Comments on: Blogging Mom Shellie Loses Little Son to Drowning

By: Blogging Mom Shellie Loses Little Son to Drowning Accident « Weighting For Loss

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:38:44 +0000

[...] on the mother’s Twitter account, where she had posted three pictures of her beautiful boy… (read more) Share this [...]

By: amie

amie — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:34:10 +0000

I’m totally with you on the over-protective thing. Rather safe than sorry is my motto. But tragedies can happen so fast–in the blink of an eye. We are so lucky for every precious second we have with our children.

By: Janice @ Mom on the Run

Janice @ Mom on the Run — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:28:29 +0000

Awful, just awful, isn’t it!? The worst part is instead of discussing water safety everyone is talking about moms on Twitter.WTF? what about the dads on Twitter?

By: susanna

susanna — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:08:13 +0000

I was stunned when I read about the tragedy of Shellie losing her son. I had read about it right after I played a game with my 10 year old even though I wanted to get so many other things done. After reading her messages and seeing the pictures I knew I had done the right thing. Everything else could wait. :-) God bless Shellie and her family.

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:16:10 +0000

Very sad! Thanks for sharing, will be thinking of this family and praying for them. Christmastime will always be a very sad time of year for them. :(

By: Karen Angstadt

Karen Angstadt — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:10:49 +0000

Because I live in FL & the number 1 cause of death for kids under 4 is drowning (there is so much water here everywhere around us!) we used instructors from ISR too. (http://www.infantswim.com)

In addition to teaching our kids to float at 6 months old, it included an education for us about water safety. It had never occurred to me until I read in their small book – when there is more than one adult “watching” the kids in the pool, they should jointly agree who is “watching now.” This way, no one takes their eyes off the water, thinking someone else is watching, while that “someone else” is doing the same thing & no one is watching. This was an eye-opener for me and I’m even more vigilant since having the girls involved in these lessons.
This mom is in my prayers.

By: toni

toni — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:43:35 +0000

This is so sad. I feel for the mother, I can’t imagine the pain and sadness she must be going through right now. After reading the tweets last night, I too kept a close eye on my 22 month old durning her bathtime.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:07:37 +0000

Oh that is so sad. I have had recurring nightmares about my children drowning and it scares me to death! My prayers are with this mother.

By: Idelissa

Idelissa — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:48:23 +0000

Children as young a 6 months old can be taught to swim, to find an instructor in your area, refer to the following website
http://www.infantswim.com/instructors/locator.html?zip=10984&radius=20&x=0&y=0
God bless the family that has suffered any tragedy