Parents are being asked to keep an eye on their children during the summer holidays after fire crews were called in to free a child with its head stuck in a potty.
Firefighters were sent to a home in Dulwich last week after the youngster became trapped.
Similar rescue operations involving children, which totalled 8,189 in five years, have cost taxpayers about £240,000, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) estimates.
Other mishaps involving children include a child who got a leg wedged in a statue in a Kensington car park in 2011.
Another involved a child with a toy train stuck on its finger in Brent in 2012.
One child in Hackney even got its head stuck in a toilet seat.
Dave Brown, the brigade’s third officer, appealed to parents to only call the fire brigade in an emergency.
He said: "Kids are always crawling about and exploring so accidents are bound to happen, but when we are releasing children from under tables and out of TV speakers it diverts our attention from other emergencies. Many of the incidents we get called to could be avoided with a little bit of common sense."
