Girl, 2, gets training potty stuck around her neck after putting it on her head instead of the toilet
PARENTS should expect some accidents when toilet training their tots – but one surprised dad got rather more than he bargained for.
Scott Webber, 28, had to take his toddler Josie to A&E after she somehow managed to get her pink potty stuck around her neck.
When two-year-old Josie went upstairs to the bathroom instead of putting her pink training potty on the loo the little scamp rammed it on her head.
Scott, from Minehead, Somerset said: “I couldn’t believe it when I saw what she’d done.
“I thought it would just come off but her ears kept getting in the way and she was getting so mad at me.
“She loves telling people about it now though – she’s just a crazy kid!”
Scott, a learning support practitioner, tried to prise the bright pink plastic seat from his daughter’s head but was left with no choice but to take her to A&E.
Scott said: “I didn’t know what to think – I was so shocked.
“I told her to stop messing about and take it off but when she told me it was stuck I tried myself.”
After calling Josie’s mum, Laura Thompson, 29, Scott took their little rascal to A&E on August 6.
Onlookers at Minehead Community Hospital laughed at the sight of the little girl wearing the pink potty, and although the family struggled to see the funny side at first, they are now able to laugh about the incident.
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Scott said: “When we walked into A&E everyone was staring at us.
“I don’t blame them, but one woman did start laughing and Josie didn’t like it one bit!
“She shouted at them ‘it’s not funny’ – but I think we can all agree it was.”
The family were seen within 15 minutes and although Scott was worried they would need to cut the potty off, they were able to remove it by taping Josie’s ears down to her head and sliding it off.
Scott said: “The potty is still in the boot of my car – I’m not risking her doing it again
“We’ve bought another one that she won’t be able to put on her head, just in case.”
Little Josie now finds the whole incident hilarious, repeating the story to all their friends and family by saying ‘stuck’ before bursting into fits of laughter.
Their relatives have all teased her for “being like her dad” who has been known all his life for having a “big head”.
Scott said: “When I left school it said in my yearbook that my future job would be to work in a large hat manufacturer.
“It’s always been a running joke so my mates find it extra funny that this happened to Josie.
“She’s never going to live this one down, those photos will haunt her forever!
“We’ll make sure to remind her of this when she turns 18 and has her first boyfriend.”
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Last year a mum was left in hysterics when her two-year-old son got a potty seat stuck around his neck.
Claire Watkins, 41, was on a trip to the local Asda when her boy Ronnie got his head stuck.
The staff had to coat the little lad in butter to remove the seat.
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