I watched this on Oprah I think some years ago and I just want to just make people aware of the impact of a simple thing as baby Oil.
The most recent fatality of which CPSC is aware occurred in May of this year after 16-month-old Jaiden Bryson of Bakersfield, Calif., aspirated a baby oil product. Chairman Brown dedicated the new safety standard to Jaiden.
Brown gave this account of young Jaiden’s death: “On May 2 in the early evening, all five of the Bryson children were at home, including Jaiden and his 16-month-old twin brother, who were playing, as their dad, Charles, prepared dinner. Suddenly, Charles heard Jaiden cry out. He immediately ran into the living room and found Jaiden with baby oil all over his face,clothes and the carpeting. One of the twins had climbed up on a shelf and tipped a basket of products off. Jaiden grabbed the baby oil and drank it.”
“The nest day, Jaiden appeared to be very sick - panting for air and breathing very heavily. Mrs. Bryson took Jaiden to her pediatrician’s office. Jaiden was then rushed by ambulance to the hospital with a 103-degree fever. Little Jaiden ended up in intensive care. He was put on a ventilator, where he remained for 28 days. On May 30, Jaiden died. The death certificate listed aspiration of baby oil as the cause of death. This seemingly innocuous baby oil caused pneumonia and irreversible lung damage to an innocent 16-month old child,” Brown said.
The new poison prevention packaging for affected products containing hydrocarbons must be in use in 12 months.
Examples of hydrocarbon-containing products covered by new poison prevention packaging:
Where's the mother? Where were the other 3 children to watch the kids and make sure that something like this happens? WHY are we blaming freakin baby oil?
Where's the mother? Where were the other 3 children to watch the kids and make sure that something like this happens? WHY are we blaming freakin baby oil?
Sara did you read that one of the twins toppled over the stuff and got the baby oil...this can happen to anyone as most people are unaware of the danger a simple thing like a baby oil can present. If the baby oil is aspirated...there isnt much any medical intervention can do..as it gets absorbed...and causes complications like it did to the 13 month old(who as I recall also had asthma).
After this case the movement to put child resistant tops on baby oil was put in place..with Target, the company one of the first to do so.
One of the twins had climbed up on a shelf and tipped a basket of products off. Jaiden grabbed the baby oil and drank it."
"The nest day, Jaiden appeared to be very sick - panting for air and breathing very heavily.
But who was watching the twins? even if they did topple it over, if someone had their eye on them, they could’ve made sure the bottle was cclosed or take it out of the baby’s hands. The article says the father was cooking dinner, all 5 of the kids were home, where was the mother? What were hte other 3 children doing? and why did the parents wait until the very next day? why not go right away to teh doctor or call poison control? No doubt baby oil is safe for babies skin but its not safe when its drank. evrybody knows that.
As I'm sure the moms here know, it really is quite impossible to keep an eye on your little ones every second. You have to go pee, you have to get a bottle etc. You have to cook dinner - so if the babies are in the next room, you check on them frequently. A couple of people asked "where was the mom" - I'm pretty sure she was probably at work. Hubby works day shift, mom works night shift as many couples need to do. Anyway, even the most vigilant of parents have accidents happen because its really impossible to imagine everything a little one can get into.
As for the oil, I dont think that its the baby oil itself that is the danger - ANY oil is dangerous for a baby because it is so easily aspirated (breathed into the lungs). And when any type of oil is aspirated, it causes aspiration pneumonia which is commonly fatal to little ones. This includes cooking oils. Even if that dad had called an ambulance right after the fact, the baby would still have died since there really isnt much that can be done once oil gets into the lungs.
This is a very sad tragedy for that family and my heart goes out to them.
^ i get what ur saying.... and it is very sad... fine even if the mom was working, but werent there 3 other kids that could do anything? The post doesn't give their ages so i dont know if they were too young or old enough. and again, based on the original post, why was he taken to the hospital the next day? why not right away? I know its a tragedy but if there was noone watching them and the child was taken the next day to the doctor, i wudnt blame it on the oil.
Even if the other 3 kids were in the room, it isnt very likely that they'd have prevented the whole thing. Kids would find it funny that the little one climbed and knocked over the basket. And the little one probably got into the oil within a minute or less....these things happen very fast. And the little one probably seemed fine after the whole thing, I bet the father cleaned him up and he seemed fine...I mean it does take at least a few hours for the pneumonia to develop so there wouldnt be any signs or symptoms for a while. Even so, like I said before....once oil is inhaled into the lungs, aspiration pneumonia is inevitable and almost invariably deadly to an infant and even toddlers. So even if the child were rushed to the hospital immediately, the outcome would not have been different. There is no effective treatment for oil-aspiration pneumonia.
There are so many child tragedies that are indeed preventable that INshallah will not happen to US....but then, we DO leave our little ones to go to the bathroom, to get something from the kitchen etc. These seconds are the ones where these things happen. And it isnt helpful to call the parents neglectful. They are just extremely unfortunate and tragic.
Hmm i suppose---ill just leave it to you and Ask since you're both mothers and have alot more knowledge/empathy about this than I can right now... no doubt its a very big tragedy....