A Baby is Born with a Need to be Loved
Recently I saw an article that talked about a Mom who physically abused her one year old baby.
It was caught on video, and she’s said to have physically abused her crying baby for about four minutes.
And the baby, … *sigh* one of the commenters who watched the video said that the baby, still crying after being hit again and again by the Mom, still stretched out her/his arms towards the Mom.
It just showed how babies – however cranky, difficult, seemingly unreasonable and loud they can sometimes be – they have this immense need to be loved.
Now, THAT broke my heart.
I didn’t know whether that’s the baby’s real Mom, or the babysitter.
Whoever that lady was, the baby’s gesture just showed how babies – however cranky, difficult, seemingly unreasonable and loud they can sometimes be – they have this immense need to be loved.
Babies don’t understand – just yet – about what’s really going on in their world.
To them, WE are their world.
They learn about the world through us, their parents.
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I refused to watch the video.
I knew I would be very disturbed.
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Brie’s been more difficult lately, crying, refusing to nap and screaming more often than usual.
After reading the article, I went to check on Brie who’s fallen asleep on my bed.
I sat and watched her.
Her smooth baby cheeks. The gentle breathing. The peaceful rest she’s having.
Brie’s been more difficult lately, crying, refusing to nap and screaming more often than usual.
My guess is, she’s probably teething.
I held her little hand.
And while still asleep, she tightened up her grip and held mine.
Ah babies.
You are born with a need to be loved.
May God give us parents the perseverance, patience and love that we need, so we can in turn love these little ones whom HE has entrusted in our care.
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“Children are a gift from the Lord. They are a reward from HIM.”
James 127:3
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Have a blessed Sunday, everyone!
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heart touching but truly sometimes it sucks to be a mom and we shouldn’t forget that a child needs more tender care,love and understanding than punishment.
Dear Leonny, coincidentally, my 9-mth old little girl is exhibiting some of the same fussiness – whining more and less contented than usual.
I felt a upset because she refused to settle for her cat-nap just this evening, especially when I had “big” plans to catch up with mopping. Before responding to her by carrying her up, I sought the Lord for more patience and love to meet her needs.
You are not alone. Indeed, may the Lord give us the patience and love for the little ones He had blessed us to care for this season in time.
Thanks VivC for sharing.
It’s one of those phases, I think. And anyway, I think every child will go through ‘more difficult’ phases every year that doesn’t last ‘forever’ but does seem like a ‘long time’ when we are going through it =)
All the best with you and your little one … and yes, may God give us the needed patience and love every day …
Motherhood is full of challenges. I really need to ask God for extra patience and wisdom. Really thank you for the reminder, Ci!
Iya Vick … and as the child grows, the challenges get more ‘interesting’ too … Really, may God help us parents and enable us to be parents, the kind HE wants us to be ..
I heard about this story a few days ago from a friend. I told him I don’t think I could watch the video and left it as that. When I read your blog, I was reminded with this same story again. I told my husband about it and he actually watched the video but couldn’t finish it as it was too disturbing. When my hubby described what the mother did, I literally felt my stomach turned and made me physically ill. I may have had a little bit of tears coming out.
My baby girl is now 9 months old, very much similar in age as this baby that was being abused. I can’t imagine my life without her. As most mothers, I know very well how difficult it is to still be patient and loving when your baby just cries and cries for as long as hours. I know that this is not an easy thing to go through.
But babies do not ask to be born, they are vulnerable and depend on us parents for their survival and wellbeing. It is our responsibility to protect and love them. Like you said, there are other factors that may have been contributed to her behaviour. The fact that she is a single mother and only 18 years old may very well be one of them. Nevertheless, it is so unfortunate what the baby had to go through. My only wish is that the baby is now in good hands and that she would never have to go through that horrible experience ever again. We all deserve to be loved.
Oh … that’s just so heart wreching =( I don’t think I can even hear the details …
Yes, I really hope babies like the one in the video are in good hands now. So fragile and dependent on adults to care and love them …
OMG this is crazy, just because the baby is crying for freaking FOUR minutes.
What happen to this World?
Sam, … apparently she’s abusing the baby for about four minutes … =( Not sure what the baby did all the while to have caused the Mom to continuously beat the baby …
I acknowledge that there could be a no. of factors going on at the same time … stress, post natal depression, baby constantly crying or something … it’s tough to be patient and be a loving mom when all sorts of things seem to be tangled up and going the ‘wrong way’ … Need to just walk out of the room and let the baby cry out , I think … Abusing the baby doesn’t make him/her quiet =(
So sad …