A mum is warning parents never to let their tots wear sunglasses - after her home looked like a 'murder scene' when her son's first pair of sunnies sliced his head open.

Abbie Mitchell said she was playing in the kitchen with her son Robert Shute at 10pm on March 21st, trying a new pair of sunglasses on him that she bought that day.

Suddenly the 14-month-old fell flat on his face causing the black sunglasses to shatter with the impact and sharp plastic shards leave a gash in Robert's forehead.

The mum-of-three immediately leapt into action, trying to mop up the blood pouring out of the tot's head with a a damp towel before scooping him up and rushing to A&E.

Abbie Mitchell said she was playing in the kitchen with her son Robert Shute at 10pm on March 21st, trying a new pair of sunglasses on him that she bought that day. Suddenly the 14-month-old fell flat on his face causing the black sunglasses to shatterAbbie Mitchell said she was playing in the kitchen with her son Robert Shute at 10pm on March 21st, trying a new pair of sunglasses on him that she bought that day. Suddenly the 14-month-old fell flat on his face causing the black sunglasses to shatter (Image: Kennedy News and Media) There, doctors swiftly used butterfly stitches to close the bleeding one-inch cut on his forehead

Abbie, who works as a carer, bought the £7 sunglasses earlier that day while shopping for holiday clothes ahead of Robert's first trip abroad to Tenerife in June.

The 35-year-old, who's vowed not to let him wear sunglasses again until he's older, has shared what happened to ensure it doesn't happen to anyone else.

Abbie, from Litherland, Liverpool, said: "There was that much blood gushing out of him I couldn't actually see where it was coming from because it just covered his whole face.

"He screamed, I've never heard a scream like it.

"He doesn't really cry either, he's not a crier so when he screamed like that it was heart-wrenching.

"I just completely froze and then I thought, 'oh my God I have to get him to A&E now.'

"My legs were shaking the whole way but I just had to get there.

"The number of people that looked at us when we went into the waiting room, I didn't realise that I was actually covered in blood.

"Everyone was looking at us in shock. The baby was covered in blood, thankfully we had a baby grow with us.

"He was fine straight away, he was high-fiving and smiling at the doctors. I was more of a mess than him.

"He will definitely not wear sunglasses again, he can have a cap."

Robert only needed to have his stitches in for four days and Abbie hopes the gash on his head won't leave a scar.

Abbie said: "I was like, 'I hope it doesn't last because he'll get called Harry Potter' but it won't I think because he's only a baby.
"I'm hoping it's going to fade but we will see, if not he's just got battle wounds.

"When I actually came home and I looked at this mess everywhere, it was like someone had been stabbed in my kitchen. It was up my cupboards and everything.

"He's been absolutely fine, he's a proper boys' boy. He wants to climb, he's wild.

"He throws himself off the couch without looking. He's got me up the wall constantly.

"You think it's okay for your kids to just wear a pair of sunglasses and you let them around the pool and stuff with them sunglasses on.

"It's just a little word of warning to not be far away from them while they're wearing them on their face because it can be so easy. He was next to me and they broke.

"They shouldn't be made for babies if that's the damage that can be done.

"I would advise not to put them on a baby under the age of four that's not steady on their legs."