There have been more tragic stories recently about babies dying from
positional asphyxiation. Positional asphyzia, which is also known as postural asphyxia, is a form of asphyxia which occurs when baby's position prevents them from breathing. Most recently a two-and-a-half month old was found unresponsive and not breathing by her parent and investigators pointed to positional asphyxia as the cause. When babies are very young, they are unable to maneuver themselves into a position that allows them to breathe properly, so parents need to be aware of this and prevent it when they position their baby so they can breathe freely and easily.
