"Kiser stressed the importance of physical barriers, advising families to install a pool fence - "not an automatic cover, not a net, a fence" - and to consider additional safeguards such as pool alarms, extra locks and automatic door closers. She also recommended swim lessons, including Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) programs, which teach self-rescue skills to babies as young as six months. "Please take every precaution possible around water with your children," she wrote. "Drowning is quick and preventable.""
"Earlier in her post, Kiser reflected on the weight of her grief and the "worst moments" of her life. "I miss him with every fiber of my being. Every ounce of me yearns to hold him again. hug him again. tell him how special he is, and how much I love him. I miss his voice. his hugs. his smile. his laugh. the way he added a 'k' sound to any word ending with the letter 's,'" Kiser wrote."
A three-year-old boy, Trigg, was found unresponsive in a backyard pool in Chandler, Arizona on May 12 and died six days later at Phoenix Children's Hospital. The child's father was home with Trigg and the family's newborn son, Teddy at the time. Six months after the death, parents were urged to watch children at all times and to use physical safety measures: install a pool fence (not an automatic cover or net), add pool alarms, extra locks and automatic door closers. Swim lessons, including Infant Swimming Resource programs teaching infant self-rescue, were recommended. The messages conveyed profound grief and enduring love.
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