Obviously this Louisiana mother of three, now four, has raised some good kids, albeit with an oblivious father. After all, it was her 13-year-old son who found the ailing newborn — umbilical cord still attached — in the yard crying and took action to save him. I shudder to think what may have happened if his mom had not already left for work, since obviously this fourth child was not wanted.
Dad claims he did not know his wife had given birth sometime the previous day, which I believe because some men just do not pay attention, even if their wife is writhing in pain and spending a lot of time in the bathroom. It is thought this Pearl River woman kept her pregnancy hidden from everyone but her family, another fact I believe. Recently, a woman at my child's school had a baby, and she never, ever looked any chubbier than she already was before the birth.
The 35-year-old woman claimed she thought the baby was dead, so she did the obvious, left it in the backyard for the gators, skeeters and nutria to take care of — kidding. I will give her credit, in that, if she really wanted to dispose of the child she probably would have just thrown it in the trash. She left it in her own backyard wrapped in a towel, so there was the possibility that someone would find it, leaving me to think that somewhere deep down she did not want the baby to die. But, with all the options — Louisiana does have a Safe Haven Law — available these days, it is hard to feel sympathetic.
As of this writing, the baby is "improving" and the mean mom is in jail. She is being charged with cruelty to a juvenile and child desertion. A link to the story appears below.
Every baby for himself
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