Newborn Found with Pacifier Taped to Mouth at Daycare Center

In Jefferson City, TN, a four month old baby boy was found in a dark room at a daycare center with a pacifier taped into his mouth. The Tennessee Department of Human Services received a complaint that a caregiver at Noah’s Ark Nursery and Preschool was taping babies’ mouths shut.

An investigator went to the daycare center and heard muffled whining from the bathroom and found the baby boy’s mouth covered with two pieces to two-inch-wide clear packing tape over a pacifier. The child could have died, ingested the tape, aspirated, or had breathing problems. Two of the caretakers on duty admitted to what they did and admitted that they have done this before to children. Back in 2005, the same daycare was investigated after a child died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in the facility.

The facility cares for 24 children between the ages of 6 weeks and 5 years old. The facility is still under investigation. It is sad that you can’t trust some daycare centers.