A baby’s father and a coroner have called for action after a six-week-old baby boy died in a sling as he was being breastfed.
James Alderman, known as Jimmy, was being breastfed in a baby carrier worn by his mother while she moved around their home.Jimmy's inquest heard he was in an unsafe position too far down the sling, and after five minutes he had collapsed.Resuscitation was started straight away but he died three days later on October 11, 2023.The baby’s father, George Alderman, has called for the introduction of a mandatory standardised test for carriers to help save other babies’ lives.
Lydia Brown, senior coroner for west London, said there appeared to be "no advice that breastfeeding hands-free a young baby is unsafe due to the risk of suffocation", and called for industry standards promoting the safe use of slings."There appeared to be no helpful visual images of 'safe' versus 'unsafe' sling/carrier postures," she said, adding that "the NHS available literature provides no guidance or advice".
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