A toddler tragically died after she was left singing in the bath on her own for less than a minute while her mum fetched a towel, an inquest heard.
Mia Olivia O’Sullivan slipped underwater and drowned while she was left unattended in the tub at home in Colway Bay, North Wales, it was said.
Her mum, Joely Eastham-Jones, and emergency services desperately tried to resuscitate her but the 22-month-old could not be saved.
The tragedy happened after Ms Eastham-Jones had run her daughter a bubble bath at around 4.50pm, the Ruthin hearing was told.
A coroner today recorded a conclusion of accidental death, North Wales Live reported.
The inquest heard how Ms Eastham-Jones had voluntarily given a statement in Llandudno Police Station.
After five minutes she asked Mia if she wanted to come out.
Mia would normally put up her arms to be lifted out but she didn't and "carried on playing with the bubbles".
Mr Gittins said: "She (her mum) realised there were no towels." They were with the clean washing in the bedroom.
"She said 'Mummy's going to get towels' and left the bathroom.
"She could hear Mia talking and singing in the bath next door. She shouted her (Mia's) name to confirm she was there.
"Then a pink brush she had been playing with banged on the side of the bath.
"She ran in and found her lying face down in the water.
"She lifted her out. She was pink and floppy and not breathing."
The Coroner said the statement told how she placed Mia on the floor and performed CPR and after four or five compressions, the toddler vomited water and sick, the inquest heard.
Mrs Eastham-Jones dialled 999 and paramedics arrived within five minutes and she was taken to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd.
From there, Wales Air Ambulance flew her to the Royal Stoke University Hospital (RSUH) in Stoke-on-Trent.
In a statement, Dr Mark Bebbington, a consultant paediatric intensive care specialist at RSUH, said he had been told Mia "was left in the bath for approximately one minute plus by her mother".
Despite medical help being given, including oxygen and adrenalin, Mia passed away at 3.03am the following day, January 18.
Dr Jo McPartland, a paediatric pathologist, carried out a post-mortem examination on Mia, which found there was ischaemic damage to the brain, kidneys and heart.
She said the cause of death was multiple organ failure, consistent with drowning.
Concluding it was an accidental death, the coroner said: "She was left for a very, very short time by her mother in the bath, and sadly the circumstances which occurred thereafter were those which resulted in her passing."
He added: "I would like to record my very sincere condolences to the family of Mia in her tragic loss."
