Oh this is so very tragic. His poor parents.

This is just so tragic. Very sad, life is so unfair sometimes. Rest In Peace precious one.

How horrible! I wonder if it was a spider, as no one has been reported dead for so many decades. Very tragic.

That’s so very sad. My thoughts are with his family

Aw bless this family !! Such a sad incident !

Is it worse not knowing how your baby died than knowing? I can’t imagine what this must feel like.

Such a terrible thing to happen – death from any means is hard, but a spider bite in your own home is really sad.

Oh how sad and so so unlucky. I hope this family recovers from this sad event.

Thoughts go out to this family, spiders are scary things but more so when you are a baby

A life cut short by anything is a tragedy. Even more so for a baby whose parents are left wondering how and why such things happen. My sympathy to the parents and relatives, also friends. I hope the family receive plenty of emotional support for as long as they need it. Not just a few weeks then be forgotten as so often happens.

How very awful. I imagine most deaths are prevented by seeking help fast, but he wouldn’t have been able to. Poor baby, poor family.

Poor little man

It’s always so sad to read about the death of a baby. And to a spider bite! The Aunty is right, there’s nothing worse then holding your dying child :,(

Poor little boy! 🙁 Spiders can be so dangerous, in particular with kids so small. 🙁

I always worry about this happening. So scary. RIP little man x

This is so scary. I also recall someone dying earlier this month from a redback spider bite, although I acknowledge that deaths are rare. We have spotted several redbacks in our garden (in Melbourne). I know that they are fairly commonplace in most gardens in Melbourne and that as long as they aren’t disturbed they won’t bite, but I still am scared for my kids to play outside, especially my curious toddler.

Info is inaccurate – there has been a death from spider bite – just recently a young man died from a redback spider bite. You’d think yiu would have this info updated since it was a headline only weeks ago. Rip little one – love to the family

this breaks my heart. RIP