'Happy' boy, 2, found dead in bed after playing in park with heartbroken mum

31 March 2023 , 10:51

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Mum Catherine Brumfitt took little Albie to the park before putting him to bed (Image: Catherine Brumfitt)

A heartbroken mum has opened up about her tragic son's death hours after playing in the park.

Mum Catherine Brumfitt said little Albie, who was just two-years-old, would not wake up the morning after she took him to the local park on Friday, May 28, 2021.

She and her other children had been suffering with a viral infection when Albie also began to fall ill. She put him to bed with brothers Jenson and Caleb assuming the worst had passed.

Sadly, when she went to check on him, she found the youngster unresponsive and while she desperately tried to perform CPR, it was too late. She later found out that Albie had died after contracting bronchopneumonia -which causes inflammation of the lungs.

She told the Liverpool Echo : "He was very cheeky, he was just a happy and loving little boy.

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Little Albie had died after contracting bronchopneumonia (Catherine Brumfitt)

"Him and Jenson were just inseparable. They were together all the time. Caleb has additional needs so he wasn't as involved. It was always Jenson and Albie together.

"He was just so happy and cheeky, your typical two-year-old boy. He was lovely.

"It was hard, me and my partner feel as though we didn't have time to grieve. I tried to do CPR on Albie and bring him back but we didn't realise he had been dead for too long.

"We thought he was sleeping in because he had been up in the night. We've tried to all support each other because we're a big family. Albie was a well-known child in the area, everyone loved him."

With help from friends and family, Catherine and her children have now moved out of their family home in Seacombe and moved to Leasowe due to the memories of the death.

Now, the mum is looking to raise as much money as possible for Wirral Wings and Alder Hey's snowdrop team.

A family fun day has been organised at Oldershaw Rugby Club and will be held on April 22. She said: "What I plan to do is have lots of stalls there. There's going to be a bouncy castle and an assault course for the kids.

"It'll be a nice way of remembering Albie. Wirral Wings are amazing, even now they're checking in and offering support.

"When Albie died they got in touch with me and they ended up making his suit that he got cremated in out of my sister's wedding dress."

To visit Catherine's Facebook group, In Memory of Albie Farrell, click here.

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