My son, 1, fell from our upstairs window in a freak accident – the guilt is eating me alive…it’s so hard being a parent
A HEARTBROKEN mum has said guilt is “eating her alive” after her toddler fell out of a first floor window and was rushed to hospital on Mother's Day.
Mikaela Chubb was horrified when her 18-month-old son managed to clamber out of the bedroom window at the home in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
The little boy had been sleeping in his cot before the horror incident, managing to climb over the headboard before toppling out of the unlocked window.
It had been left open in the unusually warm weather after Britains mini-heatwave.
Emergency services rushed to the scene, and cops have placed a cordon around the property in Richmond Hill.
Devastated mum Mikaela has been at her son’s bedside since the horror accident, saying: “It's so hard being a parent sometimes.
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“His dad always checks the window is locked but this one time he didn't. That's what makes this an accident.
“The child was asleep in his bed. He woke up and climbed onto our bed, then over the headboard onto the windowsill.
“This is an ongoing game/issue and we could never have imagined this happening.
“The window is locked 99% of the time but due to the sunny weather the room was aired out before the baby's nap.
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“The lock clicked, leading us to believe it was locked. Apparently this one time it was not.
“This was really just a freak accident.. we’re just trying to be here for our boy and get him through this.
“We know we have a lot to deal with in terms of police questions, we've already spoken to them! So we are definitely feeling like it is our fault
“Mother's guilt is eating me alive right now and his dad!
“I can't believe it's Mother's Day and we're in hospital terrified of what's going to happen to our boy and to us!
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"I really do try my very best to be the best mum for him!”
She added that the tot was “doing okay” after the horror accident.
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