A mum is warning other parents after her two-year-old son choked on a lollipop - as he was sat on her lap

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A mum-of-two has warned others after her son choked on a lollipop as he was sat on her lap. Amy Mantle, 33, said that her two-year-old son Baker found himself struggling to breathe because of the sweet, despite her keeping her eyes on him the whole time.

Baker was with Amy during a hair appointment on April 28 and he was given the sweet while he waited for his mother to get her hair done. Amy became concerned when she saw that the sweet had come off the end of the lolly stick.

It was only when she saw that Baker couldn’t breathe that she realised what had happened and, when she couldn’t remove the sweet from her son’s throat, she began to panic. Luckily, her hairdresser, Gemma Fairhurst, came to the rescue by holding Baker upside down and repeatedly hitting his back to dislodge the lollipop.

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It took around 30 seconds for the sweet to move out of Baker’s airway and now Amy is speaking out about the experience to warn other parents and advocate for first aid training for mums. Amy, from Blackpool, said: “Normally I’m so paranoid about things and I never give my children lollies, grapes or Maltesers, but I thought because 'he’s sat on my knee and he’s really behaving, one won’t hurt.'

“It made me realise that a one-off could be fatal and awareness is needed for the dangers of these lollies. It was just horrific and I was shaking all day – I'll never forgive myself for putting him or myself through that.”

Amy, who works as a public speaker, was getting her hair done at You Hair and Beauty Lounge in Thornton-Cleveleys and had bought her son Baker along with her. He was sat on her lap as she was getting her locks trimmed when he was offered a