Three-year-old boy dies suddenly after telling mum 'goodnight - I love you'

A heartbroken mum whose three-year-old son died from sudden infant death syndrome has revealed his last words to her were: "Goodnight, I love you."

Devastated Jasmine Shortland remembers the night a couple of weeks ago when her "bright and smiling" son Bryan-Andrew Lock was put to bed, never dreaming they could have the tragic last words they shared.

Now she says she is living every parent's worst nightmare, saying: "I just can't believe he's gone."

The 23-year-old mum of two says she has to keep everything together for the sake of her young family and partner Josh Westcott, 20.

Recalling the horrifying night when Bryan died from the condition, otherwise known as 'cot-death', she says: "At about 8.15am we were awoken by a loud banging on the front door.

"It was my step-dad David. He was crying, saying: 'Bryan's gone'.

"I just fell on the floor screaming and crying."

Little Bryan had been staying at his grandma's for a few days with his brother Austin, who's nearly two.

The brothers were staying with their nan because Jasmine thought Bryan could have mumps and didn't want her youngest son, Ivan, who is just four months old, to become infected with the highly-contagious condition.

"He'd been to the doctor because his face was swollen and we were told it was suspected mumps," Jasmine says.

Before dropping him off at her mum Debbie Lock's house, which is just around the corner in Yeovil, Somerset, Bryan said: "I'm not very well mummy."

Jasmine replied: "I know. I will see you soon when you're better."

The night before he died he said "Goodnight – I love you" to his mum on the phone.

After waking up at about 3am, Debbie told Jasmine little Bryan had his juice before going back to bed.

Debbie says his last words were: "Goodnight Nanny, I love you."

Jasmine recalls: "The next morning mum told me she heard Austin had woken up and she thought that was strange because Bryan always woke up first.

"She went in the bedroom and she could see he'd gone.

"She screamed to David and he rushed in and started doing everything he could.

"He was trying to do mouth-to-mouth, but Bryan's little jaw had locked."

A paramedic arrived minutes after Mrs Lock dialled 999.

"He was rushed to hospital but the paramedics were pretty clear that his heart had stopped beating," she told Somerset Live.




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