A GRIEVING mother has spoken of the moment she realised that her baby boy had died in his sleep.

Speaking at an inquest in Stourport-on-Severn, Julie Howard said Logan Howard-Parkinson, who was born prematurely, was “the perfect baby”.

Logan was born at Worcestershire Royal Hospital on Tuesday, December 1, last year.

He died at home in Cranham Drive, Warndon, Worcester three weeks later. Miss Howard, who has two older children, was induced a month early after doctors found high levels of protein in her waters – a warning sign of potentially dangerous pre-eclampsia.

She told the inquest Logan seemed healthy, despite being born prematurely.

When a lump appeared on Logan’s head – a small haematoma probably caused during labour – he was taken back to hospital, given a course of antibiotics and observed, but he was not unwell in himself.

“He was feeding well,” said Miss Howard.

“He was just the perfect baby. He was just starting to gain weight.

“Everything was okay until that day.”

Logan died in the early hours of Tuesday, December 22, while sleeping in his mother’s bed.

Recording a verdict of death from natural causes, Worcestershire coroner Geraint Williams said Logan had died from sudden infant death syndrome (Sids) – also known as cot death.

Consultant pathologist Dr Thomas Martin said that one in approximately every 1,000 babies who die in the UK would die of Sids and although there were steps that parents could take to reduce the risk, it happened suddenly and without warning.