--- description: A Florida woman was arrested after two of her newborn babies died from apparent co-sleeping despite multiple warnings she was given. title: Florida Mom Arrested After 2 Infants Die While Sleeping in Bed With Her image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt993666d85e213c87/6988b3acf887dc1a52e988c2/erin-piche-pitts_newborn_cosleeping.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Florida Mom Arrested After 2 Infants Die While Sleeping in Bed With Her  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 11:56 PM CUTPublished: Dec 21, 2016 8:05 PM CUT  Erin Piche-Pitts Erin Piche-PittsPolk County Sheriff's Office  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 11:56 PM CUTPublished: Dec 21, 2016 8:05 PM CUT A Florida woman was arrested this week after [two of her newborn babies died while co-sleeping](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-winter-haven-baby-death-20161221-story.html "undefined") with her despite multiple warnings the mother was given about the dangers of sleeping in the same bed with her infants, authorities said. Erin Piche-Pitts, 25, was charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child Tuesday after her 18-day-old boy died in October when Piche-Pitts fell asleep while bottle-feeding him in her arms in bed, according to an arrest affidavit from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. It was the second time Piche-Pitts had a newborn die while co-sleeping. In 2009, the mother’s 13-day-old daughter died from asphyxia after Piche-Pitts fell asleep while breastfeeding, authorities said. The first case was deemed an accident. Since then, she had received “repeated warnings” about co-sleeping, local authorities said. Investigators said Piche-Pitts woke up “in a panic” when her son was unresponsive in October because she knew “it happened again,” the affidavit said. Piche-Pitts was also charged with methamphetamine possession earlier this year while she was pregnant with her son, although that case was later dropped, the [Associated Press](https://apnews.com/9d34c67721a54451aa4d25328372e071 "undefined") reports. She appeared for a bond hearing Wednesday, but the bond amount is not yet known. It’s unclear if Piche-Pitts has a lawyer. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4609281/florida-mom-arrest-sleeping-babies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4609281/florida-mom-arrest-sleeping-babies/"},"headline":"Florida Mom Arrested After 2 Infants Die While Sleeping in Bed With Her","datePublished":"2016-12-21T20:05:01.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T23:56:49.000Z","description":"Her 18-day-old boy died after she fell asleep while feeding him","url":"https://time.com/4609281/florida-mom-arrest-sleeping-babies/","keywords":["Crime","Florida","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt993666d85e213c87/6988b3acf887dc1a52e988c2/erin-piche-pitts_newborn_cosleeping.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt993666d85e213c87/6988b3acf887dc1a52e988c2/erin-piche-pitts_newborn_cosleeping.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"erin-piche-pitts_newborn_cosleeping","caption":"Erin Piche-Pitts","creditText":"Polk County Sheriff's Office","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4609281/florida-mom-arrest-sleeping-babies/","name":"Florida Mom Arrested After 2 Infants Die While Sleeping in Bed With Her"}}]}] ```