A mother has been told she is not to blame for the death of her five-month-old baby in the UK.
The coroner has ruled that the baby, Cleo Ellis-Girling, died on April 16 this year from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
She had managed to wrangle free from her blankets.
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Her mother, 19-year-old Sadie Hammil-Girling, had been told by health visitors and midwives to swaddle Cleo if she struggled to sleep.
On October 16, the inquest at Truro County Hall heard that Ellis-Girling was downstairs at midday when she heard her dog barking.
Ellis-Girling told the hearing she went to check on Cleo when she heard the dog.
She found Cleo on her front and the blanket she had been swaddled in tangled around her.
Cleo was taken to hospital but medical professionals said she was unlikely to survive without severe brain damage, so treatment was stopped.
Paediatrician, Professor Peter Fleming, spoke to Sadie at the inquest and directly told her she was not at fault.
"She died despite the fact you were doing the right things and I'm sure as I can be that she didn't suffer," Professor Fleming said.
Ellis-Girling said losing Cleo was horrible and she "wouldn't wish it upon anyone."
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