Car seat safety has long been a conversation in the parenting community, as the improper use of them can easily lead to a child’s injury or death.
But after the tragic loss of her 17-month-old daughter Mia, mother Lisa Smith is speaking out about a lesser discussed — yet no less deadly, danger regarding car seats: positional asphyxia.
A thorough investigation concluded that her little girl died of positional asphyxia after she fell asleep in her car seat and failed to wake up from her nap while at a home daycare.
Mia’s airway was cut off as her car seat sat on the floor of the Texas daycare.
“This was our beautiful little girl. Perfectly healthy in every way,” Smith reportedly told TODAY. “But when they came in and told us that she didn’t have any more brain activity, all I did was I turn to the doctor and said, ‘I know,'” she continued through tears.
