You can get burnt so quickly but it takes a long time to recover.

Poor little mite. So easily done though. We don’t realise how hot the cement can get !

Poor little mite! My kids are ratbags for taking their shoes off and taking off outside

Poor little tyke. I was in a kids playground with sails the other day and when bub toddled to the bottom of the slide I was encouraging him to climb but he patted it and looked at me, then bent and patted it again. Only when I patted it as well, thinking it was some game he was playing did I realise how very hot the slide was.

The footpath or road surface is often hotter than the air temperature in warm / hot weather..
Check playground equipment before allow youngsters to play on it at all too. There has also been reports of children getting either their shoes stuck on playground or sports ground surfaces at schools. Several pupils have been running , got one shoe stuck then fallen and broken their ankle or other bones in their feet

Oh how awful. Poor little thing.

One reason why toddlers should always have shoes on outside! I’m confused though……the mum says he was put down on the ground for only 10 seconds. Does this mean he was put on the hot footpath? Or did he toddle onto it in those brief 10 seconds

Poor little darling. Shoes are a must.

Wearing shoes is pretty sensible in this weather.

If it’s too hot for your feet it’s too hot for theirs. Always, always, always check and if it seems okay then check again using your wrist just to be safe.

How terrible they burn my feet some days so I can only imagine the poor baby.

Poor little darling. We try and always check the pavement before our kids and dog go outside. It gets so hot so quickly.

I always make sure to check the ground or ensure my son is wearing shoes. Even on some cloudy days the ground can get really hot. Hope bubba is making a fast recovery

Oh, sweetie. Footpaths can get really hot!!