Mom's Burn Injury Shows Why Cooking While Wearing Your Baby is a Really Bad Idea
Like many parents, Molly Landis often totes her 4-week-old daughter on her chest in a baby carrier so that her hands are free to do work around the house. While the carrier is usually a convenient tool for the new mama, she now realizes the dangers of using one in the kitchen-and wants everyone to learn from her near-tragic experience.
Molly was cooking at home when her stove burner exploded and discharged a burst of fire towards her face, neck, and chest. The accident caused severe wounds and burns, but it could have been much worse if she was toting her daughter on her chest like she typically does, she explained in a Facebook post. Molly hopes her message will remind parents to not make the same mistake she almost made.
"This is horrible and painful but I haven't been able to stop thinking about how lucky I truly am," Molly wrote. "On this particular night a guardian angel was watching over me and my baby because for the first time in her life she fell asleep in her swing and I wasn't wearing her in the kitchen." If Molly had been carrying her daughter, the infant's head would have been resting on her chest right where the most severe burn from the explosion is located.
Now she knows that babies don't belong in kitchens-at least not close to the appliances, and that every parent should be thoughtful about when to use and not use a baby carrier. "The point of my message is to please be cautious of the activities we do while wearing our babies! Since this happened I have had so many moms say, 'Oh my God, I do that all the time,'" she wrote. "We never think it could happen to us and I never thought it would happen to me."
(h/t Scary Mommy)
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