Photo Credit: St Clair/Winslow/Splash News
Pregnant Britney Spears momentarily lost her balances on her shoes and nearly droped her baby Sean Preston after emerging from her NYC hotel. Her bodyguard caught the baby as he was slipping from his mother’s arms. The mother and son then went to FAO Schwartz.
Photo Credit: St Clair/Winslow/Splash News
It may be recalled that the US magazine Star has alleged that baby Sean Preston was diagnosed, on April 7, as having a skull fracture that he apparently sustained when he fell from his seat on April 1. Little Sean Preston, aged seven months, reportedly fell from his high chair and suffered a serious head injury.
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Oh please, get off her back. I’m not a huge Britney Spears fan – though I do like some of her music, I’m a mother of 2 that knows being a mother is hard work! Who hasn’t slipped, or lost their balance – even when carrying your child?? I doubt she was doing anything stupid to intentionally hurt the child, I doubt she Wanted to nearly fall on her rear while carrying both of her children! She is probably just irritated by the constant intrusion on her life. Imagine how much you would like it if you were walking down the street and people stand around taking pictures of you and your child – I’d be pretty irritated myself.
I just think people should quit accusing her of being a bad mother simply because she’s HUMAN, has any woman ever been perfect with her 1st child? I guess though since she’s “Britney Spears” she’s not entitled to the “live and learn” philosophy, she’s expected to be super human.
Angelique Solgat, Friday, 19 May 2006
I think it is ridiculous how the media is obsessed with trying to portray Britney as an unfit mother. I say this in regards to all the negative publicity the media is releasing on the subject. I am sure she is a very caring and nurturing mother but that wouldn't sell magazines if they printed how often she kisses and cuddles little Sean. And she did not drop him, as the picture clearly shows she had a very firm grasp of him. He wasnt going anywhere! He was no where near out of her grasp! We all as mothers have stumbled and had accidents with our children. That does not negate us unfit mothers. The media and social services need to mind their own business and but out of peoples private lives. There is far worse going on in our communities than to try to nit-pick and control our lives. LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!
Aileen D, Friday, 19 May 2006
Yes, Britney Spears is human but the day she "chose" to put herself in the lime light was the day she chose to be better than all the rest. If this was any "normal human" then their children would have been removed from the home by Children's Services. Intrusion on her privacy is exactly what she gets paid for. Those cd's don't walk off the shelf if she wants to sell them then she has to deal with what c omes along with it and that is every second of her life is for the camera. I am a mother of two toddlers to be exact and it is hard to be a mom, but that is no excuse for almost dropping your child. If the jeans are too long have them hemmed, I like trends just as much as the next but when I am holding my seven month old daughter I make sure my jeans are not going to make me trip over them. So yes she is expected to be "super human" just like all other mothers.
Stephanie, Saturday, 20 May 2006
I think Britney Spears is a great mother. I think it is just people that want to make her as a bad mother. Also i think that Britney did a stupid thing to get pregnant again. This will definitely ruin her career if it is not ruined now. But I just want to say LEAVE HER ALONE. People u drive her crazy i think...
Armenianguyy1990, Sunday, 21 May 2006
First this....
Britney Spears' Baby Son Has Skull Fracture?
Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 (EST)
US magazine Star has alleged that baby Sean Preston was diagnosed, on April 7, as having a skull fracture that he apparently sustained when he fell from his seat on April 1.
Then this....
OK...it is now May 19...just a little over a month since the poor kid fell on his head and now people are saying that it looked like the child was ok...someone commented; "he didn't get dropped", but, OMYGOD, he had a SKULL FRACTURE!!! If anything, she should have been holding him with BOTH hands and cradling his head, for God's sake!
And to think that this poor child suffered for 6 days before someone thought to take him to the hospital?? I don't even pretend to know what her floors are in her home, but I am going out on a limb and guess that since she lives in California...she probably has tile floors in the kitchen. If MY baby fell head first on a TILE floor, I couldn't get him to the hospital fast enough>>>>>>
Please send someone to monitor this situation. She needs some mothering advice at least! I hope someone does something before that poor little boy gets seriously hurt..
And to think she's gonna do this all again in 4 months....sigh!
B. Osborne, 21 May 2006
Okay, so Britney doesn’t always use her best judgment and in some cases she has just been plain been WRONG!!. However, her tripping and almost falling was an accident that could happen to any one of us. I am a mother of a 6th month old and yes, I multi task too This could have happened to any one!!! Cut the girl some slack on this incident.
