Preventable baby deaths back in the spotlight

The news this week that a coroner ruled the death of a 4-week-old baby boy in June last year as preventable if an appropriate safe sleeping aid was used. This has led to a recommendation for funding to give all mothers an approved baby safe sleeping aid at birth. Until they are 12 months old, babies are vulnerable to SUDI (Sudden Unexpected Death of an Infant) during sleep, especially when parents choose to co-sleep with their infant in an unsafe way.