2-Year-Old Gets Drunk; Baby-Sitter Charged

darkangel8603 said:
Something is odd about this. Why would a toddler mistaken a bottle of alcohol for a drink. Sure maybe a toddler would drink a sip of it, but knowing alcohol, they don't taste good, and most people start their taste of alcohol when they get older. So how the hell did a toddler drink so much more than a sip of alcohol? If a toddler of his age sipped one, he would've have spit it out and or not drink the rest of it cuz of the taste.
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Just my opinion, but I suspect someone maybe mixed fruit juice with the alcohol. Of course, that would be intentional, not an accident. Also, it doesn't take much alcohol to intoxicate a baby. They have a small body weight, so a very small amount of alcohol will have a strong bad effect on a small child.


The parents are not responsible for this cuz they left their children in the care of a babysitter that they thought they could trust. ..
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I think they are investigating to find out if the parents knew that their cousin had a history of alcohol abuse, or if he was drunk at the time they left him with the kids.

There might also be some other issues that we are not aware of.
 
i hardly trust babysitters n daycare, my girls always been watched by only me n my husband, early mornings i m working til 11 am noon n evenings my husband working 5 pm to midnight, it saves our money.
 
Wha... the world ? Unbelivable the babysitter... cps should press charge to babysitter NOT PARENT.. which they were gone to hospital.. how they knew babysitter already drinking ?? Can't be.. I believe Babysitter fusterate w/this child so took go out around the corner and to buy whisky (who knows) giving a toddler make'em calmer down.. Might be babysitter taking awful lot drinking afterwards...

Why can't cps not pay attention careful how long babysitter took care this child and drinking.?? why don't police can handle this investingtion first... and to see find it out what's going on..

I bet The parent are upset and more... not plesant w/babysitter has done terrible..
VERY HARD to get their child back by cps..
 
Oh geez that is sad!! I dont trust anyone to babysit my son except for my son's friend's parents. That way they can play together and I have trusted them in the past. Well at first what I do is let my son go over to his friend's house after school to see if thing goes well. It went well and I continue doing it so and then later on down the road I will ask them to babysit my son. Not the first time but like a year later. That when I am able to trust my son's friend's parent.

Those are the only ppl I trust. I dont have a lot of family around here.
 
Roadrunner said:
How absurd can this be? Having toddlers running amok, much less, where one is in a drunken state, thankfully, the contents of the alcohol didn't kill this toddler...obviously, it's a form of neglect on the caretaker's part...who knows as it didn't say, if this man terribly regrets what did take place, at least he has to be grateful that the toddler wasn't seriously hurt or killed by the alcohol in the body.

I'd say he ought to serve many hours of community services for his actions as I don't think jail time would be ideal in this case...but then again, depending on the overall situation which we don't know entirely and that can be left up to those who is authorized to pass judgement for the man's actions.
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Agreed. This judge isn't bright thing to do for him to pay $5,000 fine. It will make his family and his child much poorer after he pays his fine, and they will go on a welfare.

My grandmother was Russian, and she drank Volka when she had the babies. It does not kill them from feeding the milk. I know it could be werid. Nowadays, they panic to hear this story, and it is likely for her or him to go to jail for abusing their children from their parents' drinking. Now, her children are grown up and have a normal job. I would not drink an alcohol in the front of them - it is just my preference. I think that many judges are getting strange. The law books probably brainwashed them to keep their personal side away. Of course, the babies should not drink any alcohol on the floor. Beside, I think that any baby would not want to drink it because it would burn their throat for sure. If it is beer, then how much would it kill the baby? Can a baby drive a car on the road? The baby's parents did not purpose it. You know.
 
webexplorer said:
... If it is beer, then how much would it kill the baby?
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The doctor on TV today said that one ounce of alcohol can poison a baby.

Baby's body weight is very small. Also, their livers don't fully function. Alcohol is poison to a baby's body and brain.

