Absolutely heartbreaking
It was his father Dom Sage who discovered the baby was not breathing at around 6.30am on the morning of September 16, 2021, with dry blood under his eye and nose, an inquest at Pontypridd Coroners’ Court was told. Mr Sage, 29, recounted to the court how he immediately woke his partner and Mason’s mother Emily Owens when he realised Mason wasn’t breathing, according to Bristol Live.
“Mason mainly slept in the bed,” Ms Owens said. “He did go in the cot sometimes, which was right next to me. He woke up once at around 1am and I gave him a bottle. He drank all of it almost in one go. He was fine. I put him in our bed and moved the cushions to the bottom of the bed and put him in the middle of us and he settled.
Pathologist Dr Stephen Leadbeatter told the inquest he found no sign of illness or injury externally on Mason’s body. He also said from his findings a hernia in Mason’s belly button had “nothing to do with” Mason’s death and he couldn't link any of Mason's symptoms to his death. Further internal examinations revealed Mason had an intra alveolar haemorrhage meaning some blood was found on his lungs.
Nice guidance for sharing a bed with a baby includes making sure the baby sleeps on a firm and flat mattress lying face up, not sleeping on a sofa or a chair with a baby, not having pillows or duvets near a baby, and not having other children or pets in the bed at the same time as the baby. Mr Sage told the court that Mason was the couple’s first child and was “loved so much”. “I loved that time we had in bed,” he said. “He was our life.” Grandmother Jacqueline Sage added: “He was developing really well. He was a happy, well-loved baby.”
Recalling the day Mason died Mr Sage remembered: "It was brutal. The police came in all day and were looking through the house. We couldn't come back to the house until 5pm in the evening. They were respectful about it but at the time I felt angry they were here.
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