Missing Little M

This is going to be a post about our lovely daughter little M.

Little M is 19 months old – I know this is a cliché` used over and over again but were has the last 19 months gone? Anyways back to little M who knows how to get what she wants these days. I must admit we got her into this habit of sleeping in our bed then moving her to her cot when she’s asleep. Now the problems occurred when she woke up in the middle of night. Poor baby used to probably wake thinking hang on where am I/what am I doing here I was asleep on the bed. Hmm mummy and daddy look comfy I know what I’ll do I’ll moan moan moan cry cry cry until I wake them up so they can come and grab me and we did. She’d be asleep before her head hits the mattress.

Now we finally managed to get her to sleep in her cot (thanks to Mummy) and she sleeps straight through with her Iggle Piggle blanket. So you’d think it’d be sheer bliss and we can get some proper sleep until the next baby is due(in April).

But I actually miss my daughter head-butting my nose in the middle of my sleep, stroking my arm and laying her foot arrest on mine. Sometimes she cuddles up to me and pushes me right to edge of my side of the bed other times she used to wake me up in the cutest of ways - I’d be asleep and I’ll wake up with her on top me, she’d be laying her face onto mine, her cheek on mine. How cute is that?

Man Now I miss her sleeping by our side. I think I need to see if there’s space in her cot, I might just be able to squeeze in.

Cruel World

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•Eight broken ribs and a broken back, with another area of bleeding around the spine at neck level.
•Numerous bruises, cuts and abrasions, including a deep tear to his left ear lobe, which had been pulled away from his head.
•Severe lacerations to the top of his head, including a large gouge which could have been caused by a dog bite.
•Blackened finger- and toenails, with several nails missing; the middle finger of his right hand was without a nail and its tip was also missing, as if it had been sliced off.
•A tear to his fraenulum, the strip of skin between the middle of the upper lip and the gum, which had partially healed.
•One of his front teeth had also been knocked out and was found in his colon. He had swallowed it.

These describe the injuries suffered by a 17 month old baby P that eventually led to his death by his Mum and her boyfriend. This could’ve been avoided many times as he was visited 60 times in 8 months by social workers, police and health professionals; so why didn’t they put a stop to this?

This really has broken my heart; the poor little boy needed love and security. What sort of sick-minded individuals would do this to a child? I can’t begin to imagine the pain he must’ve felt. I look at my daughter and can’t begin to describe what I would do to someone if they even tried something like that.

Everyone in his short and tragic life has failed him. We must intervene as a society when we are concerned that “something isn’t right”. Family, friends, neighbours, we should make it our duty to protect the vulnerable and confront the perpetrators of any form of abuse.

As for the perpetrators, why is their even a trial? An eye for an eye I say...

Rest in peace baby P, my thoughts are with you...