Parents of a two-year-old boy who passed away following a medical episode in Bootle, Merseyside, have issued a touching tribute to their ‘sweet baby boy’.
The boy, who has now been named as Jude Gerrard, was taken to hospital last Tuesday following an incident at Early Learners Day Nursery, on Hawthorne Road, at around 12.35pm.
He was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. His death is currently being treated as unexplained.
The tribute, shared my Merseyside Police, said: “This is our sweet baby boy, Jude Gerrard.”
“We are absolutely heart broken and devastated beyond words by this shocking and unexpected loss of the love of our lives”, the family said. “I know all parents think this about their own children, but Jude truly was so incredibly special.
The family described their son as someone who people met and instantly loved, adding that he had so much for everyone too, “even if he’d pretend to web you like Spider-Man or wrestle you like Hulk Hogan.”
They added: “Our lives will never be the same again, he really was too good to be true and we can’t believe he has been taken away from us like this, with something so preventable. He deserved so, so much more. We count ourselves so lucky we got to be his mummy and daddy for two and a half years, even though he should have had so much more time.
“Please respect our privacy as we process and grieve this unimaginable loss and the police continue to investigate what happened to our amazing, beautiful, caring boy, Judie.”
Merseyside Police are pursuing ongoing inquiries into the incident to establish the full circumstances and cause of death.
The force said the family are being supported by specially trained officers.
A postmortem has been conducted, but the cause of death was withheld pending further reports.
