I don't know how anyone can harm a child who is so defenseless. I mean, throwing and kicking him? It makes me nauseous.
I will never forget one afternoon at the doctors office with Liam (getting breathing treatments), when he was about 5 months, and the nurse was in talking to us. She said she was sorry for the wait, but they had an emergency that morning. And proceeded to tell me (prolly illegally!) that a couple brought their 6 week old in for a follow-up on failure to gain weight. When they asked for her clothes to be removed, the parents baulked, saying they weren't sure why it was necessary, since she was just wearing light pants and a onsie. And the nurse explained why they weighed in just a clean, dry diaper. When the parents removed her clothing, the baby was black and blue with an obvious broken rib. I cried when the nurse told me. They had to get social workers there and the parents were arrested right in the doctors office. Apparently it had really shaken up the staff. But it still haunts me...thinking of who could hurt an itty bitty baby.
So sad.