Toddler locks mum out during fly fag

Published on Friday 14 November 2008 08:51

A YOUNG mum is considering giving up smoking – after her toddler son locked her out of her own home while she had a sneaky cigarette.

Clare Rose, 19, found herself stranded outside her ground-floor flat as she popped out for a late night smoke.

Her 20-month-old son Leon toddled to the front door and locked it tight.

Ms Rose, from Tranent, East Lothian, had to call the fire brigade to wrench open the door and the six firemen reunited her with her distraught son.

Ms Rose said: "I'd just nipped out for a quick cigarette about 10pm when I heard the lock turning on my door.

"I looked through the letterbox and Leon was just standing there smiling at me. I ran to the back door, but it was locked too. I was so anxious, and as I started to panic, Leon became hysterical.

"He must have heard me nipping out and got up to see what the noise was.

"I'm seriously thinking of giving up smoking, because I can't go through anything like that again. Anything could have happened to him."

David McIntosh, acting watch manager, said: "The wee boy was crying through the letterbox, but he calmed down once we got the door open."