A mother is begging robbers who stole from her home to return a camera containing the last pictures of her five-year-old daughter who died suddenly two months ago.

Ashley Pfeifer appealed on Facebook for the return of the memory stick in her digital camera that contains pictures of her daughter Faith celebrating her last Christmas and birthday.

The 33-year-old from Kansas City, said her home was broken into and a television, video camera and Xbox was stolen alongside the Canon Rebel T3i camera.

On a post on Facebook, she said: "My camera had pictures of our last moments with Faith."

"Keep the camera I just want my pictures back that are NOT replaceable," she added.

Faith, who was born with spina bifida, died suddenly on January 21, the Kansas City Star reported.

She hadn't slept for the last couple of weeks and when her dad Mic, 35, checked on her at 1.30am she had passed away in her bed.

Hours later, a family friend arrived and suggested she take photographs of the family - including Faith's brother and sister Mason, nine, and Elizabeth, seven, at her bedside.

Mrs Pfeifer told the newspaper she had only looked at them twice since that night, the last time a week before the robbery.

"I thought: ‘I’m just so glad that I have these. I’m so thankful’," she said. "Then, the robbers came."

Born with a hole in her back, Faith had to have major surgery and spent the first four months of her life in hospital.

Despite being told by doctors she could never crawl or walk, Faith defied expectations.

She could even say "mama" despite having a tracheotomy in her throat and was always smiling, her mother said.

The family shared a touching memorial video of Faith days after he death with the messages: "Thank you for your laughs, thank you for your courage, thank you for your joy, thank you for your beautiful smile... for the peace you brought to our home."

On February 21, one month after Faith died, Mrs Pfeifer said on her Facebook page:

Mrs Pfeifer hopes the Facebook post will help reunite her with her precious photographs and asks people to get in touch if they see a similar camera being advertised for sale.

"What I’m hoping is the idiots sell it and somebody with a great heart says, 'Wait a minute, I think this is the girl I saw on Facebook'," she said.