Tammy Pulcino, 23 May 2006
Cooking is kind of like motherhood. To be really good at it, you don't need instructions. You just go on instinct and what feels right. --quoted from Britney Spears' website
Well, maybe she needs some instructions, because she's obviously having a hard time with ''the cooking lessons'' if you know what I mean. There's NOTHING WRONG with asking for help! I'm sure she's trying her best, but the thing she needs to do right now, is lay low and care for her baby and quit running around dragging her child with her on all these press junkets. She DOES NOT and NEVER WILL need the advertisement. SHE IS A WALKING BILLBOARD!!!!
She needs to get her personal life under control before it's too late...for everyone involved. And when these photographers see her WITH the baby, they are going to stalk her EVEN MORE than before, just hoping for that ''next slip up''.
The video of her crying in the restaurant after the incident told it all. She was probably VERY embarrassed and ashamed, because she KNEW what was coming next. She lives this everyday of her life, but the public humiliation has to be the worst!
My only concern is for that baby and I'm sure she is the best mom she can be right now.
Hang in there Britney cause you're gonna ''Do it again'' in four short months!
My 2¢ worth...-
-A fan, 23 May 2006
If you listen carefully you will hear britney say " See this is why I need a gun" What is that all about.. Thank goodness she doesn't have one, other wise the next headline would be " Britney accidentally leaves the gun out"
I do feel bad for her though always having to be in the lime light on every move she makes. I would look like a zombie too.
Carrie Cordero, 23 May 2006
Other than driving with Sean on her lap, Britney should be given a break. I am a new mother and I am constantly worried about tripping while carrying my baby or that he will fall. The only reason Britney has been given a hard time is because she is in the public eye. Clearly, Britney was very upset after almost dropping Sean. I feel sympathy for her and will not judge her negatively. Everyone else should do the same unless they can honestly say they have never made a mistake as a parent.
Taylor, Jessica, 25 May 2006
I also believe people should leave her alone. As a mom of two I have had close calls myself and if I was under a microscope while raising my kids I'm sure there would be things people would either disagree with or believe I was unfit. I don't think we need to come down on Britney so hard and say she is ruining her life by having children or say she is not a good mother.
That child seems to be perfectly healthy and happy and who are we to judge!
To some extend the paparazzi is ruining her life by stalking her, taking pictures and writing articles that state " Britney almost killed her baby."
Come on people!! If we put half as much energy and money into doing good for the communities around us as we do with celebrities it would be amazing what we could accomplish.
Amber, 25 May 2006
seriously..get off of her...you guys always get the negitive stuff about her..she is doing at great job as a mom at least she is always with her child every one else has a babysitter and all that...i look up to her!! maybe if she had a husband that was there for her and him she would be better but her husband is stupid and doesnt care about anything but himself!!!BRITNEY SPEARS YOUR DOING A GREAT JOB!!!KEEP IT UP!!
sweetishfish2, 29 May 2006
Ok I think its a bunch of BS that people say that Sean is dying n stuff... I mean come on. Sometimes people mess up. Mom's sometimes are having hard times and sometimes Britney Spears can make mistakes. The people who are calling her names n stuff do u really think YOU'RE perfect, I think not. Just leave her alone. Let her raise her child the way she wants too...even if there's a few mistakes here and there. I'm sure every mom in the world has messed up! So just get out of her business! There are way more problems in the world like the war in iraq and hurricane katrina and we are worried about britney's baby...come on leave her ALONE!
thanks!
Big fan- Montana, 31 May 2006
I've always loved Britney Spears' songs but as a mother she is retarted! I had a child ten years ago and as soon as it hit me I may not be the best thing for my baby (money or not) I gave her up for adoption! Because of it my daughter is doing wonderful ten years later and I have two babies at home that are doing great. It took a huge loss to save all of my kids from my ignorance. In the process of the adoption I took parenting classes and counceling relentlessley. The one conclusion I came to is, this was a human's life I was wanting to gamble with by keeping her. I couldnt do it. I didnt have any more children until four years later when I KNEW I was ready! My children have never fallen off a high chair and if they did they would have been taken to the hospital IMMEDIATLEY! How did she know the baby fell off the highchair? Was she standing there did they see it? If so why didn't someone take the baby right then and there! That baby could have smooshed all of its brains from the impact! Under two years old a babys skull is still hardning! That is CRAZY! as a responsible parent she should take her child to the hospital over ANY head injury, if I fell off a chair and hit my head I'm sure there would be damage! I'm sorry but she is WANTING to be a mother that doesn't mean she is succeeding! If it would have been ANYONE else the baby would have been taken away the first time when she had the baby in her lap driving! She wouldn't have ever had a chance to "almost drop her baby" getting out of a car or even when he "fell" from a highchair! All I am hearing is poor Britney leave her alone, when is someone going to defend the baby? He can't do it himself!!!!!!! Thank GOD I thought of my child and any future ones when I made my decision or I may be as bad a mother as her!