Also:
Toddlers exposed to alcohol may suffer suppression of their internal systems, including respiratory functions, said Dr. Yasser Nakhlawi, chief of pediatrics at Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital and a professor at Tulane University Medical School. If a child consumes enough alcohol, it can cause death, he said.

"A child shouldn't be near alcohol," Nakhlawi said. "There are too many dangers involved."
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Remember, the story said:
Medical personnel at Brookhaven Memorial hospital who treated Wilfredo also performed a blood test and found a blood-alcohol level that was 0.014 percentage points higher than the legal limit for adult drivers in New York State of 0.08 percent.
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webexplorer said:
Agreed. This judge isn't bright thing to do for him to pay $5,000 fine. It will make his family and his child much poorer after he pays his fine, and they will go on a welfare...
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The judge did not fine him. He hasn't been to trial yet. The judge set his bail at $5,000. He only has to pay 10% to get out of jail.

Where did you read that he has a family and child?
 
:eek2: Imagine this little boys body being so small, and at the age of 2 having that kind of alcohol level, it was very fortunate that nothing happening to him, that could have been devastating and fatal. I realize that the mom had been giving birth at the time this happened, but, to be prepared and taking her time to screen babysitters to care for her children would have put the children in a much safer situation. I hope there was no serious damage done to this little boy, and these children will be placed in a more protective enviroment, and the parent's take workshop classes on how to hire a more appropriate sitter for their children. Children are irreplaceable.
 
second on that one

CODAchild said:
:eek2: Imagine this little boys body being so small, and at the age of 2 having that kind of alcohol level, it was very fortunate that nothing happening to him, that could have been devastating and fatal. I realize that the mom had been giving birth at the time this happened, but, to be prepared and taking her time to screen babysitters to care for her children would have put the children in a much safer situation. I hope there was no serious damage done to this little boy, and these children will be placed in a more protective enviroment, and the parent's take workshop classes on how to hire a more appropriate sitter for their children. Children are irreplaceable.
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ya are right KIDS are irreplacement ... ya cant exchange a Cameron or an Ethan
 
I rather get a baby sitter that I know pretty well such as a relative or a good friend of mine.

some parents tend to call teenagers as to hire them and stuff, etc...and so many reports coming out of how strange teenagers commited crimes when they babysit their kids, etc...pretty sick shit.

so my only advice is to never find a strange person who's seeking for a babysitting job but just find a relative or a trusting friend to babysit the kids for you.
 
FreeWoman77 said:
i hardly trust babysitters n daycare, my girls always been watched by only me n my husband, early mornings i m working til 11 am noon n evenings my husband working 5 pm to midnight, it saves our money.
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Yes, it´s same with us... I work from 7.30 am to 4.00 pm and then my hubby work from 5.00 pm to 10.00 pm. My children are being watch by me and my hubby.

Youth Welfare Service (CPS) are obligate to pay certifed child minder to teach our children with speech development twice to three a week due our deafness from 6 months to 3 years old then Kindergarten to 6 years old accord German law. From 6 years old children, we have to pay child care expense ourselves.
That´s why we rather to bring our children up ourselves than let stranger bring our children up.

My good friend watch our children sometimes in the past. Child minder & I became good friends - she accept to watch our children for us sometimes when they were younger. We don´t go out very much but invite to attend friends´s birthday parties etc... Most of time, we meet with other families... make trips, etc... visit each other etc. We trust our children´s maturity to leave them alone for few hours to go shopping.
 
Reba said:
Just my opinion, but I suspect someone maybe mixed fruit juice with the alcohol. Of course, that would be intentional, not an accident. Also, it doesn't take much alcohol to intoxicate a baby. They have a small body weight, so a very small amount of alcohol will have a strong bad effect on a small child.
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Yes, some parents mixed fruit juice with an alcohol into baby bottle to make their baby calm down and sleep good... They weren´t realized alcohol drive babies to toddlers to death slowly... and organ damage :(

I think they are investigating to find out if the parents knew that their cousin had a history of alcohol abuse, or if he was drunk at the time they left him with the kids.

