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Many of the articles below discuss the topic of infant death. Some people may find this information confronting. Please remember these are real families who have lost children and have chosen to share their stories to help educate and prevent others from going trough the heartache of loosing a child.
for Justin to be more comfortable, a mattress "was put into the porta cot. Fifteen minutes later, Justin was dead. One of the children had checked on him and noticed he was blue.
"He rolled over and got caught between the mattress and the side of the porta cot," says Swales. "Because the porta cot is soft and there is no airing around the side of the cot, he just got stuck there and was too little to lift his head or pull himself up. He was just breathing in the side wall rather than any free oxygen."
"The coroner has found a dangerous sleeping environment - with the inclusion of an adult pillow - caused the suffocation of a five-month-old baby"
"More worryingly, Dr Gregory warned the statistics may be higher than 14 deaths as a number of baby deaths were still being investigated by the coroner and it appeared there had been a steady rise in unsafe sleeping deaths in the past few years.
“It is a very frustrating situation and the evidence that the number of deaths is increasing gives us cause for concern. Every one of these deaths is tragic,” Dr Gregory said."
"Several infant in-bed sleepers meant for bed-sharing with an adult caregiver are linked to at least 12 deaths that occurred between 2012 and 2018"
"In the US, they’ve been illegal since 2010, following the deaths of at least 32 infants and toddlers since 2000 and the suspected deaths of another 14."
"a study from Birmingham City University which compiled data from five previous studies and examined nearly 1,500 cases of SIDS. It revealed that an estimated 88 per cent of deaths that occurred while a child slept with their parents would not have happened if the baby had not been bed-sharing."
In its updating advice, the FDA wrote online: “These products - sometimes also called ‘nests’ or ‘anti-roll’ products can cause suffocation (a struggle to breathe) that can lead to death.
“The two most common types of sleep positioners feature raised supports or pillows (called ‘bolsters’) that are attached to each side of a mat, or a wedge to raise a baby’s head.
Carly is not able to name the company where her mother brought the little bed from, but said she didn’t need to because “they were sold everywhere”.
She wants these products to have large warning labels on them as potential suffocation hazards, but more than that - she ultimately wants them removed from shelves.
“The fact that my Zara’s death could have been completely avoided frustrates me the most," she says. “No parent deserves to feel the overwhelming pain I feel"
"...since then the product has been linked to 100 fatalities in the US, the country’s Consumer Product Safety Commission said..."
"Since the initial recall, approximately 70 additional fatalities have been reported."
