IMPORTANT INFO For Parents

[Simplicity]

I'm sorry to hear about your daughter. I know I'd be a wreck if something like that happened to my son.

But from the way you told it... You didn't have your 11-month old daughter in the bassinet, did you? The bassinets only support up to 15 pounds (it even says so on the Baby's R Us page)... And at 11 months, your daughter is probably quite a bit heavier than that.

Past that, you are supposed to remove the bassinet and use the floor of the pen as a crib. I think most bassinets only support about 15 pounds, typically. So it's a very small step on the way to a crib.

 

[Treebore]

My kids are all too old for a crib (most of the time anyways), but we have friends expecting a newborn any day now, so we'll make them aware of this potential problem.

I believe they are inheriting a crib or basinet. We'll be sure, though.

Hope your daughter is well. Two of my kids have broke their arms, one being pushed off a trampoline by their older brother, the other by flying over the handle bars of his bike. Not a fun experience. I just kept telling myself, "At least it isn't a lot worse."

 

[chakken98]

But from the way you told it... You didn't have your 11-month old daughter in the bassinet, did you? The bassinets only support up to 15 pounds (it even says so on the Baby's R Us page)... And at 11 months, your daughter is probably quite a bit heavier than that.

Yes she was in the bassinet but she if a very thin baby, (hospital confirmed under 15 lbs) though you wouldn't think it the way she eats. But she is doing great. I did report it friday to the CPSC and am awaiting a reply from then. I took some pictures of the thing as well. Hopefully something will happen with that.

 

[Simplicity]

Wow, she's tiny for her age. My son is like 5th percentile for weight (premie, reflux, ugh)... But your daughter is just off the charts.

Be sure you have the hospital document her weight and date it if you're considering a lawsuit. I hope she feels better soon.

 

[chakken98]

I don't intend to sue as of yet, but I will be seeking legal advise due to other issues that popped up at the hospital on friday...long story short....someone said the break was 5 - 8 days old due to xray and I was lied too to get back to the hospital on friday so they could call CPS and Cops to investigate which got thrown out due to somebody that night doing there job and stating the break was fresh and only a day or two old....What a weekend for me...

 

[Dingleberry]

Yes she was in the bassinet but she if a very thin baby, (hospital confirmed under 15 lbs) though you wouldn't think it the way she eats. But she is doing great. I did report it friday to the CPSC and am awaiting a reply from then. I took some pictures of the thing as well. Hopefully something will happen with that.

Glad to hear she's doing well, and I hope it's a speedy recovery. Holding my writhing and screaming 2-year old during x-rays on his leg a month ago is my worst daddy memory.

Not to belabor the point, but since you reported to the CPSC and potential legal action is mentioned further down the thread: you should note that the instructions say to stop using the bassinet at 15 lbs. or when the infant begins to push up on hands and knees, whichever comes first. (I only know this because I was just re-reading the instructions on my similar model earlier this week when putting it together again for my newborn.) When the CPSC reports this to Graco, that's the first thing Graco's going to point out.

 

[Simplicity]

I don't intend to sue as of yet, but I will be seeking legal advise due to other issues that popped up at the hospital on friday...long story short....someone said the break was 5 - 8 days old due to xray and I was lied too to get back to the hospital on friday so they could call CPS and Cops to investigate which got thrown out due to somebody that night doing there job and stating the break was fresh and only a day or two old....What a weekend for me...

Ugh. Social workers are power-hungry little dictators spoiling for a fight. All you can do is kowtow to them and hope that they feel sufficiently superior. When my son was in the hospital as a premie, we had the social worker come by... "Sooooo then. How's it going? Want to talk? I want to talk to you..."

And then when we were worried he might have muscular dystrophy and god forbid we try to take him to a doctor... "Hey! Let's talk about life! Abused anyone lately? Are you sure one of you doesn't want to quit your job?"

 

[ha-gieden]

About CPS and Hospitals

I gave birth at home with my first child, and it was fantastic. When I had my most recent baby, I started out at home, but due to impossible positioning, we had to go in for a C-section. The doctors were amazed at how well I was doing, how well informed I was, and how healthy my little one was (21 inches, and just over 9 pounds, perfectly formed and well).

