She falls asleep next to her baby after several bottles of wine, he won’t survive it

mother of two children, she causes the death of the youngest due to avoidable negligence. The report of Derby and Derbyshire Children’s Safeguarding Board cited by the Mirror January 24, 2023 tells the story of baby A born to a mother with a history “ofalcohol abuse chaotic“. Baby A was six months old when his father comes home from work. The father finds the mother asleep on the chair. Baby A was between his mother and the armrest of the chair.

The six-month-old baby was “seemingly lifelesswhen his father discovered him. According to the British media report, attempts at resuscitation were made and were partially successful. Unfortunately, Baby A ends up die two days later. Baby A’s mother confessed to having emptied two or three bottles of wine before fainting in the chair where her baby was found. We learn that the mother of the family has taken anxiety medication and depression after the birth of her baby. Medicines that she had stopped taking as soon as she had found out she was pregnant.

She always hid her alcohol abuse

The mother, a former alcoholic, has always denied his alcohol abuse during her pregnancy and after the birth of her baby. She had been assessed by an experienced addictions midwife whileshe was pregnant with Baby A. According to the report of Derby and Derbyshire Children’s Safeguarding Boardthe father and maternal family of Baby A “then presented a picture excessive and persistent alcohol consumption for many yearswhich was very different from that presented by Baby A’s mother herself“.