The parents of a three-year-old boy who died when a curtain cord became wrapped around his neck have appealed for better safety messages in the hope of preventing further tragedies. When the parents of the toddler, who cannot be named, put him down for his regular afternoon nap on January 20 last year, they could hear him 'babbling away'. But a coroner's court in Christchurch, New Zealand, heard that when the father went to check on his son at about 4pm, he was not in his bed.
He found the child 'in front of the curtain with a cord wrapped around the front of his neck', Coroner Heather McKenzie wrote in her findings. The dad carried the toddler to his mother and they called the emergency services and started CPR. Paramedics arrived just five minutes later but the boy could not be revived, the New Zealand Herald reported.
'(His) parents described him as their beautiful, cheeky, and sweet little buddy,' Ms McKenzie said on Monday. 'They are devastated and heartbroken to have lost him and also suffer seeing (their daughter) grieving for her brother.' The parents of a three-year boy who died in horrific circumstances have appealed for better safety messages in the hope of preventing further such tragedies (stock image) 'They want to avoid the same thing happening to any other parent/family and believe that there should be better safety messages regarding blind cords.
' The family had been at the beach on the morning of the tragedy and after lunch put the boy for a sleep. 'The day .