I’m a mortician – the reason you need to avoid a popular beach hack which mums love, it could save your little ones life
A MORTICIAN has slammed a mum’s dangerous beach baby tent hack.
Also known as the ‘scary funeral home lady’, the mortician says the hack could cause your baby to drown without you knowing.
Lauren shared her view in a TikTok video online.
She said: “ I’m a scar mortician. We talk about death and dying and child safety.”
Lauren revealed there were quite a few issues with the baby beach tent hack.
She said: “Now, will I, Lauren, be using something like this this summer at the beach? No, absolutely not.”
The main issue is that the hack is wouldn’t be able to tell when your baby is drowning.
She said: “I don’t like how enclosed the baby is in this tent. I know it has these little side mesh pieces so you can look in at them.
“But I will preach this until the cows come home drowning happens really fast, and it is silent.”
The mortician explains the hack isn’t comparable to having your child in the bath at home.
She said: “Being at home and giving your kids a bath and a bathtub is totally different. Different environment than being at a very busy beach with your child in a tent.”
“This is a lot more quiet of an environment. There’s the lip they can reach onto. It’s a much more controlled space.”
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Lauren added: “This looks pretty deep here, right? We need to make it deep for the child. There isn’t anything for them to really grab onto if they got stuck.”
“And I’m gonna bet that this surface is a little slippery and not very slippery. Sturdy. This just makes me feel all kinds of claustrophobic.”
The mortician said there is an alternative if you are looking for something for your baby to play in at the beach.
She said: “But now let me show you something that I would love to use instead of this tent. So this is called a beach puddle.”
“So similar concept, but this is a lot more open air, fully see the child.”
The beach puddle is a lot more baby friendly and you can see your child easily.
Lauren said: “And a little baby isn’t constricted inside such a small space. There isn’t walls blocking my line of vision to the baby.”
“And what else I love about this is you can be in this little pool with your kid if you want to with them.”