A Mother’s Heartache Becomes the Clearest Lesson Yet In How To Protect Your Baby From Drowning

“We’re Momming Today” about perhaps the toughest topic of all: loss of a child. Kim Leonard, wife of famous grocer Stew Leonard, is a mother to four girls, but she shares the story of the loss of her toddler son to drowning in a pool on a family vacation. Shaken and overcome with guilt and grief, Kim and Stew eventually started a foundation, wrote a children’s book and a guide to help ensure no other family shared their tragic fate. You can find “Stewie the Duck” in all Stew Leonard’s stores, and you can listen here for simple water-safety tips that are sometimes the hardest to follow.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices