Force feeding a baby to death

[MrsDistinctlyMintyMonetarism]

Terrible story here that a mother who was a nurse made her child eat by pouring food into her mouth with a jug.

Surely that can't be right. Surely there must be a mistake, how on earth could any one do something like that?

Some people are just incredibly cruel. They suspect the other children in the family had been given similar treatment. I wonder if she approached nursing in the same way?

I heard this on R4 last night - I couldn't believe that the mother is a nurse. I found the whole thing incredibly disturbing, what an appalling thing to do to a child (or anyone for that matter).

That is awful. Poor poor baby.
Not all nurses are kind and compassionate. I speak from the being a nurse and seeing how nurses are position.

Oh Jesus this is unthinkable. it's torture.

Of course I don't hope they do it to her in prison but the thought crossed my mind, the woman must be very very unwell in her mind to have done this

It really is unthinkable isn't it. This has really horrified me and I am not usually that easily shocked. Would agree with MrsBlarney that one or both of the parents must be very unwell.

I wish you could not have used such graphic wording in your thread title.

Sorry bibbity, was just using the same words as the bbc report I linked to.

Poor little thing and siblings.

I imagine the siblings have been taken away, well I should hope so.

Good God

I can't bear to think of this. That poor baby forcibly choked by her own mother. Inconceivable.

It's very sad.

But I have come across it before. A mum was pouring milk down her baby's throat because she thought she wasn't eating enough and wasn't fat enough. Luckily the baby wasn't acutely unwell but came to our attention as the mum brought her in due to vomiting.

how sad

I find it really bizarre that any parent (or any sane adult actually) could think this was ok??

And a nurse at that.

Hideously cruel and unnecessary death.

I don't think they thought it was OK.

One person being mentally ill but two, and in the same way?

Basic standard child cruelty, nothing more, nothing less. Bastards.