{"id":68527,"date":"2023-10-18T15:08:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T15:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=68527"},"modified":"2023-10-18T15:08:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T15:08:42","slug":"ex-paramedic-issues-urgent-warning-to-all-parents-over-baby-bath-seats-that-can-prove-fatal-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/lifestyle\/ex-paramedic-issues-urgent-warning-to-all-parents-over-baby-bath-seats-that-can-prove-fatal-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-paramedic issues urgent warning to all parents over baby bath seats that can prove fatal | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
MOST parents will know never to leave their little one unattended in the bath, even to grab a towel or answer the phone. <\/p>\n
But you might think your little tot will be fine if you leave them in a bath seat while you pop out of the room for a sec. <\/p>\n
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But ex-paramedic Nikki Jurcutz warned parents that babies are just as vulnerable to drowning when perched in one of these nifty seats. <\/p>\n
In a recent post, the first aider behind the baby and child first aid page Tiny Hearts Education wrote: "Never leave your child unattended in one of these.<\/p>\n
"Even if it's to 'pop outside to get the towel'. Even if it's to 'quickly answer the front door'. Even if it's 'just for a second'."<\/p>\n
She added: "Please remember, baby baths were designed to be used with ACTIVE supervision, all the time, every time."<\/p>\n
The former paramedic shared a message from one of the mums following the page as a stark warning to other parents. <\/p>\n In her message to Tiny Hearts<\/span> , the mum wrote she'd had a 'big shock' after her little one tipped out of his bath seat when she took her eyes off him to speak to her husband. <\/p>\n She explained that her son Ziggy – then eight and a half months old – has hypotonia, which causes decreased muscle tone in babies. <\/p>\n The parents had been relying on a bath seat to give their little one a bath until he grew out of it. <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n In a pinch, they decided to use his feeding chair to keep him upright while they bathed him and help his posture. <\/p>\n The mum wrote: "Tonight I was bathing him, my husband came in to ask me something, I turned away for literally five seconds and out boy managed to tip himself forward and out of the chair into the water. <\/p>\n "My husband pointed and rushed towards me, so I turned and grabbed our son so quickly and, thankfully, he's OK."<\/p>\n The shocked mum stressed that she didn't even step out of the room during the scary incident. <\/p>\n "I was beside him the whole time and it still happened!" she wrote, explaining that she only took her eye off Ziggy for a few seconds and "it happened so quickly". <\/p>\n Though "it could have been a lot worse", the mum said she had received "a huge scare and a big shock". <\/p>\n Nikki emphasised that babies are still at risk of drowning when left unattended in a bath seat, referring to statistics published by the UK's National Child Mortality Database. <\/p>\n She said the agency had reported the drowning of seven infants in a bath between April 2019 and March 22. <\/p>\n "In five of these cases, bath seats were being used," the ex-paramedic stated. <\/p>\n While the nifty seats can be a useful tool to making bathing easier and help prevent your baby slipping, parents should never be complacent when using them, Nikki went on. <\/p>\n She shared three bath seat safety tips parents should keep in mind when placing their little ones in them: <\/p>\n Ex-paramedic\u00a0and founder of first aid education platform\u00a0Safer Little Steps,Ross Smith has previously shared a step by step guide for what to do if your baby does swallow bathwater. <\/p>\n He walked parents through when to call an ambulance and how long to do CPR for. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/picture>RISK ALERT<\/span><\/p>\n
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