There might also be some other issues that we are not aware of.
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I find it´s very sad if it´s really true that the parents really knows that their cousin has an alcohol problem before hire him to babysit their 2 years old son... I would NEVER do that.
 
webexplorer said:
If it is beer, then how much would it kill the baby?
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Am I the ONLY one to find this question to be a moot point? When it comes to babies, we should NOT be talking about how much is too much! Alchohol should never be apart of a toddler's diet under ANY circumstances!
 
Oceanbreeze said:
Am I the ONLY one to find this question to be a moot point? When it comes to babies, we should NOT be talking about how much is too much! Alchohol should never be apart of a toddler's diet under ANY circumstances!
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You are absolutely right. The effects of even the tiniest amount of alcohol in a baby can be deadly and immediate.

It is shocking how so many "adults" believe it is OK to use alcohol to "quiet" babies. They don't seem to realize they are drugging the babies with a poison.
 
Reba said:
You are absolutely right. The effects of even the tiniest amount of alcohol in a baby can be deadly and immediate.

It is shocking how so many "adults" believe it is OK to use alcohol to "quiet" babies. They don't seem to realize they are drugging the babies with a poison.
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Quite true. I didn't mean to pick a fight with my statement, but I am flabbergasted that anyone would even ask such a question in reference to such a small child.

***smh @ the thought*** :jaw:
 
Reba said:
You are absolutely right. The effects of even the tiniest amount of alcohol in a baby can be deadly and immediate.

It is shocking how so many "adults" believe it is OK to use alcohol to "quiet" babies. They don't seem to realize they are drugging the babies with a poison.
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Pure alcohol can be dangerous to a person of any size, but they are watered down a lot in alcoholic beverages.

However, alcohol should never, never be given to a toddler. Common sense, children shouldn't be drinking alcoholic beverages, neither should adults. They aren't good for you at all. It's basically poisonous and people slowly kill themselves by drinking too much like they do with smoking.

(shrugs)
 
I just saw that on the news...people have gone mad. They are going to investigate to see if he drank it himself. Yah right.......alcohol tastes like crap. I have tasted it years ago, no baby is going to drink it.
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Something is odd about this. Why would a toddler mistaken a bottle of alcohol for a drink. Sure maybe a toddler would drink a sip of it, but knowing alcohol, they don't taste good, and most people start their taste of alcohol when they get older. So how the hell did a toddler drink so much more than a sip of alcohol? If a toddler of his age sipped one, he would've have spit it out and or not drink the rest of it cuz of the taste.
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And yet dozens of children die each year from drinking anti-freeze, which one can only assume tastes like “crap” as well ( I wouldn’t personally know, as I have never tried it). You would be amazed by some of the things kids will eat or drink…that’s why people put child locks on cabinets to keep small children from drinking cleaning chemicals.

I personally dont trust babysitters myself... i rather a family member watch my boys
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I rather get a baby sitter that I know pretty well such as a relative or a good friend of mine.
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In this case, the babysitter WAS a family member!

It is shocking how so many "adults" believe it is OK to use alcohol to "quiet" babies. They don't seem to realize they are drugging the babies with a poison.
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A bit off topic here, but: When my younger brother was born in Canada, the doctor gave him peach brandy to settle him down before his circumcision.
Also, my mother used to rub a drop of whiskey on our gums as babies when we were teething.
Not to speak ill of the dead, but I caught my first husband giving vodka mixed with kool-aid to our daughter in her sippy cup when she was only a year old, that’s when I kicked his ass out.
 
Men and babysititng never mix.

Men were not born to babysit.

Men were born to work then provide for the wife and the kids.

Kids are the woman's domain until the kids get bigger , older and the kids start to pick up the skills then .....

It is time for the father pick up where the mother left off to pass on his skills , wisdom and advice as well as some... " tough love " discplince as needed.
 
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