An Idaho mother of three recently shared the tragic story of her 22-month-old son’s accidental death.
Lindsay Dewey said that her youngest son, Reed, died after a heavy mirror fell on top of him and fractured his skull.
“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,” the grieving mother 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.”
Reed was left with a fatal “traumatic brain injury.” His mother initially thought he was just in shock over the incident.
“Never did we expect that it would be so serious that he wouldn’t survive it.”
Dewey said the mirror was so heavy there was “no way” kids would be able to move it.
“We both are still in complete shock that this is what took our baby from us,” Dewey said.
“We’re only sharing this because we don’t want this happening to anybody.”
