The news reports say 10lbs and the baby just looks healthy, well cared for, and with curiosity in her eyes. I guess things aren't always what they look like though. The house was locked and there were no signs of a break in. Sadly there just seems to be no chance it was anyone but the mother. I think it's going to end up the same thing we've heard a million times. Mother was in over her head with three small children.
This is a pretty embarrassing story and I hope no one thinks less of me for it, but it's relevant.
I was completely a single mother doing it by myself no breaks, no help. I remember one day when my daughter was a month old. One of those you do everything you can think of and the baby just wouldnt stop crying. I seriously felt like I was going to have a mental breakdown. I put her in her car seat, went to my parents house, and just put the car seat down beside my mom and walked straight outside to the porch where I hysterically ugly cried for what seemed like forever. Eventually my mom walked outside and I started trying to explain everything and how I cant handle it and she stopped me and said I'd done the right thing and that she'd never been more proud. Sometimes when there's nothing else you can do you just have to walk away for a few minutes.
She told me that every mother has that moment, and that moment can be the difference between being a mother and a monster.
