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lawhawk1/19/2011 8:23:02 am PST

Too bad to check. 13-month old baby drowns after mom decides to get engrossed playing Cafe World on Facebook.

She faces 50 years in prison.

Shannon Johnson, 34, was arrested earlier this month and charged with recklessly causing the death and child abuse, according to police in Weld County, Colo.

According to an affidavit, her 13-month-old son, Jospeh, drowned Sept. 20 after Johnson left him alone in the bathtub.

Johnson said she was giving the child a bath in the morning after breakfast, according to the affidavit, and that the water level was a little higher than usual, but she figured it was safe.

She then went into the next room logged onto Facebook, she told police.

Johnson told police that she heard the boy splashing around in the tub as she checked in on her friends, shared videos and played a game called Caf World, in which the user runs a digital restaurant.

The woman checked on the infant once before returning to her game.

I don’t have kids, but the number one rule (which I learned in ARC First Aid/swimming courses) with kids and water is you never leave ‘em alone. A baby can drown in as little as an inch of water.