A woman from Scotland has shared a stark warning to other parents, after her baby girl died while wearing a popular hair accessory.
Leanne Wilson states that her friend’s 14 week old baby girl died after the fabric headband she was wearing slipped off her head and suffocated her.
In a Facebook post that has since been shared thousands of times, Leanne wrote: “”Putting this warning out for all mums who have wee babies and use the big bow headbands on them,” she wrote.
“My friend has sadly just lost her 14-week-old daughter whilst she thought she was sleeping in her carry cot after a long walk.
“When she came to check on her she had the bow headband down over her wee nose and mouth and wasn’t moving…she had passed away.”
A post-mortem examination revealed the baby girl died of suffocation.
“She wanted me to share for other new mums the danger some of these baby fashion accessories can have,” she wrote.
“She had left baby Holly sleeping for only 30 minutes whilst she showered and changed and forgot to remove her headband.”
The mother is said to be understandably devastated by the incident.
