A BABY boy’s sudden death has triggered a bed-sharing warning to parents in Bradford.

Although there was no “concrete evidence” that sleeping in his parents’ bed had anything to do with two-month-old Dylan Edwards’ death, Bradford Coroner Martin Fleming said at yesterday’s inquest all parents must bear co-sleeping in mind as a risk. “Bed-sharing is a known risk factor in sudden infant death but it’s not possible to say in this case if it was the cause of death. It’s still important for all parents to bear this in mind,” he said.

The inquest heard how Dylan, who lived with his parents Rebecca Joyce and Benjamin Edwards along with two brothers at their home in Rowantree Drive, Idle, was a sniffly baby and often sickly after feeding but had been a thriving, well-looked-after tot, giggling for family photos just the night before he died in the early hours of December 18 last year.

The inquest heard how Dylan’s parents had been drinking lager and wine that night but were not in a drunk state when they went to bed.

Mr Edwards bottle-fed and winded Dylan before lying him down on the right of him on the king-size bed, not between himself and the mother.

A few hours later Mr Edwards woke up to find Dylan unresponsive. The panicking couple rang emergency services for help, struggling with attempts to resuscitate him.

Ms Joyce told the coroner: “I didn’t know how hard to push. I didn’t know what to do. Ben tried to give CPR but he couldn’t. He was so scared and shocked as well.”

Paramedics worked on Dylan in the ambulance before taking him to Bradford Royal Infirmary where he was pronounced dead.

The parents fully co-operated with a police investigation, which involved checking their home and giving blood and urine samples. The inquest heard they were “upfront” and “honest” with police, telling them they had drunk some alcohol that night and that a couple of days earlier had sniffed some cocaine as a one-off.

Detective Constable Teresa Milburn said the police investigation completely excluded any suspicious circumstances and there was absolutely nothing to suggest the couple were incapable of looking after their son that night. Pathologist Dr Michael Parsons said his extensive tests essentially left the cause of death as unascertained.

Mr Fleming said: “You’ve found it unascertainable as opposed to sudden infant death because you can’t completely exclude overlay as a cause, despite finding no concrete evidence that overlaying had a part to play in this death.”

A narrative verdict recorded on December 18, 2016 Dylan was found unresponsive by his father in the bed he also shared with his mother at home before being taken to hospital where he died. The post mortem was unable to ascertain the cause of death but suspicious circumstances could be excluded.