When a baby dies while sleeping on a couch with a carer impaired by alcohol, we must ask ‘Where is the village?‘; where is the ‘village of support’ for the mother and the ‘village of protection’ for her baby?
New Zealand now has a purpose-designed Pēpi-Pod® sleep space complete with windows. The pod is a simple container for holding the safety of sleep when more vulnerable babies rest in places known to increase risk of accidental suffocation.
The pod has undergone a ‘windows upgrade’ so that babies can open their eyes to familiar faces and places.