An Idaho homemaker tragically lost her 22-month-old son in a household accident.
Mom-of-three Lindsay Dewey recently shared online that her and husband Eric’s youngest son Reed was killed after a large mirror fell on him.
‘To make a long story short, apparently Reed had one of his suction cup bowls and stuck it on the mirror and was pulling it “back and forth” to pry it off (we’re assuming) and he pulled the mirror down on himself,’ she wrote on Instagram.
‘I never even heard him playing by/with the mirror – until I heard it fall and then within 5 seconds I lifted it off of him,’ she continued.
Dewey was in the kitchen making dinner when the accident occurred.
Reed didn’t die instantly, but was left with a fractured skull and ‘severe traumatic brain injury’.
Dewey initially thought that the toddler was just in shock from the mirror falling, but quickly realized that something was very wrong.
Idaho homemaker Lindsay Dewey and husband Eric tragically lost their 22-month-old son Reed in a household accident
‘Never did we expect that it would be so serious that he wouldn’t survive it,’ she said.
Medics arrived on the scene within six minutes, but were unable to save Reed.
While Dewey never planned to come forward with the story, she explained on Instagram that she decided to share the tragedy in an effort to warn other parents.
She also explained that the mirror wasn’t designed to be mounted or anchored to a wall, and that it was so heavy that there was ‘no way’ that her kids could be strong enough to move it on their own.
Dewey said that the family usually had an accent chair in front of the mirror too, but that it had just been moved because their dog had peed on the rug.
‘We both are still in complete shock that this is what took our baby from us,’ she wrote.
‘We’re only sharing this because we don’t want this happening to anybody.’
The toddler was playing with a suction cup, which he used to pull a large mirror down that fractured his skull
While Dewey never planned to come forward with the story, she explained on Instagram that she decided to share the tragedy in an effort to warn other parents
While Dewey admitted that she was concerned about getting backlash from strangers on the internet over the incident, she said that the backlash would be ‘worth it’ if they could save another child’s life.
Sharing a photo of Reed to Instagram, Dewey wrote, ‘Mommy misses you so badly and I’m so sorry this happened to you my perfect baby boy.’
Since the accident, Dewey has amassed a large social media following of more than 50,000 followers and counting.
However, the homemaker has rejected the title of ‘parenting influencer’ and said she has no interest in gaining followers.
‘I’m just your average mama of three, homemaker, fire wife, who is obsessed with her family, living in Idaho,’ she wrote.
‘To paint the picture that I’m just another self-centered influencer is appalling.’
