Here on Stolen Lives, we discuss brutal and heartbreaking cases against children.

Themes may include child murder, torture, and sexual domestic and child abuse.

I do try my best to remain respectful for the babies in these stories

and leave out unnecessary details that honestly,

none of us need to know to understand the frustration

of why and how this ever happened. However, if you find any of these themes triggering,

this podcast may not be for you. Listener discretion is advised. At Wits End, this saying is defined by the Cambridge English Dictionary as, quote,

To be so worried, confused or annoyed, you don't know what to do next, unquote.

I know I've used this saying when I'm frustrated

when a simple task isn't going the way I wanted to,

like putting a flat pack together.

I think we've all been there.

But this Sorrelway line was used by a mother

to explain why she picked up her 13-month-old foster baby

and shook him until his brain could no longer cope.

We have all heard of shaken baby syndrome, and the devastating effects this has on babies,

and it is tragic. A baby's brain is smaller than its skull to allow growth,

and their neck and spine bones are extremely fragile. Deliberate forced shaking can cause

severe brain damage, blindness and death, and it can happen to a sleep deprived and mentally

drained new parent before they even realise what they have done. But this is a case of sustained

abuse. Messages between the foster mother and father documenting their hatred for this sweet

little boy, a baby that could have been saved.

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