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Jasmine Norden

Leeds mum lists her baby for sale as 'need gone today' in sofa sale mixup

People in Leeds were left in stitches after a mum who meant to list her sofa for sale accidentally listed her son instead.

Lucy Battle, from Burley, was mortified after she included a picture of her baby on her selling post under the caption 'need gone today'.

People across Leeds commented on her post immediately, saying her mistake had 'made their day'.

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Lucy, 20, recently bought a new sofa and decided to give away her old one by posting it on Facebook.

Completely by accident, she made a photo of her seven month old son Oscar the headline image - making it looking like she was giving him away instead of the sofa.

She told LeedsLive: "I just somehow managed to upload the wrong photo when I was choosing them from my camera roll and unfortunately it was of Oscar!

Lucy posted a picture of her son by accident (Facebook/Lucy Battle)

"I realised when everyone started commenting and messaging me and then I couldn't delete it either.

"It worked out though because one of the messages was someone actually enquiring about the sofa! But most of them were people making jokes about me giving away my son.

"I didn't expect it to go so far!"

Hundreds of people hopped onto her post quickly to make jokes about her mistake.

Mandy Lyles wrote: "Can I swap for a teenager?"

Sarah Wilkinson commented: "How's he at washing up?"

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Tom Howell joked: "What's he like with other babies?"

After realising her mistake, Lucy clarified that she meant the sofa rather than Oscar.

"Thanks all for being nice though and understanding this was a genuine mistake," she wrote.

"I don't want to give away my child."

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