A mum used a TikTok video tip to find her three-year-old daughter when she went missing at a play centre.
Krista Piper started to "panic" when she lost sight of little Lily at the 'huge' facility while talking to another mum during a family day out.
The wedding photographer said she started calling out while desperately looking for the youngster in nooks and crannies at different parts of the centre, but to no avail.
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However, she said a "lightbulb went off" when she recalled a TikTok video she'd seen about another mum who had lost her child in a supermarket.
In that case, the mum called out a description of the clothes her child was wearing that day and he was found "way faster", the Mirror reports.
Taking to TikTok, where she goes by the username @krista.piper, Krista recalled: "So that is what I did. I stopped calling out her name, and I started yelling, 'little girl, pink shirt, pink Minnie Mouse shirt.'.
"I'm sure people thought that I was a little crazy, she was probably only missing for like a minute, to maybe a minute and a half, but for me it felt like an eternity."
On reflection, Krista notes that she could have also added descriptors such as Lily's age or hair colour, but that was the quickest thing she could think of to say at the moment.
After Krista started yelling the description, she began to hear other mums repeating the same thing, and thankfully another mum spotted her, all thanks to Krista's quick thinking.
Krista continued: "If you ever lose your child, or dog or anything, yell out their description, raise your voice. You know, I probably looked like a crazy person, but it got the job done."
Fellow parents praised Krista for spreading the word, and agreed that this was a far better method than simply shouting out a child's name.
One person commented: "Yes, yelling their name doesn't help because no one knows what Sally looks like, but they can pick out a three-year-old in a pink shirt and blue jeans."
Another wrote: "This is such incredible advice and any parent's worst nightmare. So thankful for mums pulling together to help find her. Good job mamma."
A third applauded: "This is wonderful - thank you. I try to dress kids in bright clothes when we go to big places like that just for my own eyes but it's a great idea."
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