{"id":974250,"date":"2022-02-03T00:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T00:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/03\/watch-toddler-playing-with-apple-watch-calls-911-during-nap-time\/"},"modified":"2022-02-03T00:48:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T00:48:00","slug":"watch-toddler-playing-with-apple-watch-calls-911-during-nap-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/03\/watch-toddler-playing-with-apple-watch-calls-911-during-nap-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Toddler playing with Apple Watch calls 911 during nap time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Toddler-playing-with-Apple-Watch-calls-911-during-nap-time.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"zAm2OHQVgHc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hudsonville toddler calls 911 on old Apple watch after bedtime\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zAm2OHQVgHc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">Feb. 2 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> A Michigan couple who allowed their 3-year-old to play with what they thought was an inoperative Apple Watch said they were shocked when the toddler called 911 during his naptime.<\/p>\n<p>Leon Hendrix posted a video to Facebook showing the baby monitor camera footage from his 3-year-old son Landon&#8217;s naptime conversation with a 911 operator.\n<\/p>\n<p>Hendrix and his wife, Andrea, said they allowed Landon, one of three young boys in the family, to play with an old Mickey Mouse-themed Apple Watch because the toddler is enamored with the cartoon character.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was one of the original series watches, I was like, &#8216;I haven&#8217;t used it in years, it&#8217;s probably not connected to a phone, what&#8217;s the harm in him looking at the Mickey Apple watch?'&#8221; Andrea Hendrix told WOOD-TV.<\/p>\n<p>The mother said she was working from home during the kids&#8217; nap time when she heard something unusual coming from the baby monitor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was listening, and I was like, &#8216;Wait is that someone else talking?'&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said she panicked when she realized the toddler, who had climbed into a crib with his younger brother, was talking to a 911 operator.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When it was happening, I was like freaking out. Obviously because I was like, &#8216;Oh my gosh, I can&#8217;t believe he called 911.&#8217; And I was like, &#8216;How long this has been going on for and are they on their way here?'&#8221; she recalled.<\/p>\n<p>Leon Hendrix, a former anchor for WOOD-TV, said he rushed to the kids&#8217; bedroom to interrupt the call, which the parents later discovered had lasted seven minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We edited out the part where I charge into room in my underwear,&#8221; he said of the video. &#8220;The old newsman in me, the first thing you go to is, &#8216;Did we get that on video or was that recorded?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The parents said Landon still is allowed to play with the watch, but only on airplane mode and only while under their direct supervision. They apologized to the 911 dispatchers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do sincerely apologize for making this mistake and taking their time, we couldn&#8217;t be more grateful for the dispatchers and what they do,&#8221; Leon Hendrix said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 2 (UPI) &#8212; A Michigan couple who allowed their 3-year-old to play with what they thought was an inoperative Apple Watch said they were shocked when the toddler called 911 during his naptime. Leon Hendrix posted a video to Facebook showing the baby monitor camera footage from his 3-year-old son Landon&#8217;s naptime conversation with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":974251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-974250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-odd-but-true"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}