Malik Baker DimesForDaycare
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The Lord called Malik Baker to heaven on September 21st 2018
(link to local news story)
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/15-month-old-dies-after-incident-at-a-local-day-care/838914686#
I'll never begin to understand why God felt that he needed my child more than me, but his decision was final....
The death of our 15 month old son was the result of the neglectful daycare Staff at Tip Top 24 hour learning center.
I thought it was a dream....
Malik's father (Earl Baker) shook me awake and told me that our baby was on life support at Wolfson's Children's Hospital.
I rolled over on the couch in an attempt to drift back to sleep.
I lifted my eyes for just a moment , glanced at Earl, and when I saw the tears streaming down his face I knew that this was real...
This was impossible.....
But real...
We rushed to the hospital... I was trying to focus on what Earl was saying but could only grasp fragments of sentences...
"Daycare... Toy.... Choking....
Found Unresponsive.
Alive? ....Life Support."
We got to the hospital,
Earls sister, Kahleeqa ,was already in the waiting room looking as lost as I felt...
She's always been like a second mother to my children and I know she was just as scared as we were..
I remember pacing back and forth in the hallway and stopped when Tiffany Davis, the owner of the daycare center approached us.
She offered mumbled apologies through choked sobs...
I don't doubt the string of "I'm sorrys" were sincere, but no amount of remorse can change what happened.
She said that she had stepped out the room for "just a few minutes" and when she came back she found my son unresponsive, and nothing, NOTHING can excuse the fact that whatever she had "stepped out " for was more IMPORTANT than the safety of the children in that room. Children that she was PAID and LICENSED to attend to.
Finally, after what seemed like a lifetime of waiting and pacing we sat in a private room with the doctor as he explained the condition of our baby.
"Cardiac Arrest... Brain damage ....Unresponsive.... 12 hours before we'll know anything else. I'm very sorry."
I saw my baby, he looked like he was sleeping and as I lay in bed that night I had all the faith in the world that he would live.
Earl tried to prepare me for the worst. He tried to prepare me for the news that, the next morning, we inevitably received.
"Brain dead...lungs bleeding...hours of constant pumping.... Prolonging death... Hopeless..Parents permission... Stop Life support...Natural death...
...Mom?...
...Dad?..."
These are the only words I can remember hearing before we made the heart wrenching decision to take Malik off life support
" The hardest thing I've ever had to do was to hold my babies hand until his heart stop beating. I sang one last lullaby. 'You are my sunshine'...."
And my child was gone!
You hear about these kinds of tragedies happening all the time,all around the world, but you never imagine that's such an impossible possibility could happen to you....
Until it does...
We want MORE than justice for Malik.
We want change!
I've always been a firm believer that everything happens for a reason and , sometimes, maybe we have to be the ones to create the silver lining... To create the reason...
Our sons death will not be for nothing!
Something good will come of this!
Which brings us to the purpose of this GoFundMe account...
This GoFundMe account is not to raise funds for Malik's burial and Memorial ,
but to open a daycare in his memory.
A daycare with 24 hour monitored surveillance to ensure staff is attentive to the children.
Maybe we can take it a step further and give parents access to live cameras of the rooms from their phone or computer. Staff should have ,not minimum, but IMPRESSIVE CREDENTIALS... And most importantly, all of this should be affordable for even a single parent working minimum wage....
And to all the daycares out their that DON'T have cameras ,or sufficient staffing because they "can't afford them" well, you have NO BUSINESS running a daycare!. If you're not willing to sacrifice some of your facilities profits to ENSURE the safety of these children then what does that say about the amount of passion and dedication you have towards a career in childcare?
If this daycare has to be non-profit , then so be it.
A life is priceless ...
A donation can be in the form of funds, prayers, professional advice, ideas, recommendations. Whatever you're willing to offer to make this a reality will be truly appreciated...
Feel free to contact me or Earl on facebook (Amber Lee) instagram (benni Frank) or at [email redacted]
We'd like to thank everyone for their support and kind words... Every comment has helped to comfort us and the amount of compassion from complete strangers has given us a whole new faith in humanity... God Bless You All..
