Childbirth charities are warning parents that hand-free breastfeeding or bottle, when a child is being transported to a sack, is unsafe.

The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) and Lori Trust say that the risk is the highest for children and people under four months of age as their airways can be easily blocked.

His updated guidance follows an inquiry about the death of a six -week boy, which was being breastfeeding in a child’s carrier, while his mother went to her house.

A coroner report To prevent future deaths such as their found, the thin had little knowledge on the safe position of infants or during the food during food.

Koroner found that the London’s children, Jimmy Alderman, was being breastfeeding in a softening in October 2023, but was in an unsafe position much below the sling and the consciousness was lost after five minutes, the coroner found.

An attempt was made to revive him directly, but died three days later.

Senior Koroner for West London, Lydi Brown, A warning issued After an inquiry last year in his death about the dangers of baby sling.

He said that no useful visual images of “safe” vs “unsafe” currencies appear for infants in sling or carrier, saying that “NHS available literature does not give any guidance or advice”.

The NCT stated that it “immediately review” its online information on the baby sling and carrier after hearing the response from Jimmy’s parents and hearing the response from Jimmy’s parents.

NCT’s online advice Now says: “Hand -free breastfeeding or bottle feeding, where the wearer revolves around and does other work while the child is feeding, is insecure.

“This is especially true for infants under four months of age. It applies before time or also to children with health conditions.”

Charity says that young infants do not have a strong neck and they cannot lift their head, meaning that their airways in the child’s sling and carrier may “be easily blocked”.

It adds that a slum cloth or a parents’ fabric can “cause suffocation” very quickly “.

“If the sling or carrier is not fitted and adjusted correctly, infants may experience painful head injuries,” the advice of charity.

NCT said that there should be sling:

• Enough to hug your baby with you
• You should always be able to see your baby’s face
• They should face upwards, not in your body
• Your child’s head must be quite close to kissing

Lori Trust said that it has also changed it Advice to parents,

If your child needs to be fed, take them out of the sling, it now warns.

CEO Jenny Ward said, “We are constantly reviewing evidence and research, as there is no strong evidence to feed the hands safely safely, which is why we changed our guidance to give advice against it.”

Charity is helping to fund research to develop better guidance for parents and carers on baby sling and carrier safety.

The NHS website states that when using sling or carrier, do not let the material cover your child’s head.