Oliver Steeper’s mum, Zoe, has told an inquest that she was concerned her son’s food wasn’t being pureed by staff at the nursery he attended in Kent where he choked on food and later passed away.
Nine-month-old Oliver died six days after he choked on food and couldn’t breathe while in the care of Jelly Beans Day Nursery in Ashford on 23 September 2021.
On the first day of the inquest yesterday (13 May) at Maidstone Crown Court, Zoe Steeper said she found ‘chunks of pineapple in her son’s vomit and cherry when he was violently sick on 16 September.’
She was asked at the inquest if anyone at the nursery had sought her permission to start trying Oliver on non-pureed food. She said no.
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