Originally Posted by nannyde:
You are so lucky that you didn't have a death. A one year old is not an infant by seat standards and you are so lucky she didn't get entrapped in the harness and die. Obviously she was able to overturn it. There are numerous cases across the US and Canada where a one year old has died being strapped into seats and overturned them. The first day of daycare is the riskiest for death and the first week. You don't know the kid and it's skill set. You don't know what they can do.
Take the citation and thank the lord you aren't in jail right now with a manslaughter charge. If you have so much experience you should know how crazy dangerous what you did is. You need to educate yourself on deaths in.child care and positional asphyxiation.
You are the luckiest provider I know.
I'm sure that you must feel attacked by the strong criticism you are receiving. However, consider it a gift. I bet you never make that mistake again. By posting here you learned something that may very well save the life of a baby in your care.