A HORRIFIED Scots mum got the shock of her life when she discovered a smoker’s carelessly discarded cigarette landed in her daughter’s pram and burnt her baby’s arm.

Amy Harnaman, 23, grabbed screaming Sophia, took off her smouldering coat and raced home to douse the wound in cold water before rushing her to hospital.

The family has been left hoping the five-week-old has no lasting scar and warned smokers to be more careful after the Tuesday accident in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh.

Amy, from Edinburgh, said: "I got her out of the buggy, stripped her down out of her snowsuit and checked her arm.

"There was a blister starting so I got her up to the flat and stuck it under cold water – she’s still unsettled and still in a bit of pain.

"I just think people should be more aware of their surroundings and dispose of cigarettes properly."

Amy, a nursery worker, and her daughter were on their way back from picking up Sophia’s five-year-old sister Eilidh from Clovenstone Primary at around 3pm.

Amy's sister Chloe Louise Martin was also with them when they smelt smoke as they passed a bus stop on Clovenstone Road.

Chloe, a sales assistant, said: "My sister found a cigarette in the pram.

"It’d burnt right through the snowsuit thankfully not quite reaching the skin.

"It all happened really quickly.

"My sister picked her up and took her out of the suit. Then Sophia started crying because the blister started and I think that’s when it hurt her the most."

They rushed Sophia home to douse cold water on her arm before taking her to the doctors in Sighthill and then on to the Sick Kids.

Medics treated and dressed the blister, about the size of a one penny coin, and will assess Sophia again tomorrow.

Chole added: "You hear about things like this but you never think it’s going to happen to you"

A post shared on Facebook warning smokers to be more careful has been shared more than 2,000 times and attracted widespread support.

Chloe explained: "We just want to raise some awareness so that smokers can perhaps take a little more care with where they put their cigarette ends so that things like this don’t happen.

"Eilidh can’t understand how something like this could happen. She didn’t really want to go to school or leave her sister."

The family have no idea whose cigarette was responsible and are convinced it was all an unfortunate accident.

Chloe said: "There were a few people there and a bus coming towards the bus stop so we think they just flung the fag end and got on the bus.

"I just think it’s one of the last things you think about but that’s why there’s a bin there with an ashtray on top.

"We’re not looking to put the blame on anyone. We just want to stress it was an accident and for people to be more careful and vigilant."