Mom issues stark warning about bunk beds after her two-year-old son falls more than six feet and SNAPS his neck

A mom has issued a terrifying warning to parents who own bunk beds after her toddler fell off the elevated sleeping area and snapped his neck while playing with his older sister's teddy bear. 

Amanda Navarro Naz, 31, has made it her mission to spread awareness about the dangers of bunk beds after she went through a traumatic experience that saw her rushing two-year-old son Ezra to the hospital. 

In November last year, the mom, based in Chicago, Illinois, left husband Ramon at home with her three children as she headed off to a parents' meeting for one of her kid's football teams. 

However, she could never have guessed that her entire world would be rocked after Ezra suffered life-changing accident when he fell off his big sister's bunk bed - tumbling six feet to the ground and nearly becoming paralyzed. 

A mom is issuing a terrifying warning to parents who own bunk beds after her toddler fell off the elevated sleeping area and snapped his neck while playing with his big sister's teddy bear

Amanda Navarro Naz, 31, is spreading awareness about the dangers of bunk beds after she went through a scary experience that saw her rushing her son, Ezra, to the hospital

The mom could have never guessed that her entire world would be rocked after Ezra suffered life-changing accident when he fell off his big sister's bunk bed

After Amanda left the house, Ezra climbed up the ladder to older sister Amy's six-foot bunk bed so he could play with one of her stuffed animals while his dad was watching TV. 

And while Ezra always wanting to be his older sister's 'shadow' was usually endearing, it ended up nearly costing the young boy his life this time around. 

Because, after he climbed up onto the bed, Ezra suffered a tumble and fell all the way to the floor. 

Amanda said: 'Ezra very rarely ever went up the bunk bed. I didn't know Ezra could even climb the bunk bed until one day Amy went up it and then he walked right behind her. He literally mirrored her because he's her shadow.

'We don't really understand why he went up. We can only assume it was because he was playing and saw Amy's stuffed animals and wanted to play with them or he was hoping Amy was up there.'

After his fall, Ezra was rushed to the emergency room, however, he was told that there was 'nothing wrong.' 

As her son screamed in pain, Amanda knew something was amiss and took her child to the nearest children's hospital. 

The mother-of-three claimed that doctors initially discharged Ezra after his first CT scan did not reveal any broken bones - but she trusted her mom's intuition and took him to another hospital where they discovered he had a broken neck.

After Amanda left the house, Ezra climbed up the ladder to older sister Amy's six-foot bunk bed so he could play with one of her stuffed animals 

And while Ezra always wanting to be his older sister's 'shadow' was usually endearing, it ended up nearly costing the young boy his life this time around

After he climbed up onto the bed, Ezra suffered a tumble and fell onto the floor from the bunk bed

Amanda said: 'As soon as I touched Ezra's shoulder he immediately started screaming. I wrapped him in a blanket and went to the nearest hospital. I thought he broke his neck.

'The nurse told me it was a trauma case. He fell from double his height which qualifies him for a trauma. The bunk bed is over 6ft in the air and he is hardly 2ft.

'They took him for his CT scan and told me there was nothing wrong with his neck and we could go home. He was cradling his neck. He wouldn't put any weight on his neck. I was getting really mad.

'When they took off the neck brace his head immediately dropped backwards and he started screaming bloody murder. I was holding his head in place. His head shouldn't drop like that. I was trying to not let my son get paralyzed.' 

The mom then shared that was relieved to hear that her son would soon be okay and wouldn't need surgery.  

She added: 'The neurosurgeon told us Ezra has broken his C2 vertebrae and would need a brace for 16 to 20 weeks. We were lucky he didn't need surgery and he would fully heal and live a very normal life.

As her son screamed in pain, Amanda knew something was amiss and took her child to the nearest children's hospital

The mom then shared that was thrilled to hear that her son would soon be okay and wouldn't need surgery

'Had we gone home it would have gotten so much worse and he probably would not have been so lucky.

'It was 24 hours of chaos. It was very shell shocking to be in that moment. There's nothing you can do for your baby. You're just sitting there.

'I was in a complete trance. I was trying to keep a level head. I told myself he would be fine. But realistically I had no idea what was going on. My husband kept having to remind me to go to the bathroom.'

