[blparent] babies drounding, sad artical

[Veronica Smith]

I also have kept my dryer door closed, I have read scary stories about kids
that climb in when they are warm and then parents don't know kids are in it
and turn it on.  Sounds illogical, but it happens.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Sabrina Giles
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 6:19 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] babies drounding, sad artical

O how sad!!!!
I have always kept the lid on the washer closed while its in use. 
Sabrina

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On 07/04/2012, at 1:02 AM, Lea williams <leanicole1988 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey, I was on facebook and my cousin had posted this and I read it and 
> had in mind the emails that have gone around lately about little ones 
> drounding and how it could be possible
> 
> This is a scary thing to think about happening to your child.
> The story for those who might not want to or cant click on the link, 
> is about how a 21 month old child climbed up on the washer and fell in 
> while it was operating and dround. The mother for whatever reason had 
> left the lid up. It sounds as if she does this all the time and rarely 
> shuts it but I have always thought that the lid should be closed while 
> useing your washer.
> A part in it that made me want to post it says that the reason why a 
> lot of children are able to dround in small amounts of water is 
> because they are top heavy and do not have enough upper body strength 
> to lift themselves back up if they end up face down in water. I think 
> this would apply more to babies who are still learning to craul.
> 
> 
> There is a vidio that gives you more information then the artical
> 
> http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/toddlers-tragic-washing-machine-death
> -sends-warning-parents-202400944.html?fb_action_ids=3681915650522&fb_a
> ction_types=news.reads&fb_source=feed_news
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