The three-year-old boy who choked to death on a bouncy ball told his pregnant mother 'I can't wait to go to bed' - just 40 minutes before he died in her arms.
Alby Davis was playing with a new ball he had unwrapped as an early fourth birthday present at home in Wynyard, Tasmania on Monday. The ball became lodged in his windpipe and stopped him from breathing.
His frantic mother Anna did everything she could to dislodge it, but her second child choked to death before her eyes.
Mrs Davis posted a picture on Instagram of Alby in bed with his new birthday bed linen and captioned it with her 'golden boy's' last words.
She wrote: '''I can't wait to go to bed tonight Mum!'' 'Our precious boy, with his brand new doona cover, 2.49pm on Monday afternoon... exactly 40 minutes before he took his final earthside breath in my arms.'
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia on Friday morning, she said the family were very grateful for the 'love and gratitude' they have received 'as we fathom the loss of our golden boy'.
The three-year-old boy who choked to death on a bouncy ball told his mother 'I can't wait to go to bed' - just 40 minutes before he died in her arms
Tragic: Three-year-old Alby Davis (pictured with his mother) choked on a bouncy ball and died in his pregnant mother's arms
Mother's love: Alby Davis (pictured with his mother) was on Monday playing with a new ball he had just unwrapped as an early fourth birthday present at home in Wynyard, Tasmania when the tragedy struck
Earlier, Mrs Davis, who runs a small children's toys business called The Small Folk, posted a tribute to her son on her company Instagram account which features dozens of photos of her family and their nature-based lifestyle.
She wrote: 'Yesterday afternoon, our beautiful, beautiful Alby, our darling baby boy, grew wings and flew from this earth.
'Minutes pass like hours and the gaping hole in our lives and hearts is completely incomprehensible. We adore you beyond belief, our sweet little fox. Forever three, forever free.'
Freak accident: The ball became lodged in his windpipe and stopped him from breathing. Left: Alby. Right: Distraught parents Simon and Anna Davis in happier times
Mrs Davis, who runs a small children's toys business called The Small Folk, posted a tribute to her son (pictured) on her company Instagram account which features dozens of photos of her family and their nature-based lifestyle
The tribute read: 'Yesterday afternoon, our beautiful, beautiful Alby, our darling baby boy, grew wings and flew from this earth'
The heartfelt post received 30,000 likes and 8,000 sympathetic comments.
A family friend has now set up a Gofundme page to raise money for Mrs Davis and her relief-teacher husband Simon to help them look after their daughter Sage and son Acre as they expect their fourth child.
It has already raised more than $168,000, eclipsing the $100,000 goal.
The page reads: 'On Monday afternoon, the unimaginable for any parent occurred.
'Darling Alby was playing with a bouncy ball that had arrived earlier that morning, in a package filled with party favours for his upcoming 4th birthday celebrations.
'The ball became stuck in his windpipe, preventing his ability to breathe, and in a matter of seconds, despite his mama's frantic attempts to save him, he passed away in her arms.
A neighbour said: 'There has been an outpouring of people, food and kindness. What has happened is unfathomable.' A friend added: 'They are a really beautiful and humble family, and people are sharing their grief.'
The tribute continued: 'Minutes pass like hours and the gaping hole in our lives and hearts is completely incomprehensible. We adore you beyond belief, our sweet little fox. Forever three, forever free.'
A family friend has now set up a Gofundme page to raise money for Mrs Davis and her relief teacher husband Simon to help them look after their daughter Sage and son Acre as they expect their fourth child
'This beautiful family need time to mourn and surround each other in love, without having the financial burdens of daily life and work commitments weighing on their minds.
'As Simon is a relief teacher, he is not entitled to any leave, and as so many of you know, Anna is self-employed with her much-loved business, The Small Folk.'
A neighbour told The Mercury: 'There has been an outpouring of people, food and kindness. What has happened is unfathomable.'
A friend added: 'They are a really beautiful and humble family, and people are sharing their grief.'
Mrs Davis' heartfelt tribute post received 30,000 likes and 8,000 sympathetic comments. Pictured: Alby plays with a feather in a picture posted to her mother's Instagram account
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