Danielle Morin said she dropped her son Deacon at Little Impressions Daycare in Fontana on Wednesday morning on her way to work.
When she returned to pick him up, Morin said she was met with the sight of paramedics trying to revive him.
Daycare staff told Morin that Deacon was somehow strangled by the amber teething necklace he was wearing while he slept during nap time, according to KABC.
Deacon was rushed to a hospital, where Morin made the heartwrenching decision to remove her son from life support on Monday afternoon.
Now Morin wants to shut down Little Impressions Day Care, which the California Department of Social Services reportedly placed on probation for three years in 2015.
In a tearful Facebook post, Morin wrote Monday:
“Our sweet baby Deacon peacefully went to be with the Lord today. I have made the decision to donate his organs so another family’s prayers can be answered… This is the darkest day of my life but I know Deacon is with the Lord and at peace shining down upon us.
“Do [sic] to my choice to donate, we do not have a timeline for Deacons services and will let you know when we do.”
In a subsequent post, the bereaved mother vented her frustrations with the daycare center, which she characterized as negligent.
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