Drowned Baby

[jennyjoan]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10212067/Rugby-legend-Jannie-du-Plessis-one-year-old-son-drowns-pool.html

How could that happen - surely you never ever take your eyes of a baby

[Peter Pedant]

My nephew was found at the bottom of my mother's pool in midwinter which probably saved his life

now forty y later. My brother dove into the black pool and grasped the foot of the DEAD baby ! CPR and rewarming worked. Probably 'dry drowning' and cold immersion. We fenced the pool thereafter. He is now 40
BUT....
the current case was DURING a party so any fence wd be taken down

[AuntPG]

no party mentioned in the report peter -do keep up :-)

[pastafreak]

Only 10 months old...heartbreaking.
And the father is a qualified doctor.

[pixie374]

Totally tragic. Unlike everyone else, I think it could have been avoided. Many babies are walking by 6 months, most at least crawling by 12 months. You can't take your eyes off them, and adding an unguarded swimming pool. Unbelievable.

[chelle7272]

Well I'm sure the parents are aware of that now, and will judge themselves more then you ever could.

[pixie374]

I doubt it, Chelle. It's easy to feel heartbroken for the parents. I am one, and can put myself in their place. But, like with most of these avoidable child accidents, my sympathy is reserved more for the child. Who at 10 months... should have been able to trust somebody was keeping him safe.

[Peter Pedant]

//no party mentioned in the report peter -do keep up :-)//

Jannie du Plessis' son drowned in pool as Rugby star was celebrating his birthday

celebrating his birthday but not at a party - right - silly me.....
god this must be AB

[AuntPG]

You do not need a party to celebrate a birthday.

[pixie374]

Lbh, it makes no difference, party or not. If you have a mobile baby and an open swimming pool.... you watch.

[AuntPG]

Yes, but some people have suggested the baby was being ignored because people were 'partying' - bit of a difference.

[Mamyalynne]

I'm sure you'll find they know that Pixie.

Let the parent who has never made an error and got away with it step forward.

[pixie374]

Hmmm... seems irrelevant to me. Party, drunk, sober, alone, he was a baby.

[Canary42]

I totally agree with Pixie here.

When a baby joins a family home then most responsible parents set out to "baby-proof" the premises. It can be quite tricky to spot absolutely everything, but open access to a swimming pool is rather easy to identify I would have thought.

[pixie374]

Clearly not, mamya, and a bit late now. Nobody, including me, is suggesting parents are all perfect, and never take their eyes off their children.
But ask how many would leave their unsupervised crawling child near a swimming pool.
There are degrees of risk, from necessary to insane.

[pixie374]

Thank you canary x massive risks everywhere really. But some should be obvious.

[jennyjoan]

peter pedant - usually I can decipher your posts but not that one of the baby found at the bottom of the pool - then 40 years baby was revived and still living. Is it still a baby or a man - or what.

[Mamyalynne]

I didn't spell out what I meant well clearly enough - I'm sure they now know they should have taken more care, as everyone does after an accident happens.

Heartbreaking.

I'll leave it there.

[naomi24]

I agree with mamyalynne. None of us is perfect - and I’d be willing to bet that no one is blaming the parents more than they are blaming themselves. They will live with the devastating horror of their momentary lapse of vigilance forever. I have nothing but the utmost sympathy for them.

[AuntPG]

Pixie //Totally tragic. Unlike everyone else, I think it could have been avoided //

Thats rather a sweeping statement Pixie. Personally, having children around large animals and farm machinery means you are on constant alert -accidents do unfortunately happen- and no-one should be looking to blame, I'm sure the parents will be punishing themselves up until the day they die

[pixie374]

No doubt now, mamya, I knew what you meant, but a child has drowned in the meantime.
We all seem to be able to relate to parents, because we are adults. But, the baby is the point here.