A FAULTY baby bath which left a seven-month-old with patches of glue stuck to her skin has sparked concern for other youngsters.

Megan Bailey escaped with a sore bottom after her parents' attempts to remove the sap-like substance which oozed from the Mothercare bath after the slip pad was dislodged, four days ago.

But Worcestershire Trading Standards believe the situation could have been much worse if the baby had suffered an allergic reaction.

"We haven't had any other reports of this, but it needs to be investigated," a spokesman said.

"If a child was allergic, the outcome could be horrendous."

Megan's furious parents, Andrew Bailey and Sarah Hughes, first noticed the "stickiness" when they lifted their daughter out of the bath on Sunday.

"The towel just stuck to her," said Miss Hughes, who has declined a refund from Mothercare until she has been told the results of the company's investigation.

"We tried to get it off with wipes and water, but it just made her sorer and sorer.

"It's gradually going away, but the soreness has made her very uncomfortable."

When their efforts to clean the glue off Megan failed, the couple finally took her to A&E at Worcestershire Royal Hospital on Tuesday.

Doctors there told them to continue wiping the skin.

"It's awful because Megan had only just learnt to sit up in the bath," said the 32-year-old, of Chatcombe Drive, Warndon.

"We told the staff at Mothercare that they should take it off the shelves, but they wouldn't listen. We didn't get so much as an apology."

A Mothercare spokesman said the product was being tested by a technical team and pledged to contact the couple to discuss the complaint.

"Obviously, safety and quality is the most important thing for us and we're looking into it," she said.

n If you have had the same experience as Andrew Bailey and Sarah Hughes, please call reporter Melanie Hall on 01905 742248.