, and the child is fastened in accordance with all the rules, with the upper and lower belts, there is no danger for him. After all, the chair is at a certain angle, and the belts hold the baby body. The nanny unfastened the lower strap and set the car seat down on the floor. Mia slid down in her sleep, and the muscles in her neck that had not yet strengthened were unable to hold the baby’s head in the desired position. Because of this stupid oversight, the girl died.
Valerie Walkerly was put on trial and charged with manslaughter. She pleaded guilty, paid compensation to the child’s parents – 150 thousand dollars. The nanny gave three years probation and deprived her of the right to work with children. And Lisa is now trying to convey to everyone how dangerous a child seat can be.
“Sometimes I walk around the city and see how parents put the car seat with the child next to the table in the restaurant,” says Lisa. “I go up and tell them:“ You know, I had a daughter who was seventeen and a half months old. She died in such a chair. Take care of your children. ” After all, the only thing I have left is a photo of my girl and a video of her dancing in front of the TV. “