These 12 Heartbreaking Parenting Stories From 2017 Will Make You Squeeze Your Loved Ones Tighter

In a now-private Facebook post, a mother in mourning cautioned others about the dangers of putting babies to sleep with blankets in their cribs before they turn a year old. "You never think it will be your baby," she warned. "Please do not put your baby to bed with a blanket. Please. He was 7 months old. I thought because he was crawling, standing on his own, and climbing that he would be fine with a blanket."