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Parents are being warned not to use weighted blankets and weighted sleep sacks for babies and young children this winter after two deaths involving them were recorded overseas. Major fundraiser Red Nose Australia has issued a new urgent warning about weighted blankets and sleeping bags, cautioning they could pose a suffocation risk for babies and small children. While the charity recognised the benefits of weighted blankets for adults and older children who require additional support before sleep, Red Nose Australia chief executive Keren Ludski reported that at least two infants overseas have died using models made for adults. Ludski said the deaths, which included a 7-month-old baby in the US, who died after being covered with a weighted blanket which was half his weight, highlighted what could happen if a baby or child cannot remove a blanket if they need to. "When you put a weighted blanket for an adult anywhere near a baby or a child, the risk of something really awful happening is significantly really hi