Strollerderby

Wonderful day brightener.  What a fabulous child with an incredible presence of mind at such a young age!  I agree about the ponies!  Baby's parents might need to do a little reflecting on pool safety, tho.

Something similar happened when my sister was little, she wandered into a pool when my mother was looking for her water wings. My dad ended up pulling her out.

Wow, five years old and already a hero!

I just can't understand leaving an 18-month-old unattended in a pool.  Granted, my daughter is autistic and needs to be watched every single second she's near water, but even if I had an NT toddler I wouldn't leave her alone in a swimming pool.  Or a wading pool.  Or a puddle...

Wow!  What a great story.

I wrote that story last night. May I have some credit, please?

For the COMPLETE story, go to http://tinyurl.com/m289md or WWW.nwfdailynews.com

Thanks,

Mona Moore

Wow. I really need to sign my kids up for swim lessons at the Y!

Knitty, I'm trying to remember if it was on babble or elsewhere that I saw a post commenting on the fact that the more adults there are around, the more dangerous it can actually be for a child. While the adults assume safety in numbers, no single person is actually responsible for the child. I don't know if that applies to the situation here (it seems that the water was over the 18 m/o's head?), but that really gives some insight into how things can go so wrong even with two or more adults present. I will be a hawk at the kiddie pool this summer!

"I saw a post commenting on the fact that the more adults there are around, the more dangerous it can actually be for a child."

If you find that please post it, but the more I think about it the more sense it makes.  When I'm around my extended family there's about a 5:1 ratio of adults to little kids, so some of the parents seem to assume that another adult is watching their child and wander off, get distracted, et.  I don't, because of our circumstances, but I can understand how they see it.

Knitty: Ta-da!

babble.com/.../top-5-tips-for-keeping-your-kids-safe-around-the-pool.aspx

Thank you!  I appreciate it.

My first thought was that this was probably a case of mom assuming dad was watching and dad assuming mom was watching.  

Like others have mentioned there is oft a false sense of security when a lot of adults are around.  I think instead of judging the parents we all need to take this as a reminder to review summer safety with our kids and partner.