Baby shaking syndrom is something that people think only good caring mothers can avoid-so when it happens like in this situation-then the mother must not have loved her baby. But when things become that overwhelming and a baby is crying for a long period of time, mother’s can snap. It does NOTt mean that she planned to hurt him. Education on how to handle the situation before the stress gets that intense is the key. Some people don’t know how to handle it when they find themselves in that situation, and it ends badly. It is sad, but not an isolated incident.

Very well said, Jeri. I wonder how this sentence is going to serve ANYBODY. We’re going to be paying for her board, she probably won’t get the intervention she needs to deal with parenting issues or anger or whatever, and the child is going to be without its mother.

As for those who will want to accuse me of being a soft-heart liberal, are YOU willing to take on this poor, damaged kid in a foster care situation? No, I thought not.

I work at an area hospital that services children and I look at it like this. If this person would have harmed an elderly person as defensless as this infant due to frustration (as Jeri has said), should she be able to go free and not be held accoutable for her actions? Harming a person of any age is wrong. This also applies to when a child dies due to child abuse. In most cases the perpetrator gets a slap on the hand, a fine and probabtion. Murder is murder no matter the age of the victim. It is good to see that in this case the law actually was on the side of the victim. The way it should be.

Hey, Michelle

You are liberal! So waht leave the kid with the mom because you don’t want to pay for it??? She has to pay for it and now so will her kid, sadly- probably forever. You still cannot leave the kld with the mother- most idiotic thing I have read in some time and I never comment!