News that Makes Me Almost Throw Up

There has been yet another awful tragic pointless baby death here in Milwaukee.

A 4 month old baby was left in the van outside of his day care center. The strong sun today got the heat in the van up above 100 degrees. He was bundled up against the outdoor cold, and left in the van by the driver for 4 hours.

A couple of months ago, another employee of a day care owned by the same person was charged with child abuse, for allegedly breaking the arms of two young boys who attended that day care center.

In two separate cases in the last few months, two babies have been crushed/suffocated in couches. In the most recent one, the grandmother said that she had consumed 8 beers that day, but wasn’t drunk when she was sleeping on the couch with the baby. The woman before her had previously suffocated/crushed another one of her infant children.

A couple of weeks ago, a young mother of a 2 month old shook her child to death. She was frustrated because he wasn’t letting her get any sleep.

On the same day, a 3 year old was killed by his mother’s boyfriend. The child was beaten to death for messing up the dining room.

I just don’t understand.

I don’t. I don’t understand.

It makes me want to throw up. And cry. And hit something. And throw up again.