A heartbroken couple bought bags of frozen peas to create a makeshift cold cuddle cot after their baby boy died. Alice and Sam Taylor’s 12-day-old son Thomas suffered a cardiac arrest following a viral infection.
He died in an ambulance as he was rushed to hospital. The couple wanted to take him home one last time before his funeral but there were no special cuddle cots, or cold cribs, available.
Instead, support staff at the hospital’s bereavement suite suggested they could use frozen peas in his Moses basket. Alice, 27, said: “Sitting in the Asda car park, cuddling my baby boy while Sam went in to get five bags of frozen peas was bizarre, thinking if I see anyone I know, it will be a very strange encounter.
