Tragic death of 'the most beautiful' baby girl found unresponsive in Moses basket
09.06.2022 - 09:01
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A 'beautiful' baby girl died after being found unresponsive in her Moses basket, an inquest heard. Daisy-Mae Stanley was just nine weeks old when she was discovered at her grandmother's home on November 23 of last year.
Lisa Connor woke up to find her granddaughter was 'floppy' with her face partially covered by a blanket and up against the side of her Moses basket, an inquest at Bolton Coroner's Court heard on Monday (June 6). Daisy-Mae was taken to Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan, where she later died.
However, a coroner heard that it could not be determined exactly how she died. The inquest was told that Daisy-Mae was born on September 17 of last year following a 'healthy pregnancy'.
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The Leigh baby weighed 6lb 11oz and was allowed home with her mum, Chelsey Jackson, and father, Brodie Stanley, the next day.
In the weeks following her birth, the inquest heard that Daisy-Mae was given antibiotics to treat an umbilical infection. The infection eventually cleared up and the hearing was told that Daisy-Mae was achieving all of her developmental milestones.
Ms Jackson, 20, told the hearing that her daughter would 'skip a breath every now and then' and would occasionally fail to breathe for seconds at a time. On November 16, a week before Daisy-Mae's death, Ms Jackson took her daughter to hospital after noticing a rash on her body.
Paediatrician Dr Joanne Ashworth said the baby girl was diagnosed with a viral infection and discharged home. The inquest heard that on November 22, Daisy-Mae and her parents moved in with Mr Stanley's parents on a temporary basis.
That evening, Ms Jackson fed Daisy-Mae before putting her daughter to