A mum has warned other parents about “trendy” kitchen floors after the slate burned the bottom of her toddler's feet in hot weather.
Roman Woolhouse was having his diaper changed at his grandmother's house when he twisted his body free, sprinted to the kitchen and then out into the garden.
But the patio doors were closed, preventing the 16-month-old from getting outside and forcing him to stand in the sunlight for a few seconds.
His mother, Melanie Kay, said her son then let out an ear-splitting scream and his grandmother rushed into the kitchen and picked him up.
Roman Woolhouse burned his leg on a hot kitchen floor. (Image: Kennedy News)
At first worried that he had stepped on something, his grandmother examined his right foot and found large blisters on the bottom of his foot and on one of his toes.
She ran cold water over the burns and then rushed to hospital with him, then called Melanie, 39, to tell her what had happened.
After examining Roman, doctors opted to pop and scrape off the two-inch-long blister, then apply an antiseptic pad and bandage to the wound.
Melanie, from Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, said: “My mother-in-law has been looking after him for the day and it’s absolutely devastating.
“I never even thought about indoor floor tiles. It was so strange and unpredictable.”
“It was very, very hot. Children and animals don't have the reflex to jump. In the sun the floor can get up to 80 degrees Celsius.”
“She picked him up right away and the blisters came up quickly. They were two-inch by two-inch blisters and he had blisters on his toes.”
Now Melanie is urging other parents to be aware of the potential dangers.
She said: “It's shocking. You can't imagine something like this happening out of a false sense of security in your own home.”
“A lot of other people were pretty shocked by it too, saying they'd never thought they'd have something so dangerous in their house. It's really creepy, right?”
“Our message to parents is to be mindful of the dangers of hot weather both outdoors and indoors and take precautions such as covering windows with curtains or blinds.”
