Regular advice on providing a safe home was given to the
mother of a baby girl who drowned in the bath at her home.
Amber Lawson, 21, and her twin, 11-month-old daughters, Aimee
and Ella Pool, were regularly visited by Child Youth and
Family at their west Auckland home in Henderson, The New
Zealand Herald reported today.
The mother's desperate efforts failed to save Aimee after she
was found floating face down in the bath next to her twin
sister last week. She died in Auckland's Starship Hospital on
Sunday when life support systems were removed.
The two infants had been left in the bath briefly. Their
mother returned to find Aimee floating, scooped her out of
the water and gave rescue breathing until paramedics arrived.
Child Youth and Family general manager operations John
Henderson said community support agencies, including CYF, had
regularly visited the family and gave "advice and support on
how to provide a safe and loving home".
The surviving infant had been placed in another home.
Police said their inquiries were continuing and it was too
soon to say if charges would be laid.
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