Midwife's warning on leaving home with younger infants - as three-week outdated dies

A midwife has issued recommendation to oldsters after the loss of life of a three-week-old baby at a music festival.

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On August 19, cops have been known as to Camp Bestival, in Weston Park, after the younger baby all of the sudden turned unwell.

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A Staffordshire Police spokesperson mentioned the newborn "was treated at the scene and taken to hospital in a critical condition".

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Sadly, the newborn died a short while later with "enquiries ongoing to determine the circumstances of the death".

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While not eager to touch upon this particular case, midwife Pip Davies did need to share her experience round caring for a new child.

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"When babies get too hot they are at greater risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)," she mentioned.

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"So monitoring the temperature of the room they sleep in and dressing them appropriately is important.

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"A room temperature of 16 to twenty levels Celsius is perfect and hats don’t should be worn inside.

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"As young babies cannot regulate their temperature it is best to feel the back of their neck.

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"If they really feel sweaty then take away a layer of clothes as they're too sizzling."

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Midwife Pip also has advice for when you are going on a long car journey with a newborn.

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She said: "When travelling in a automobile with a new child child, it is strongly recommended to not have them in a automobile seat for greater than two hours at a time."

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It's crucial to "take common breaks the place you're taking them out of the automobile seat," she added.

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"If they alter place or turn into slumped within the automobile seat you need to readjust their place immediately."

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Pip, who has had over a decade of experience in the field, shared another important tip for parents or carers.

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She said: "Whilst it's OK for a child to go to sleep in a automobile seat, when arriving at your vacation spot you need to take your child out of the automobile seat and onto a agency, flat floor to sleep."

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As for the safest place for babies (up to six months old) to sleep, Pip said this should be in a "cot or Moses basket on a agency, flat mattress in the identical room as their father or mother or carer".

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Pip is an experienced, practicing midwifery sister, founder of the Midwife Pip Podcast, a co-author of published research and a mum.

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