A THREE-MONTH-OLD baby died suddenly from pneumonia, an inquest heard.

Kenzie Lee Miller died on November 18 last year. He had stopped breathing when he was found in his pram by his foster mother.

She made desperate attempts to revive him, but was unsuccessful. Paramedics also failed in their bid to save the baby's life.

The inquest heard Kenzie was born on August 9, 2007, and placed into the care of a foster family by Bolton Council's Children Services a few days later.

He had experienced difficulties feeding but was otherwise fine. He was given a MMR vaccination on November 16, which had left him with a temperature and unsettled.

On the night of November 17, the foster mother went out in Bolton, leaving Kenzie in the care of her husband, Bolton coroner, Jennifer Leeming, was told.

He settled the baby in his pram in the conservatory of their home in Bolton, earlier in the evening.

When the foster mother got back home, she checked on him, the inquest heard.

She said: "He was asleep in his pram. I went to check him and put my hand on him."

She went to feed another child the couple were caring for, then later went back to check on Kenzie. He had stopped breathing.

The couple called for an ambulance and performed CPR on Kenzie until it arrived but he was pronounced dead at the Royal Bolton Hospital.

Consultant forensic pathologist, Dr Charles Wilson, told the hearing he believed the baby had died of pneumonia.

He said: "Kenzie had the early stages of a lung infection, the kind you tend to see with bacteria. It was the earliest stage of pneumonia. It was an entirely natural, tragic and unforseeable cause of death."

He added that his investigations had found Kenzie had osteoporosis which is extremely rare in babies and was the first case he had seen in his career. However, he did not believe this had contributed to his death.

Coroner Jennifer Leeming recorded a verdict of death by natural causes.