The Lord called Malik Baker to heaven on September 21st 2018
(link to local news story)https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/15-month-old-dies-after-incident-at-a-local-day-care/838914686#
I'll never begin to understand why God felt that he needed my child more than me, but his decision was final....
The death of our 15 month old son was the result of the neglectful daycare Staff at Tip Top 24 hour learning center.
I thought it was a dream....
Malik's father (Earl Baker) shook me awake and told me that our baby was on life support at Wolfson's Children's Hospital.
I rolled over on the couch in an attempt to drift back to sleep.
I lifted my eyes for just a moment , glanced at Earl, and when I saw the tears streaming down his face I knew that this was real...
This was impossible.....
But real...
We rushed to the hospital... I was trying to focus on what Earl was saying but could only grasp fragments of sentences...
"Daycare... Toy.... Choking....
Found Unresponsive.
Alive? ....Life Support."
We got to the hospital,
Earls sister, Kahleeqa ,was already in the waiting room looking as lost as I felt...
She's always been like a second mother to my children and I know she was just as scared as we were..
I remember pacing back and forth in the hallway and stopped when Tiffany Davis, the owner of the daycare center approached us.
She offered mumbled apologies through choked sobs...
I don't doubt the string of "I'm sorrys" were sincere, but no amount of remorse can change what happened.
She said that she had stepped out the room for "just a few minutes" and when she came back she found my son unresponsive, and nothing, NOTHING can excuse the fact that whatever she had "stepped out " for was more IMPORTANT than the safety of the children in that room. Children that she was PAID and LICENSED to attend to.
Finally, after what seemed like a lifetime of waiting and pacing we sat in a private room with the doctor as he explained the condition of our baby.
"Cardiac Arrest... Brain damage ....Unresponsive.... 12 hours before we'll know anything else. I'm very sorry."
I saw my baby, he looked like he was sleeping and as I lay in bed that night I had all the faith in the world that he would live.
Earl tried to prepare me for the worst. He tried to prepare me for the news that, the next morning, we inevitably received.
"Brain dead...lungs bleeding...hours of constant pumping.... Prolonging death... Hopeless..Parents permission... Stop Life support...Natural death...
...Mom?...
...Dad?..."
These are the only words I can remember hearing before we made the heart wrenching decision to take Malik off life support
" The hardest thing I've ever had to do was to hold my babies hand until his heart stop beating. I sang one last lullaby. 'You are my sunshine'...."
And my child was gone!
You hear about these kinds of tragedies happening all the time,all around the world, but you never imagine that's such an impossible possibility could happen to you....
Until it does...
We want MORE than justice for Malik.
We want change!
I've always been a firm believer that everything happens for a reason and , sometimes, maybe we have to be the ones to create the silver lining... To create the reason...
Our sons death will not be for nothing!
Something good will come of this!
Which brings us to the purpose of this GoFundMe account...
This GoFundMe account is not to raise funds for Malik's burial and Memorial ,
but to open a daycare in his memory.
A daycare with 24 hour monitored surveillance to ensure staff is attentive to the children.
Maybe we can take it a step further and give parents access to live cameras of the rooms from their phone or computer. Staff should have ,not minimum, but IMPRESSIVE CREDENTIALS... And most importantly, all of this should be affordable for even a single parent working minimum wage....
And to all the daycares out their that DON'T have cameras ,or sufficient staffing because they "can't afford them" well, you have NO BUSINESS running a daycare!. If you're not willing to sacrifice some of your facilities profits to ENSURE the safety of these children then what does that say about the amount of passion and dedication you have towards a career in childcare?
If this daycare has to be non-profit , then so be it.
A life is priceless ...
A donation can be in the form of funds, prayers, professional advice, ideas, recommendations. Whatever you're willing to offer to make this a reality will be truly appreciated...
Feel free to contact me or Earl on facebook (Amber Lee) instagram (benni Frank) or at [email redacted]
We'd like to thank everyone for their support and kind words... Every comment has helped to comfort us and the amount of compassion from complete strangers has given us a whole new faith in humanity... God Bless You All..
Organizer and beneficiary
Amber Lee
Organizer
Jacksonville, FL
Khaleeqa Baker
Beneficiary