Doctors warned that since he had fallen more than double his height it was a 'trauma case' and the mom feels 'so lucky' they were able to 'walk away as a family of five.'

And although Ezra showed 'very little interest' in venturing up the ladder to the top bunk and would 'always' stick to the bottom, Amanda and her husband still felt an enormous amount of guilt for their son's injury. 

Amanda said: 'Me and my husband do feel a lot of guilt. But I told him it could've happened no matter what we did. Anything can happen with a kid. You blink and anything can happen.

'There's been a few people that have said obviously you shouldn't let a toddler near a bunk bed. It's your own doing, your own fault.

'Ezra had never really played on it like that. Any time he had played on it we were in the room. He was always on the bottom bunk with Grayson. He had very little interest in climbing up the ladder and going up top.

Doctors warned that since he had fallen more than double his height it was a 'trauma case' and the mom feels 'so lucky' they were able to 'walk away as a family of five'

'I've started locking their bedroom door when they aren't home so the baby can't go in there. When they're home playing in their room, it's locked. It's always locked until we can separate their bunk beds.

'Ezra will eventually have part of the bunk bed but it will be separated this week. I'm so excited about that. I have an immense hatred for the bed now. I just want to burn it.'

The mom issued a stark warning about bunk beds by sharing a video on TikTok of her son in hospital and wearing his neck brace captioned 'these are not safe for kids, but especially not toddlers,' which has now gained 46,200 views.

On average, 36,000 children suffer from bunk bed related injuries every year, the mom is now warning other parents about the dangers, according to Nationwide Children's Hospital.

The mother-of-three admitted she was shocked when she discovered how common bunk bed accidents are and now wants to spread awareness to urge parents not to let their toddlers near them.

Amanda said: 'I didn't know there were so many accidents and so much trauma related to bunk beds. Because it's not publicized.

'I went onto Google and all the numbers looked the same. There were astronomical amounts of broken arms, broken legs, strangulation, and concussions from falling off it. I'm looking at all these statistics and thinking, 'why does nobody talk about this?'

The mother-of-three was shocked when she discovered how common bunk bed accidents are and now wants to spread awareness to urge parents not to let their toddlers near them

'Even if I can just reach one family that was thinking about getting a bunk bed because the next family might not be as lucky as we were. 

'If you have a toddler with older children, don't get a bunk bed. Don't do it. It will save your younger child in the long run.'

The parents had bought Grayson and Amy and Grayson, aged nine and seven, detachable twin bunk beds as a Christmas present two years ago, which they planned to separate when their children were old enough to move rooms. 

Amanda shared that Ezra was finally able to have his neck brace removed in March after 16 weeks of constantly wearing it - adding that it did not 'slow him down.'

Ezra is now free to lead a normal life, although it is unknown if he will ever be able to play contact sports, and Amanda revealed they are 'so, so lucky' with how well their son has recovered.

Amanda said: 'We got so, so lucky that he's not paralyzed, he didn't need surgery and he's alive. We're walking away as a family of five when we could've walked away as a family of four.

'Surprisingly, the neck brace did not stop him from playing. He wanted to run and jump. It did not slow him down at all.

Amanda shared that Ezra was finally able to have his neck brace removed in March after 16 weeks of constantly wearing it - adding that it didn't 'slow him down'

Ezra is now free to lead a normal life, although it is unknown if he will ever be able to play contact sports, and Amanda revealed they are 'so, so lucky' 

'It limited him a little bit because he couldn't look down the same. He couldn't turn his head the same, he had to turn his entire body.

'It was only in the last few weeks he figured out how to take it off. So we were constantly reapplying his brace.' 

She revealed that after the brace was removed, doctors were overjoyed that the young boy had no problem moving his neck or running and jumping around. 

Amanda said: 'A lot of the time when it's time to take it off they're afraid to turn their necks and use it because of the pain associated with it. 

'We took Era's brace off and he was looking round and it made the doctor really happy because he had full range of motion.

'Right now he runs, he plays like a normal little toddler. You would never look at him and suspect he broke his neck. He doesn't hold back. He 's running, he's jumping. It's been great watching him progress because it didn't stop him anywhere.

'Being able to see that he's walking, he's alive, he's breathing and it could've ended so opposite, really humbles you and makes you appreciate it.'