When a daycare called to tell two parents that their 14-month-old son had been bitten “multiple times” but was okay, they could not have imagined the injuries they were about to see.
Photos showed nine separate bite wounds covering the little boy’s back, many of which had broken the skin. Their baby had been pinned to the ground and repeatedly bitten by another child without a caregiver stepping in to protect him.
For his parents, the number of injuries was difficult to comprehend. Their son was only 14 months old. He could not defend himself, move away from the danger, or tell an adult what was happening. He depended entirely on the caregivers in that classroom to see that he needed help and intervene.
Instead, he remained unprotected long enough to be bitten nine separate times.
Making matters worse, his parents struggled to get a clear explanation of how it happened. The daycare’s story about who was supervising their son and what the caregiver had been doing continued to change.
Knowing there had to be more to what happened inside that classroom, the family turned to The Button Law Firm for guidance and answers.
Uncovering What Happened Inside the Classroom
Our investigation revealed that this was not simply a brief interaction between two young children that a caregiver could not have anticipated.
The child who repeatedly bit the 14-month-old had already been placed on a behavioral supervision plan requiring additional supervision. The caregivers at the daycare failed to maintain a safe environment by following the additional supervision plan that was supposed to be implemented for the safety of the children in the room.
The caregiver responsible for the classroom later admitted that while assisting other children with diaper changes and bathroom breaks, she was positioned where she could not see the other children. Rather than maintaining visual supervision, she relied on listening to what was happening elsewhere in the classroom.
That left young children able to move into a blind spot where no caregiver was watching.
For this 14-month-old, that supervision failure had painful consequences. He was pinned down and bitten again and again before an adult finally intervened.
The Daycare Failed to Provide the Supervision These Children Needed
Texas daycare supervision requirements exist because young children cannot recognize a dangerous situation or protect themselves when something goes wrong. They need caregivers who are actively watching, close enough to respond, and prepared to intervene immediately.
That protection was even more critical in this classroom because the daycare already knew one child required additional behavioral supervision. There was a plan specifically intended to help keep the children in that room safe.
The daycare failed to follow it.
Instead, a caregiver was positioned where she could not see the children she was responsible for supervising. A known need for additional supervision went unmet, and a 14-month-old baby was left defenseless long enough to suffer nine separate bite wounds.
This was not about expecting caregivers to prevent every interaction between toddlers. It was about a daycare failing to provide the supervision it already knew was necessary to protect the children entrusted to its care.
The Harm Did Not End When His Bite Wounds Healed
The physical evidence of what happened was visible across this little boy’s back. But for his family, watching those wounds heal did not mean that everything returned to normal.
His parents began seeing changes in their son after the incident. He started biting other children himself. He struggled when his family tried to place him in new daycare environments and was eventually removed from multiple daycares.
For a family already trying to process how their baby had been left unprotected, they were now watching the effects of that experience follow him into other parts of his young life.
Daily routines became harder. Finding a new daycare became more complicated. His parents were left trying to understand why their child’s behavior had changed and how they could give him the support he needed.
Our responsibility to this family extended beyond proving how nine bite wounds ended up on their son’s back. We worked to understand what the experience had taken from this child and how it continued to affect him after the visible injuries faded.
We helped his parents understand what their son was experiencing, document those changes, and get him the support he needed as their family worked to move forward.
Helping This Family Find Answers and Accountability
When this family turned to The Button Law Firm, they knew the explanation they had received did not account for the severity of their baby’s injuries. Our team worked to uncover what happened during the time no caregiver was there to protect him.
The investigation revealed the classroom blind spot, the caregiver’s lack of visual supervision, and the additional behavioral supervision plan that was not properly followed.
Together, those facts told a much different story than a child simply being bitten at daycare. They showed how failures in supervision created the circumstances that allowed a defenseless 14-month-old to be repeatedly harmed.
Our team pursued accountability for those failures and helped this family get the answers and support they needed to move forward.
At The Button Law Firm, we represent kids in daycare and child injury cases to help them get life-changing results and justice against bad daycares, schools, and companies that abuse and neglect the safety of children.
If your child was seriously injured because of supervision failures at daycare, call 214-699-4409, email intake@buttonlawfirm.com, or fill out our secure contact form for a free and confidential case evaluation.
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