As a new dad Carmine Martino, 20, was exhausted getting into the routine of existence a parent.

So he decided after spending the perfect mean solar day with his son to try and grab some sleep with his two-month-old son on his chest. Piffling did he know, that determination would prove fatal.

Lucas John Martino cruel between his dad's arm and the sofa and ended up being suffocated.

His mum Hayley Gavrilis, 20, who had besides taken the hazard to become some shut eye, woke up and assumed that Lucas was in his cot.

MERCURY PRESS. North Carolina, US. 19/6/18. Pictured: Carmine Martino with Lucas Martino. The heartbroken parents of a two-month-old boy who suffocated after his dad fell asleep with him on his chest have shared their anguish in a bid to warn others of the dangers of co-sleeping. Tragic Lucas John Martino died after falling between his dads arm and the sofa after the exhausted new parents fell asleep following a perfect day' spent as a family on November 26 last year. Mum Haley Gavrilis, 20, woke up to find Lucas's dad Carmine Martino, 20, asleep on the sofa and assumed Lucas was in his basket - but she started to panic when she couldnt find him and woke Carmine up. SEE MERCURY COPY

Carmine Martino accidentally suffocated his son Lucas when they fell comatose together on the sofa (Picture: Mercury)

MERCURY PRESS. North Carolina, US. 19/6/18. Pictured: Baby Lucas John Martino, The heartbroken parents of a two-month-old boy who suffocated after his dad fell asleep with him on his chest have shared their anguish in a bid to warn others of the dangers of co-sleeping. Tragic Lucas John Martino died after falling between his dads arm and the sofa after the exhausted new parents fell asleep following a perfect day' spent as a family on November 26 last year. Mum Haley Gavrilis, 20, woke up to find Lucas's dad Carmine Martino, 20, asleep on the sofa and assumed Lucas was in his basket - but she started to panic when she couldnt find him and woke Carmine up. SEE MERCURY COPY

Lucas was just two months old when he died on his parents' sofa (Film: Mercury)

But when she couldn't notice him she started to panic and woke Carmine up.

That was when they discovered Lucas'due south trunk on the sofa in the early on hours of November 26 concluding year.

They did all they could to try and revive him, just paramedics after confirmed that he had died.

The couple divide up a month subsequently, haunted by what happened and suffering PTSD, simply now they take spoken out to endeavor and raise awareness of the danger.

Carmine from Due north Carolina, said: 'There was a lot of blame obviously – of course I blamed myself.

MERCURY PRESS. North Carolina, US. 19/6/18. Pictured: Mum Haley Gavrilis with Lucas Martino. The heartbroken parents of a two-month-old boy who suffocated after his dad fell asleep with him on his chest have shared their anguish in a bid to warn others of the dangers of co-sleeping. Tragic Lucas John Martino died after falling between his dads arm and the sofa after the exhausted new parents fell asleep following a perfect day' spent as a family on November 26 last year. Mum Haley Gavrilis, 20, woke up to find Lucas's dad Carmine Martino, 20, asleep on the sofa and assumed Lucas was in his basket - but she started to panic when she couldnt find him and woke Carmine up. SEE MERCURY COPY

Lucas's expiry led to his parents splitting upward and suffering with PTSD (Motion picture: Mercury)

'Existence a father – information technology's my job to protect my family, my son and my girlfriend and I failed them. I was extremely angry with myself.

'The biggest matter was disappointment with letting my son downward and my girlfriend downwards and all of our families. Everybody loved that piddling boy.

'I'm trying to make progress every twenty-four hour period. At that place's no way to live with something like this and the images of performing CPR on him will haunt me forever.

'I'thousand trying my all-time to piece of work through my grief, I know I take a form of mail service-traumatic stress disorder.

'I'thousand not looking to forget what happened, I never want to forget what happened. It's learning to live with it, that'south something I have to teach myself.'

MERCURY PRESS. North Carolina, US. 19/6/18. Pictured: Carmine Martino with Lucas Martino. The heartbroken parents of a two-month-old boy who suffocated after his dad fell asleep with him on his chest have shared their anguish in a bid to warn others of the dangers of co-sleeping. Tragic Lucas John Martino died after falling between his dads arm and the sofa after the exhausted new parents fell asleep following a perfect day' spent as a family on November 26 last year. Mum Haley Gavrilis, 20, woke up to find Lucas's dad Carmine Martino, 20, asleep on the sofa and assumed Lucas was in his basket - but she started to panic when she couldnt find him and woke Carmine up. SEE MERCURY COPY

They are at present speaking out to effort and warn other parents of the dangers of falling asleep with your baby (Moving-picture show: Mercury)

College student Haley said she'd also been diagnosed with PTSD and anxiety – and however has panic attacks.

