A POTTY youngster had to be rescued by firefighters this morning after she got a toilet seat stuck over her head.

22-month-old Connie Harris from Boundary Lane, Wooburn Green, had to be cut free after she tried to wear the miniature training seat as a hat.

The unlucky toddler was upstairs with her mum Louise when it happened.

Louise said: "She was just running around the bedroom with this on her head.

"She pulled it over her head like a hat and it wouldn't come off the other way."

A frantic few minutes followed, as Louise took her daughter downstairs to daub her with olive oil and butter to try and remove the troublesome toilet seat.

When it wouldn't come off she called husband Ian, who works in the City, but he said that he couldn't do much from London and advised her to call the emergency services.

"I was like "Oh my god, I have to dial 999", feeling a bit silly because I didn't know whether I should be calling them," said Louise.

"They said, "It sounds like you need a fire engine.""

Louise, who organises farewell parties for a living, waited for them to arrive wondering whether she should be concerned or amused.

"I was laughing and crying at the same time. The engine arrived, and these four strapping lads walked up laughing their heads off too."

The firefighters cut the seat off with a small hacksaw, much to the amusement of Connie who wasn't fazed in the slightest.

Louise said, "She was a bit worried at first, but as soon as the fire engine came she just kept going "Beep, beep, beep.""

Connie was unhurt by the incident, and was able to rush off straight afterwards to enjoy a morning at playgroup.