Mum tells of horror moment she found her baby’s lifeless body in top-of-the-range Bednest cot

THE mother of a seven-week-old girl has broken down as she described screaming "Grace is dead" after finding her baby's lifeless body in her top-of-the-range cot.

Grace Joy Roseman was thought to be sleeping in her room when she became caught on the edge of her Bednest cot and died - with her mum Esther Roseman making the heart-breaking discovery.

Grace had become caught on the edge of her Bednest cot and was unable to free herself from the 7cm lip, dying on the morning of April 9, 2015.

Mum Esther told an inquest into Grace's death: "I found Grace with her head hanging over the side, facing upwards.

"Her head was on the side which was half-folded. She was purple in colour. It was obvious she had been there some time - there was no sign of any life. I started screaming, 'Grace is dead'."

At an inquest into Grace's death at County Hall in Horsham, West Sussex, Esther said Grace was a "healthy and happy" baby.

She said the £150 Bednest cot - a type of cot that has retractable sides so parents can have their baby next to their bed - was a "time-bomb".

Esther told the hearing that her husband Gideon had been sleeping in the other room due to illness, and rushed in once he heard her screaming.

She added: "Gideon basically came and told me to put a dressing-gown on and get into the car.

"I was calling 999, but he hadn't even seen Grace, he just knew when I was shouting.

"He was saying, 'put a dressing gown on and get in the car'."

Mrs Roseman confirmed that she rushed to Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath and said: "She was never going to be saved, it was obvious.

"It was desperate, but the doctor even said that as soon as we brought her in, they knew she was gone.

"When I made the 999 call, I never said, 'she's passed out'. I said, 'my baby's dead'.

"It was apparent she had been there a long time, and I was just having a bath."

Gideon Roseman, Esther's husband and Grace's father, also gave evidence from the morning of his daughters death.

He said: "Esther and Z (how the inquest referred to the couple's other child) went to the bathroom and Esther was in the bath with Z next to her.

"The room is a bathroom/playroom, so no doubt that was what was going on in there.

"I was aware Esther had gotten out of the bath and everything gets a bit blurry at that stage.

"What then happened was that Esther went into the bedroom and all hell breaks loose.

"She started screaming, then she started screaming 'Grace is dead'.

"I jumped out of bed, ran across the hall landing.

"I did see Esther holding Grace and I did see that Grace was gone. Blood was starting to pool.

"The rational side of me kicked in. I grabbed the first pair of tracksuit bottoms I could and went downstairs and got into the car."

Gideon told the hearing that he drove the half-mile to Princess Royal and as many as 20 hospital staff battled to try and resuscitate Grace for 20 minutes.

He said that the Bednest crib was "no concern" and said: "It's just an innocuous object, a cot. It's just a wooden box."

Prior to the discovery, Esther told the court her other child thought of Esther as their "whole world" and was affected by the birth of Grace.

She said: "I think initially, for the first couple of weeks (after Grace's birth), it was brilliant.

"Every visitor we had brought Z a present. It was exciting and fun.

"The the novelty wore off, and Mummy was no longer able to do what she normally would do.

"I was Z's whole world, then suddenly… Z became more clingy."

Esther told the hearing that she woke that morning with Grace next to her in the Bednest cot, Z in the bed with her, while her husband slept in another room.

When Esther woke, she fed Grace and put her back to sleep, took Z downstairs, made her breakfast, phoned a friend, received a delivery from Sainsbury's and put a wash on.

After running a bath, Esther went into the room and discovered Grace's body on the edge of the cot.

She added that a friend had relative had lent her the cot, but "it didn't come with any straps or instructions".

She said: "It is a shame the instructions were not on the side of the cot. It seemed the cot was designed to stop a baby rolling out of it."

I found Grace with her head hanging over the side, facing upwards... I started screaming, 'Grace is dead'

Esther RosemanGrace's mother

Shortly after Grace's death, West Sussex senior coroner Penelope Schofield contacted Bednest, warning them of the dangers of the product.

She wrote: "In my opinion, urgent action should be taken to prevent future deaths and I believe you and/or your organisation should have the power to take such action."

She issued a Coroner Report to Prevent Future Deaths, which she sent to BedNest Ltd and the National Childbirth Trust.

In the report she highlighted six matters of concern, including the manufacturer's website shows babies in these cots with the sides in the incompletely lowered position, while instructions say that a baby should not be left unattended other than when both sides of the BedNest are up and secure.

She added: "If the cot side is not safe to be incompletely lowered or for the cot to be tilted more than 5cm then it should be questioned as to whether these should be options available at all."

The hearing continues.

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