Baby suffocated to death by her teddy bear

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The mother of a toddler who suffocated under a teddy bear is warning other parents to remove toys from their children’s beds.

Dexy Leigh Walsh found 18-month-old daughter Connie Rose lifeless last month when she went to wake her older daughter for school. She had died while she slept, under a large cuddly toy her mother had placed to fill a gap at the side of her bed.

Now Dexy Leigh, 23, wants all parents to keep their children’s beds safe. She believed at 18 months, Connie Rose was old enough that such toys would not pose a danger.

She had a bed guard on one side, and had stuffed teddy bears down a small gap between her bed and a wall, to stop Connie Rose falling down. Dexy Leigh now describes that as her “biggest regret in life”.

It is believed a large teddy fell on Connie Rose as she slept. Dexy has set up a Facebook page warning parents about the dangers of toys on children’s beds.

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