Window Blind Cords Still Pose A Deadly Risk To Children : Shots
Andrea Sutton  a mom in Firestone  Colo.  was trying to put  her 3-year-old son Daniel  down for a nap  but  he  wasn't having it. It was January  too cold for  him  to burn off much energy outside  and  he  was restless. She read  him  some books to settle  him  down and then left  him  to fall asleep.
She returned with her 4-year-old daughter a little while later to check on  him . They found  him  hanging from the cord of the window blinds  wearing like a necklace the V-shaped strings above a wooden knob that lowers when the blinds go up.
"When my daughter and I found  him   we didn't know how long  he  was strangling " says Sutton  who now  eight years later  lives in Berthoud  Colo. She immediately called 911 and did CPR until the paramedics arrived. "They tried to do as much as they could  but I knew  he  was gone " she says. "A mom just knows."
She does not know exactly what happened. The coroner said  Daniel  probably wanted to look out the window  and Sutton said  he  may have pushed  his  small car-shaped toddler bed slightly closer to the window to reach. The blinds had only a single cord below the wooden knob  and the cord was tied up — both precautions the industry had recommended to reduce risk of strangulation.
Like 3-year-old Daniel  most of the children who die are toddlers  and 43 percent were last seen asleep or going to sleep. Another third were playing  and 14 percent were watching TV.
Sutton knew to tie up the cords. If she had known that wasn't enough  that she needed to cordless blinds instead   Daniel  would have celebrated  his  11th birthday last October.
Window Blind Cords Still Pose A Deadly Risk To Children : Shots
Andrea Sutton  a mom in Firestone  Colo. was trying to put  her 3-year-old son Daniel  down for a nap  but  he  wasn't having it. It was January  too cold for  him  to burn off much energy outside  and  he  was restless. She read  him  some books to settle  him  down and then left  him  to fall asleep. She returned with her 4-year-old daughter a little while later to check on  him. They found  him  hanging from the cord of the window blinds  wearing like a necklace the V-shaped strings above a wooden knob that lowers when the blinds go up. "When my daughter and I found  him   we didn't know how long  he  was strangling " says Sutton  who now  eight years later  lives in Berthoud  Colo. She immediately called 911 and did CPR until the paramedics arrived. "They tried to do as much as they could  but I knew  he  was gone " she says. "A mom just knows. "
She does not know exactly what happened. The coroner said  Daniel  probably wanted to look out the window  and Sutton said  he  may have pushed  his  small car-shaped toddler bed slightly closer to the window to reach. The blinds had only a single cord below the wooden knob  and the cord was tied up — both precautions the industry had recommended to reduce risk of strangulation. Like 3-year-old Daniel  most of the children who die are toddlers  and 43 percent were last seen asleep or going to sleep. Another third were playing  and 14 percent were watching TV. Sutton knew to tie up the cords. If she had known that wasn't enough  that she needed to cordless blinds instead   Daniel  would have celebrated  his  11th birthday last October.