She said she had been put on medication but that numbed her so much that she felt she wasn't grieving properly.

Haley, besides from North Carolina, said: 'I'1000 thinking about Lucas a lot and I'grand crying about x times a day.

'I take depression and anxiety but I feel the expiry of my son and I know I have to bargain with it. I'grand yet going through the grieving process and every 24-hour interval is getting worse. I have problem sleeping, I run over the details of the nighttime.

'My friends and family tell me information technology's not my error simply I proceed thinking if I hadn't have slept for then long he'd still exist alive.

MERCURY PRESS. North Carolina, US. 19/6/18. Pictured: Carmine Martino and Haley Gavrilis with Lucas Martino The heartbroken parents of a two-month-old boy who suffocated after his dad fell asleep with him on his chest have shared their anguish in a bid to warn others of the dangers of co-sleeping. Tragic Lucas John Martino died after falling between his dads arm and the sofa after the exhausted new parents fell asleep following a perfect day' spent as a family on November 26 last year. Mum Haley Gavrilis, 20, woke up to find Lucas's dad Carmine Martino, 20, asleep on the sofa and assumed Lucas was in his basket - but she started to panic when she couldnt find him and woke Carmine up. SEE MERCURY COPY

They did all they could to endeavor and revive him, only paramedics afterward confirmed that he had died (Movie: Mercury)

'Before Lucas died I wasn't religious. I was blasphemous God for what happened simply I realised if I'm not believing in God where has my son gone?

'Where am I envisioning him if it's not sky?'

The new parents had spent the twenty-four hour period decorating their home for their commencement family unit Christmas before Haley went for a nap and Carmine settled down with Lucas to watch football.

The couple said they were well aware of the dangers of falling asleep with a newborn and want to make certain no other parents go through the trauma they're experiencing.

Haley said: 'I vicious asleep near 7pm and when I woke up it was midnight. I didn't plan to sleep that long simply I was just exhausted.

'When I woke up I noticed Cherry-red was asleep and I couldn't come across the baby. I idea maybe he'd put him to bed so I went to look for his moses handbasket.

MERCURY PRESS. North Carolina, US. 19/6/18. Pictured: Carmine Martino and Haley Gavrilis with Lucas Martino The heartbroken parents of a two-month-old boy who suffocated after his dad fell asleep with him on his chest have shared their anguish in a bid to warn others of the dangers of co-sleeping. Tragic Lucas John Martino died after falling between his dads arm and the sofa after the exhausted new parents fell asleep following a perfect day' spent as a family on November 26 last year. Mum Haley Gavrilis, 20, woke up to find Lucas's dad Carmine Martino, 20, asleep on the sofa and assumed Lucas was in his basket - but she started to panic when she couldnt find him and woke Carmine up. SEE MERCURY COPY

His dad said that he is notwithstanding grieving and every twenty-four hour period it is getting worse (Picture: Mercury)

'I went closer to my partner to wake him up and said 'where'south Lucas?'. He looked actually confused. He lifted up his arm and you could run into Lucas's trunk betwixt his arm and the arm of the chair.

'Lucas's body was lifeless. Carmine started doing CPR and I called 911 and so the lady was telling us how to do it.

'I was screaming and screaming at them to get the ambulance which arrived 12 minutes later.'

Carmine, who ofttimes worked thirteen hour days equally a construction contractor, had taken the 24-hour interval off to spend it with his son and girlfriend.

Crimson said: 'I normally worked on Sundays only that day Haley begged me to take it off and so nosotros could spend information technology getting the house set up for our first Christmas equally a family.

MERCURY PRESS. North Carolina, US. 19/6/18. Pictured: Baby Lucas John Martino, The heartbroken parents of a two-month-old boy who suffocated after his dad fell asleep with him on his chest have shared their anguish in a bid to warn others of the dangers of co-sleeping. Tragic Lucas John Martino died after falling between his dads arm and the sofa after the exhausted new parents fell asleep following a perfect day' spent as a family on November 26 last year. Mum Haley Gavrilis, 20, woke up to find Lucas's dad Carmine Martino, 20, asleep on the sofa and assumed Lucas was in his basket - but she started to panic when she couldnt find him and woke Carmine up. SEE MERCURY COPY

The parents were tired from having a new baby and just wanted some balance (Picture: Mercury)

'Nosotros decorated the Christmas tree and I was dorsum and forth putting lights on the outside of the house. It was a perfect family day.

