Another case of superb parenting...

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

LONDON, Kentucky (AP) -- A 10-month-old girl drowned after falling into a toilet in her family's home, police said.

Brianna Morgan, who had just begun learning to crawl and walk, got into the bathroom, then pulled herself on top of her mother's jewelry box which was on the floor, police said. She apparently leaned over and fell headfirst into the toilet, which held six inches (15 centimeters) of water.

Brianna's 10-year-old brother discovered her and pulled her out of the toilet as another brother dialed 911, WLEX-TV reported. Their mother, who had been in the basement, tried CPR but couldn't revive her daughter.

Police said Brianna, who was a twin, might have been in the water as long as three minutes.
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Now... first things first... why, exactly, did the mother put her jewelry box, which presumably would hold things which would easily choke a baby if swallowed, be on the floor to begin with? Why is said 10 month old romping around up stairs by herself while her mother is in the basement? Haven't these people heard of baby-gates? For the love of christ, people, watching your damn kid isn't THAT hard! Just put them in a play-pen if you absolutely have to go downstairs for a few minutes!

[liberalhistorian]

1. Too bad for that mother that

she wasn't the judge in Florida who left her four-year-old daughter alone while she went to the airport to pick up some LUGGAGE, for Christ's sake, and the child was found wondering alone outside with just a nightgown on, nothing else.

The police, prosecutor, and children's services all closed their book on the matter, saying it was "a one-time incident." And if that had been Joe or Jane Shmoe factory worker, the other kids would have been removed, they would have been in jail, and crucified in the media, and children's services would have been all over their asses like flies to a wound for the rest of their natural lives, regardless of whether or not it was a "one-time incident." Lots of nasty stuff can happen with just a "one-time incident."

But because she was a judge (who sentenced other people who left their children alone, btw), nothing happened and nothing will ever happen. Two standards of justice here, folks, and as a paralegal I see it all the fucking time.

[Bandit]

2. What a tragedy ~ I'm extremely saddened and sorry for the parents.

Parenting isn't easy and I'm sure this was a case of becoming distracted and allowing a tragedy to occur. Sad really really sad.

[liberalhistorian]

3. It is, indeed, very sad,

and my heart breaks for those parents. It does, indeed, only take a moment of distraction, which ANY parent is capable of, for something like this to happen.

I remember what a ditz I was when my son was a baby and toddler, despite my strenuous efforts at responsiblity, thank God I was living with my parents who actually DID know what they were doing!

[indie_voter]

4. Tragic.

I feel terrible for the family.

I agree with you, babies should NEVER be left unattended unless in a safe place, be it a play pen or a baby proofed gated room.

I have a 3.5 year old and a 20 month old, they do dangerous things because they explore.

Toilet seats must remain closed,bath tubs empty of all water, outlets plugged with safety plugs. Also long window blind cords should always be out of reach of the kids, it can turn in to a deadly noose. The list goes on and on.

However, I think every parent will confess to a bullet dodged. Mine was when my son gave my daughter, who was less than a year old a peanut. Both my husband and I were in the room, neither of us saw him give her the nut.

All of sudden she started choking, we slammed her back, and got the nut out right away.

Peanuts are not allowed in the house until she is 2.5.

I feel for this mother,it is a moment of carelessness which will haunt her for the rest of her life.

[MissB]

6. Heck, my then three and a half year old inhaled a piece of a carrot

He inhaled it right into one of his lungs. Even the ER doctor told me that she feeds her 3 year old carrots. Stuff happens.

[Kaysera]

11. What happened ?

So, how did they get the carrot out of his lung ?

[MissB]

5. It is incredibly sad

I can't condemn the parents as bad parents. Accidents do happen.

Baby gates and playpens do not always prevent accidents from happening. Not only that, but I don't consider either a necessity in terms of good parenting.

[maxsolomon]

7. LONDON KY

there's your answer

[liberalhistorian]

8. Sorry, but this kind of thing

can happen, and does happen, EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE in the entire country.

[SoCalDem]

12. Buckets kill a lot of toddlers too

a simple car washing bucket killed a little one in our town a year or so ago.. She was sitting on the driveway watching Dad wash the car.. He went to the other side of the car and when he came back to the other side, she was head first in the bucket..

5 gallon buckets are very dangerous, because their shoulders get wedged in , and they cannot get out..

[Solomon]

9. Spoken like a person who has never raised a child.

You should lighten up. It was an accident which seems to be far from anyone's thinking. I mean it's not like somebody leaving a toddler next to a pool or something that would certainly occur to you not to do.

The prospect of a kid drowning in the toilet does not really come to mind when you are dealing with a child.

And since we don't know all of the details, who knows who put the jewelry box on the floor. Could've been one of the brothers playing with it.

I once had my daughter in the car in my driveway and forgot my wallet in the house. I remembered as I was buckling her in the car seat. I removed the keys to get back in the house, it only took a second, but when I came back out, my daughter, who apparently had watched me countless times, had gotten out of her child seat, (I hadn't gotten around to buckling it), stood in the driver's seat holding on to the steering wheel, and had moved the gear out of park, and the car was slowing moving downslope out of my driveway. I was awestruck. It just never ever occurred to me that something like this could happen in a matter of seconds.

Fortunately nothing bad happened, but jeeez, you just never know.

[liberalhistorian]

13. I know, it amazes

me how judgmental non-parents are with a lot of things about kids. It's so easy for them to point the finger and judge.

[Muddleoftheroad]

10. Schadenfreude

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