A corner finally confirmed a 3-week-old boy most likely suffocated while pressed against a fabric sling worn by his mother.
Harvey McGlinn was found pale and motionless when his mother unwrapped the sling at a community health center on the Central Coast in 2019.
Staff at the center frantically performed CPR on the baby, but Harvey could not be revived.
“The evidence establishes that the position of Harvey‘s neck, with his chin on his chest, compromised his airway,” the coroner said in his findings delivered this Thursday.
The newborn was Tattika Dunn’s third son with fiancé Bill McGlinn.
“It’s still very raw and my heart feels like it’s been ripped in a million pieces,” Dunn wrote in a Facebook post a month after her son’s death.
She declined to be involved in any media interviews. There is no suggestion of a breach of duty of care.
However, Dunn did say, “I have to live with knowing it happened on my watch. I question myself constantly. If I wasn’t in such a rush, if I did things differently, if I didn’t use the sling in the first place, would things be different and I’d still be holding my son right now.”
“Harvey‘s relatively low weight may have resulted in less muscle and head control resulting in a difficulty in maintaining a patent airway from the way that Harvey was positioned in the sling,” the coroner said.
After a very long and intense investigation, it was ruled out that health center staff and product manufacturer were both cleared of any liability over the death.
The product included a suffocation warning and an instructional booklet that warned that babies needed to be carried upright with their chin off the parent’s chest.
Witnesses said Harvey’s entire body was inside the loosely fitted sling.
A new acronym, TICKS, has been devised to help parents avoid the same devastating loss.
It stands for Tight, In view, Close, Keep chin off chest and Supported. It advises parents to ensure the baby is held tight and high, is in view of the parent at all times, is close enough to kiss, is in a position so their chin is off their chest and never curled, and their back is well supported and in a natural position.
An idiot.
Aren’t we all until we learn.
First, What the Fuck is a Corner ????? Perhaps you mean a Coroner ??????????? Maybe your Rag should do some Proof Reading before printing ??????????????
Second, The Dumb Fucking Cunt should be hanged !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, aren’t you just a pleasant little thing.
I am a firm believer in the first amendment. However, but that man should be gagged. Please go back to school, learn other words to express your thoughts and you may be taken seriously. But, not now!!!
I sure hope the next time you do something by accident that you post on here so everyone can call you a dumb f–king a–hole!
The product included a warning tag and an instruction book on how to use. Cigarette packs also have a warning printed on the side but people keep smoking them and dying from cancer. My guess is they cannot read a warning either. I HIGHLY SUSPECT IGNORANCE.
Ignorance excuses no one!
I am so truly sorry for your loss.My prayers are with your family.I wish people would show compassion its bad enough for the loss of your son without everyone trying to crucify you.Your son was so beautiful and angel sent to earth.I pray if you know Jesus you will see him again,he is resting in the arms of Jesus.