A 3-year-old boy with his head stuck in a bin nodded off awaiting rescue in eastern China.

The video was filmed in the city of Hefei in Anhui Province on October 15.

The toddler amusingly managed to get his head trapped inside a trash bin, and despite the anxious efforts of his family, he ended up falling asleep out of sheer exhaustion before they could free him.

Father, Mr Zhang, narrated the series of events with a mix of amusement and concern. He revealed that the incident occurred when the toddler was playing in the living room. With both his mother and nanny present in the house, the mischievous boy somehow saw the outer shell of the bin and decided it would make a wonderful crown. However, his royal aspirations quickly turned sour when the bin became firmly lodged in his head.

The material of the bin was too tough for the usual household scissors. In a slight panic, the boy's mother made a frantic phone call to her husband, requesting him to procure a larger pair of scissors. The poor child cried so much from the ordeal that by the time his father arrived with the required tool, the toddler had cried himself to sleep.

"It was a mix of feelings. Watching my son stuck like that, I felt both sympathy and an urge to chuckle. He was so exhausted from the ordeal that even as I was cutting the bin away, he remained in deep slumber," said a visibly relieved Zhang.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

10月15日，安徽合肥。3岁萌娃头卡垃圾桶1小时，家人解救时已哭累睡着了。宝爸张先生称，当时孩子妈妈和保姆在家，儿子在客厅里玩耍，可能俩大人一时没留意，孩子把垃圾桶外壳当王冠戴头上，结果卡住了。壳子较硬，孩子妈妈用小剪刀剪不开，就打电话给自己从外面买大剪刀回来救孩子。自己回来剪垃圾桶时，孩子已哭累睡着了，直到把桶剪开他也没醒，自己看了心疼又好笑。