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11th November 2018
05:32pm GMT

“I could hear her wake in her cot on the monitor and then she just went quiet,” Rebecca said of the terrifying moment. “She just stared at me, vacant, and just tried to gasp for air. "And she was just really floppy, no noise, just every now and then you would hear this gurgle which meant there was a tiny bit of air getting in, but obviously just not enough,” she told New Zealand’s Seven Sharp.The panicked mum called emergency services and ran out of the house screaming for help, however, no one came until the paramedics arrived a short while later. Charli's airway was eventually cleared by paramedics but Rebecca says she now lives with the guilt of that The mum is now warning parent to be extra cautious about smaller objects that their child may be able to swallow.
“I used to take everything out of the way, everything, and then it was a hair clip that caused a problem. "You just have to be so careful.”
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