I kept the baby with me while I recovered. The pediatric doctor put an IV in my baby, saying that although no sickness was found in her, her white blood count was a little high. He also said she appeared a little jaundiced (tiny bit of yellow at the tip of her nose - perfectly normal) and said we might consider putting her under bili lights for a full 24 hours. That would mean no contact or nursing except at short, pre-arranged intervals. He had a lot of insane ideas. Finally, I asked, "Am I allowed to go against any of your recomendations?" He looked at me like I was crazy, said, "NO", and left the room. Within an hour social services was there, asking if I loved my daughter, if I had post-partem depression, and if I was going to follow my doctors advice. I had no choice but to do whatever they wanted. I spoke with the head nurse about discharging myself, and was told that I could do so, but that if I discharged my (HEALTHY!) baby, CPS would be called. I asked if my baby was healthy, and she said yes, but that I could not go against the wishes of her doctor on this issue.

I think the doctor just wanted more $$$.

My advice: get a good midwife.

 

[Simplicity]

I gave birth at home with my first child, and it was fantastic. When I had my most recent baby, I started out at home, but due to impossible positioning, we had to go in for a C-section. The doctors were amazed at how well I was doing, how well informed I was, and how healthy my little one was (21 inches, and just over 9 pounds, perfectly formed and well).

I kept the baby with me while I recovered. The pediatric doctor put an IV in my baby, saying that although no sickness was found in her, her white blood count was a little high. He also said she appeared a little jaundiced (tiny bit of yellow at the tip of her nose - perfectly normal) and said we might consider putting her under bili lights for a full 24 hours. That would mean no contact or nursing except at short, pre-arranged intervals. He had a lot of insane ideas. Finally, I asked, "Am I allowed to go against any of your recomendations?" He looked at me like I was crazy, said, "NO", and left the room. Within an hour social services was there, asking if I loved my daughter, if I had post-partem depression, and if I was going to follow my doctors advice. I had no choice but to do whatever they wanted. I spoke with the head nurse about discharging myself, and was told that I could do so, but that if I discharged my (HEALTHY!) baby, CPS would be called. I asked if my baby was healthy, and she said yes, but that I could not go against the wishes of her doctor on this issue.

I think the doctor just wanted more $$$.

My advice: get a good midwife.

Believe me, I know exactly what you are talking about. We began to view the nurses in the NICU as gaolers, and the doctors as evil wardens. The doctor kept giving our son a milk-based fortifier. Everytime he got it, he threw up. The doctor's solution was to stick a tube in and give it to him (which didn't really stop him from vomitting). And it's weight that determined when he could get out of there, so every time a feeding went poorly, our son was stuck in there for longer.

It took us a week-and-a-half to get the doctor to listen to us about it.

Meanwhile, our son is choking on his vomit, the nurses freak out and say he's stopped breathing! And bam it's more time in the NICU because he "hasn't figured out how to breathe properly".

Strangely enough, it got a lot better once they stopped with the fortifier.

You aren't allowed to refuse a proposed treatment for a kid or CPS is all over you. You aren't even told what additional treatments the doctor thinks the child should get (because that gets worked out between your insurance company and your doctor... while you're not there. Hooray for "case management!").

God, I hate health care in all of its tentacled forms.

 

[chakken98]

Ha-gieden---man that sucks, I would have been pretty upset in your position.

I realize that Its been a few weeks since I post here but, I ended up getting in contact with Consumer product safty orginization, they are coming on monday to get that ball rolling. Saddly the issue with the break got blown up pretty bad. Some doc said there was 2 breaks in the babies arm. Which got the Criminal Detectives invovled (ie child abuse charges). but thankfully they dropped all that this morning, now I just have to get this CPS @#$% taken care of and I can breath again without think the briuses my son may get from jumping on his sister or the baby falling on her face while trying to walk or whatever is going to get me put in jail....man what a month.