'Nosotros had a long day and were both tired and so were going to spend the evening relaxing. Haley was napping and Lucas and I were watching the Jets play football.'

Ruby said he was sitting upright with Lucas on his chest when he must have fallen comatose.

When the pair discovered Lucas on the sofa Ruby said he knew straight away that something wasn't right.

Ruddy said: 'I looked for a pulse and tried to hear his heartbeat merely there was nothing.

'I started CPR and I did that for 12 minutes until the ambulance arrived.

MERCURY PRESS. North Carolina, US. 19/6/18. Pictured: Mum Haley Gavrilis with Lucas Martino. The heartbroken parents of a two-month-old boy who suffocated after his dad fell asleep with him on his chest have shared their anguish in a bid to warn others of the dangers of co-sleeping. Tragic Lucas John Martino died after falling between his dads arm and the sofa after the exhausted new parents fell asleep following a perfect day' spent as a family on November 26 last year. Mum Haley Gavrilis, 20, woke up to find Lucas's dad Carmine Martino, 20, asleep on the sofa and assumed Lucas was in his basket - but she started to panic when she couldnt find him and woke Carmine up. SEE MERCURY COPY

The new parents had spent the day decorating their abode for their first family unit Christmas earlier Haley went for a nap and Crimson settled down with Lucas to watch football (Pic: Mercury)

'Haley'southward begetter who lives nearby came and took over the CPR but I couldn't stop. I only continued doing it.

'Information technology was the most horrendous moment of my life.'

Paramedics desperately tried to relieve Lucas'southward life and continued to perform CPR in the ambulance on the driveway for 45 minutes but it was too late.

Lucas was taken to a hospital and an autopsy later confirmed the cause of death as positional asphyxiation.

Scarlet said the medical examiner told them Lucas had moved himself to a warmer spot and in the position he was in he'd suffocated.

Since her son died, Haley believes she's been sent signs that Lucas is watching over her, ordinarily in the form of a yellow butterfly.

Haley said: 'I kept seeing this xanthous butterfly. It was there at the memorial service in Dec when in that location shouldn't have been any butterflies around.

'I'd said to my mum 'I don't feel Lucas. I don't know where he is' and my mum told me I'd go a sign.

'After that conversation I walked outside and I was crying and there was this xanthous butterfly that would not leave me alone.'

Paying tribute to their son the couple described Lucas equally a happy baby who inappreciably ever cried.

Haley said: 'I was a very overprotective female parent. I was worried about taking Lucas outside in example he picked upwards germs and about people coming into the dwelling.

'He was the all-time baby, he would never cry. He was simply so good and and so easy to await after.

'I proceed thinking maybe God made him an easy infant because I didn't have that long with him.

'Nosotros'd had a huge baby shower and had dress for him up to two years sometime. It's heartbreaking. We were then over-prepared for him..'

Blood-red said: 'It was the best day of my life taking him home afterwards he was born. Getting the machine fix up for him and setting upwards his room, it was by far my greatest memory.'

Haley shared the couple'due south tragic story on social media and said she received hundreds of messages from parents saying they slept with their babies all the time but won't anymore.

Haley said: 'We were both aware of the potential dangers of falling asleep with the baby. I call back being very aware of it and speaking about it at the hospital.

'Just people would say to me 'oh I fell asleep with my children and they were fine' and I think 'that'south peachy but you lot're just lucky'.

'There are so many people out in that location who are not educated nearly this.. That's the scary office. If information technology happened to us then information technology could happen to then many other babies.

'In that location are also parents like us who are so tired. If you feel tired just put the baby down.

'I promise by sharing what happened it might help to save another child's life and Lucas won't have died in vain.

'I want to brand his life as purposeful as possible by telling his story.'

Ruby-red believes it'south also vital for anyone who will be looking after a baby to be trained in infant CPR.

Carmine said: 'This could accept happened to anybody which is why I wanted to speak out.

'We knew and were extremely careful not to sleep with him. This was ane piffling mistake and that'southward why it'southward then of import to raise awareness.

'I was working all 24-hour interval every solar day from 7am to 8pm virtually days. We were new parents, I didn't realise I was as tired as I was.

'The pictures that come into my mind when I try to sleep and the things I recollect well-nigh first thing in the morn are what I live with every day.

'I don't desire anybody to ever feel what I experience.

'When you're in the position we're in you feel similar y'all'll never overcome it. Every time I run into a dad and a baby it kills me. It will haunt me forever.

'I would exercise anything I tin can to assist fifty-fifty my worst enemy not to experience like this.'