A mother tells a horror story of her baby girl when suffocated in horrifying accident at home

News24xx.com -  A tragic incident occured to the 18-month-old baby named Connie Rose. That baby girl had been suffocated in her sleep by a stuffed toy at the side of her bed the morning of March 6 2018 in UK. Is known, that she did slip down the side but ended up below the big teddy and couldn't breathe.

Her mother, Dexy Leigh Walsh discovered her lifeless body in bed with the giant teddy bear on top of her. 

She found Rose underneath the large, 3ft-tall teddy and no longer breathing.  She try to revive her baby, but her daughter was pronounced dead by paramedics at Miss Walsh's home in Dundee.

Connie Rose was buried on March 21 and mourners released pink balloons into the sky in her memory.

And now, the young mother has spoken of her heartache at finding her baby daughter to social media to share about her experience. 

"Before that incident, I had stuffed a narrow gap between Connie Rose's bed and the wall with soft toys to stop her falling through and injuring herself. But, she died because the stuffed toy at the side of her bed."

Besides Connie, she also have another daughter, Dior, the five years old. And when the incident occured, she get Dior ready for school.

"It was normal morning, I went through to the girls room to waken them up and get Dior ready for school. Dior and Connie slept in same rome. But, when I opened the door all I could see, the legs of my little girl was sticking out from under the teddy. She wasn't breathing. I immediately started CPR on her."

She added: "I was blame of myself. I packed the side of the bed with the smaller teddies and place the big one on top thinking that would stop her falling down the side and hurting herself.  Maybe a broken arm, she would still be with us. But it's too late."

Mrs. Walsh has now launched an online campaign, the Connie Rose Awareness Facebook page, in a bid to raise awareness of leaving cuddly toys in young children's beds overnight. She hopes other mothers will think before letting their children go to sleep surrounded by their favourite toys.

 

 

 

 

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