OK I MUST VENT...There are a few things I have not written here throughout the past few months because I knew that Kaili's family may become a part of this network. There are things that they did not know about the way this situation was handled BUT THEY KNOW NOW so here goes There was NO INVESTIGATION of the scene of the baby's death. I sat in this house, my home, for 8 hours not touching or moving a thing WAITING for the LAW TO DO THEIR JOB. When they did not it was ME who started making phone calls....it was ME who put on rubber gloves and collected her clothes and the sheet that she was sleeping on and put it in a ziplock bag. It was ME who got social services and the Department of child development to come to my door! NOT IN MY JOB DESCRIPTION LAST TIME I CHECKED! What ass-backwards town has a baby show up at an emergency room and no one is sent to investigate? What kind of town is it when a person calls 911 on a unresponsive infant and no Law Inforcement shows up???
With that said the other home providers and I demanded a meeting with all county and state officials who had to do with or should have had to do with this to a meeting. It took some pushing and shoving but we got a date and everyone showed. Our sherriff was arrogant and basically seemed like we were wasting his time. He stated that he spoke to the ER at 6 or 7 that evening (Kaili left my home at 12:30 in the afternoon) the ER told him that they believed it was SIDS so he did not feel that it was nessesary to investigate.I also insinuated that it was easier on me that I did not have people interrogating me at such a horrible time. I am sorry but for me it made it worse to know that if something was found in the autopsy days later all I would have was my word. In a situation like this we as daycare providers NEED the investigation process. We need their bed and bedding to be collected so it is analyzed. I just don't understaND HOW THEY CAN JUST SWEEP THIS UNDER THE RUG LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED.
So with that said Kaili's mother knows all of this now and had started asking questions of the sherriff. He had a meeting with her and had the nerve to take credit for the meeting WE MADE HIM ATTEND!!!! He told her that no one wanted to get to the bottom of this but him and he made it happen. THE NERVE!!!!
Anyway I am very curious about the other areas of the country and how situations like this have been handled. If there are any of you that can help me or have any suggestions please let me know. I don't think they should be able to get away with this do you?