TwinkletOes26
Jun 27, 2008, 06:00 PM
My cousin and her husband have always been irresponsible people. The family thought that once they had a kid they would change(wishful thinking). Well now they are even MORE irresponsible. Instead of buying baby food they chew food up spit it out and then feed it to the baby. They said they did this because they couldn't afford baby food. My mom me and grandma bought the baby some food. They did not feed it to the baby because they said it wasn't gerber and their baby only eats gerber baby food. The baby(who is 2 ) constantly has diaper rash from infrequent changing. She can't walk properly and isn't even trying to form words(no baby babble)
The worst part is that I suspect (from what I have learned in child psychology classes) that my cousins husband has been molesting the baby. I first thought this by the baby being fussy when being changed. Not usual baby fussy but crying loud as if in pain fussy when you are removing her pamper or bathing her. My mom (who use to be a teacher) said that she was taught while she was in college the signs of molestation in children as young as preschool. We don't have concrete proof of molestation BUT the child neglect we have proof of.
The first daycare my cousin placed the baby in refuse to allow her to bring the baby back because of nonpayment and the fact that she refuses to discuss why the baby's "girl parts" are red and irritated not from diaper rash either but like someone has been bothering her. The second daycare she put her in refused to allow her back because she refused to discuss why the baby was obviously malnurished. In fact one day the daycare nurse(this was a NICE daycare) did a once over of the baby and declared that the baby had been underfeed and she suspected abuse of a sexual nature.
Now my delima is I want to call CPS on my cousin because that baby is going to starve to death at the very least if she is not taken away. She lives in a small town so the daycare workers did not call cps because they know my cousin(old hs classmates,church members ect). My mom says that I shouldn't call because my cousin will figure out that I called them. I want to know is there a way to contact cps anonymously?
The worst part is that I suspect (from what I have learned in child psychology classes) that my cousins husband has been molesting the baby. I first thought this by the baby being fussy when being changed. Not usual baby fussy but crying loud as if in pain fussy when you are removing her pamper or bathing her. My mom (who use to be a teacher) said that she was taught while she was in college the signs of molestation in children as young as preschool. We don't have concrete proof of molestation BUT the child neglect we have proof of.
The first daycare my cousin placed the baby in refuse to allow her to bring the baby back because of nonpayment and the fact that she refuses to discuss why the baby's "girl parts" are red and irritated not from diaper rash either but like someone has been bothering her. The second daycare she put her in refused to allow her back because she refused to discuss why the baby was obviously malnurished. In fact one day the daycare nurse(this was a NICE daycare) did a once over of the baby and declared that the baby had been underfeed and she suspected abuse of a sexual nature.
Now my delima is I want to call CPS on my cousin because that baby is going to starve to death at the very least if she is not taken away. She lives in a small town so the daycare workers did not call cps because they know my cousin(old hs classmates,church members ect). My mom says that I shouldn't call because my cousin will figure out that I called them. I want to know is there a way to contact cps anonymously?