The weekend is never long enough for mothers to get all the chores done, which is why so many have to multitask in order to get it all done. However, one mom is warning parents everywhere to NEVER multitask while crossing this item of the to-do list.
Australian mom, Kelly-Anne Deverix was in the middle of doing chores around the house to prep for the upcoming week when she gave her 15-month-old son, Junior, a bath. When she heard the washing machine was finished, she decided to go quickly unload the clothes to save some time.
“He was very waterwise, as you can see in the photo he could stand up. At times he could slip but was able to pick himself straight back up,” Deverix said. However, when she walked back into the bathroom 10-15 minutes later, Junior was lifeless in the tub.
Paul Donley was in another room on his computer when he first heard his wife’s screams and ran in to see what happened. “I just grabbed him straight off her, doing CPR . . . I ended up with vomit in my mouth,” he said. “I thought I got him back a couple of times but I didn’t, but I didn’t fix him. Usually, I can fix things, but I couldn’t fix him,” he said in tears about the moment he knew his son was gone.
“(As a parent) we know what our children are capable of and not capable of. I just took that risk and that chance which I shouldn’t have,’’ Deverix said. “But it’s true you shouldn’t leave your children alone in the bath, some of us mothers take faith in that sort of thing. If my hearing was perfect I might have heard something.”
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[Featured image: Facebook/Kelly-Anne Deverix]
Baby Drowns In Bath After Mom’s Tragic Mistake is an article from: LifeDaily