A 1-month-old baby was found dead 2 hours after a swimming session with a baby neck float at home with her mother and grandmother. The father only realised something was not right after seeing her baby pale, not crying and not moving at all. Sadly, it’s too late when they rushed to hospital.
The incident happened in Hunan, China on Oct 31, the 1-month-old baby girl was taken care by her mother and grandmother. They put the baby on her neck float and let her swim in the bath tub for 10 over minutes.
According to China Press, the mother and grandmother didn’t keep an eye on her all the time during the swimming session. The mother only brought her out from the bath tub after 10 over minutes. She look extremely quiet after the swimming session, not so cranky like she usually did.
However, after the father finished work which was about 2 hours later. He wanted to carry and play with her daughter. But he found something was not right. The baby looked pale, not crying and not moving at all.
Immediately, they rushed her to the hospital and the doctor said,” The baby was sent to the hospital too late. Her conditions deteriorated as she was lack of oxygen for a long time, causing most of her organs damaged. We were trying our best to resuscitate her however it failed.”
Baby neck floats became popular a few years ago and are now regularly used in bathtubs and pools for young infants. Some believing swimming help the little one’s sleeping and eating pattern, strengthens their heart and lungs as well as their arm, leg and neck muscles.
However, Doctor Song, Pediatrician from Hunan General Hospital then explained baby neck floats that claimed to help baby swim can be a potential death trap. Especially to young infants, where their muscles, bones and motor nerves are still not well developed yet. Thus, young infants with baby neck floats for too long might possibly cause trouble in breathing and the delayed respiratory impairments can lead to death, in the worst scenario.