A mum has told how she had to keep tipping her daughter to one side to get rainwater out of a toilet seat that was wrapped around the three-year-old's neck while she carried her through a storm to A&E. Amy Sanderson and daughter Ivy-Anne Bingham had to go to hospital to get a bright pink seat off the toddler's head after she went to the bathroom to use the toilet while Amy was in the kitchen making dinner.
Amy told PlymouthLive: "My initial reaction when I saw her with the toilet seat on her head was 'that's alright, I will get it back off' but after assessing it I realised whatever way I put it, it was not coming off. I tried to get it off and just couldn't. It was catching on her ears, on her chin, so then I thought 'I'm going to have to take her hospital.'"
She added: "It was funny because I had to park in the multi-story car park ... and had to carry her all the way to A&E with the toilet seat around her head. It was raining and the toilet seat was upside down and the rain was catching, so I had to keep tipping her to the side to drain the water out.
When I got to the front desk, I thought 'I hope you're not going to ask me why I'm here', because I'm holding a child with a toilet seat on her head."
She said: "Ivy was playing in A&E in the kids' bit and the more I look at the photos, the more I find it funny seeing her playing with a toilet seat on her head - honestly brilliant."
Photo of Ivy playing at Derriford Hospital's A&E while waiting to be seen (Image: Amy Sanderson)
Amy said it took three people to remove the seat around her head, holding Ivy and covering her eyes, to prevent anything from going in them. "They were so good in there and they could see I needed help as it took three people to hold her and cover her eyes to get it off - but then she was absolutely fine. They were laughing and without them, I would still have a child with a toilet seat on her head.
(Image: Amy Sanderson)
"Ivy never has a dull moment, she does so much stuff that gets us all laughing - she's so funny, strong-willed, and such a character."