Heather Lynn, 08 Jun 2006
I think Britney is a great mother and yes she might make some mistakes...But so does every mother, it is just human! There is no way britney is gonna let Sean go down before herself... Seriously could you even imagine what kind of lifestyle she must go through with all the rumors and gossip... I give Brit props for everything she has to go through especially with her piece a crap husband Kevin... He is worthless and I would be so proud of her if she goes through with the divorce... Anyways cut her some slack no one is perfect so why does everybody expect her or anyother star to be.
Becky Monticello, MN, 12 Jun 2006
Ok I understand a first time mother can make mistakes but some things are just common sense I mean common sense tells you that if you baby falls out of a high chair they need medical attention and when they are little they need to be in a car seat. I mean I am a first time mother too but like I said its not making mistakes its common sense and in my opinion she just don’t have any and if she was any kind of mother then she would do everything in her power to protect her child I like some of her music too and yes every body does make mistakes and being a mother with everybody up in your business probably would be tuff but hey she knew what kind of life she had when she decided to have children and if she wasn’t messing up then she wouldn’t be called a bad mother
Loretta Lindsey, 16 Jun 2006
First of all, I would just like to say it doesn’t matter who or how famous you are, if you are a mother you are a mother, you are expected to do what is expected of you to raise your child. Even if you are a famous person, and a mother for the first time you should be wanting to take parenting classes so that you can properly take care of your child and with a person of Britney's stature she should have money to do such things to make sure that she is not talked about the way that she has been in the tabloids. I do not look at her as a good mother no matter who she is or what she is about. She should want to make sure that her child is taken care of. For her to wait 6 days after Sean fell out of the highchair to take him to the doctor because she thought that everything was ok is not being a good mother. That to me is being a stupid mother, and I feel as though she should have all rights to her child taken away. I am a mother of a 2 year old and I have another one on the way, and if he slips and falls even playing out side, I make sure that everything is ok with him, even if I have to sit at the hospital with him for hours. If she wants to get the tabloids off of her back then I think that she should start doing things that would get them off of it.... Almost dropping her baby in NYC...WTF was she DRUNK? Or hungover? That is just being lazy....I mean is she just having babies as a tax right off? Because she is just popping them out don’t you think?
Note: Before you start having more than one child, make sure that you can take care of the first one before you start having more.
Jenna, 16 Jun 2006
OK first off:
Britney is human I don't care if your famous or not!! Here is a quote for all of us to think about ~ "Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes" Gandhi! So what makes Britney sooo different from the rest of us?! Just because she's famous she can't make mistakes?! WHATEVER!! Get off your high horse everyone! Your not PERFECT no
one is, including me & all celebrities. You think anyone is going to show what a great mom she is, when everyone apparently wants to see her fail. Do you have nothing better to do than hope someone fails?! Honestly. Also, were you or anyone really there to know what truly happened at these incidents?
sure there's pics, but can you see the truth in them. And do you really honestly believe what tabloids say?! I don't. As for the high chair, obviously some people only read what they want to read, because they called their family doctor who did
a house visit. Then did a check-up a week later as per doctors request...again were you there if not don't sit by and judge!!! What a waste of time to judge others, judge yourself first and get a life!
Look, sure maybe she has made mistakes, what mom or dad hasn't. Everyone does the best they can do with the tools they have to use - I believe she is doing her best. As for the comment that any "normal" person kids would be taken away by now is sooo not true, I would know I work in the field. All I have to say really is that no one can judge her until you have lived the life she has and walk in her shoes- if you think your soo perfect, why don't you just try being in the spotlight, having everyone wish you to fail, never having privacy, and lets see just how well you can do!!
In my opinion she is doing the best she can do, & I support her!!
Mel, 25 Jul 2006
OK I agree with Mel. I totally support her but her mistake was to marry that guy, to go and follow that religion called Kaballa and after that make her son one of them. What's so funny is that when she made her son Kaballa boy or something lol her son had all that BAD luck but after she said she is leaving until now everything seems so perfect and the kid seems to get prettier. Her last mistake was to get pregnant second time and don't produce individual album for 3 years. I love her so much and I missed her badly. I can't stand seeing Justin singing like a goat and Christina screaming like an idiot. BRITNEY COME BACK!!
Armenianguyy, 14 Aug 2006