I feel isolated and defeated
On May 25th a baby in family passed away.. she was only 5 months old
Her parents are lying about the cause of death and I knew because the mother told someone I know
I reported this to the hospital she passed away at… My family thinks I did the wrong thing by reporting this before the baby was buried and that I should’ve waited because “god was going to handle it” or some other bullshit excuses… I reported it on Friday, 4 days after she passed away.. My family is ignoring me and calling me mean names and telling me it’s not my business to do what I did but I don’t see how I’m wrong because this is a baby that lost her life due to unsafe cosleeping. She was suffocated by her dad in both of their sleep from what I’m being told and they told the hospital she was suffocated in her crib by a blanket. My thing is why lie? I wouldn’t lie about this if I was innocent.. I guess I’m ranting because I’m hurt my family isn’t on my side in reporting this… I loved my family so much and now it’s just me, my man, and our child..
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U did the right thing. I lost a cousin(I was 13) she was only 6wks old and her mother rolled over on her. She was on d*rugs at the time. I feel she should’ve went to jail for this as an adult looking back. however they didn’t test her or anything and she tells people she died from sids 🙄😡 Karma always comes around.
Weren't they going to do an autopsy? I thought they generally did autopsies on people that died of unknown causes to try and figure out the problem.
Ooofff in my opinion it’s a 50/50 either way. I mean are there legal consequences for what actually happened? Or is it just simply about lying? I’m sure these parents are judging themselves harder than any one else could. Idk why someone would lie about this other than panic and guilt. Sleeping with a blanket at that age is basically just as equally unsafe sleeping practice. (Okay idk about equal but is still considered unsafe) accidentally suffocating your baby in your sleep Idk if I would consider them “innocent” there are plenty of “accidents” that lead to murder chargers. It’s completely unfair for your family to be against you though. They can say they don’t agree with you but shouldn’t shut you out and call you names. (This is an opinion coming from someone who bed-shared) I was terrified every night of something like this happening but it was at that time our safest option. We didn’t start till after 6 months if that makes any difference.
What exactly are you reporting? The death of a baby that young will likely get investigated anyway.
I don’t know all of the details obviously but I’m sure there’s a lot of heartbreak and devastation as it is… I don’t see why a report was necessary.
Holy crap, there's a lot of stuff that you left out that clears up a lot of things.
Thanks for answering, btw, I honestly didn't know that they basically just took the parents at their word.
Yeah, you did the right thing.
No you for sure did the right thing. That baby deserved justice even if it was an accident. Look after yourself during this time x
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