Teen Mom Caught on Video Stuffing Cotton Down Baby's Throat

Give tax breaks for tubes tied or vasectomies, call it "NO Child Unwanted".

They are certainly not going to sterilize a teenager. She is young enough to be rehabilitated.

A person by the time they reach 7 is suppose to know right from wrong.. if not then Parents are to blame for not teaching them...and any teenage child should know that stuffing cotton down a baby's throat is something that one should not do.... so there has to be more to this young girls story.. like drugs.. something to cause her mental defect that would have her do what she did.

She is young enough to be rehabilitated.

Yeah and I guess that 15 year old who killed the 9 year old just for the shear fun of it can be rehabilitated too /s

She knew what she was doing was wrong but wanted to do it anyway and DID, she is sick in the head and a danger to children. And a liar on top of it. I don't know about forcibly sterilizing...but taking the baby as soon as it's born in case she would have another one, definitely

Me too! Got to have a brick shot of a load on that one!

As a foster parent all you know is what the lying CPS caseworkers tell you, unless the child is old enough to tell you himself or herself. I used to work CPS. Believe me, they use and abuse foster parents too, including falsely accusing them of abusing the kids in their care. Just wait. I wouldn't do this for any amount of money because of what I know, what I've seen with my own eyes.

Mandatory sterilization is a bit much, especially since the standards of proof are so low (often nonexistent) before they will remove a child. We are not Nazis, but some of the caseworkers are Nazi wannabes.

Those evil CPS workers. They just get paid soooo much they are corrupted.

This is attempted murder!!

Actually not in the sense you're talking about. She doesn't want the child to die. She has Munchausen's syndrome by Proxy, which is when a parent usually the mother deliberating causes illness or trauma in a child for the secondary gain she receives. She's usually viewed by medical staff, family and friends as being a very caring and protective mother. i.e. her statement "it happens a lot so I learned CPR so she wouldn't die." She will get sympathy and support from family and friends, and nurturing and care from medical staff who see her worrying by the bedside, often going without sleep.

This syndrome was only identified in probably the last 20 years, and medical staff, particularly in peds units are more observant, and suspicious when they see things reoccurring with no identifiable cause.

There is a condition called Munchhausen's syndrome, and that's when a person causes harm to themselves, or doctor shops and ends up having test after test, and exploratory surgery one after another. I saw a patient once who loved to tell other patients, in vivid detail,the previous 37 surgeries she had "required" and was scheduled for her 38th. Most at different hospitals with different doctors so a pattern isn't identified.

The fact that the mother feigned fainting, she may actually suffer from that also. They are psychiatric illnesses as hideous as it all sounds.

So your saying she has a problem...I didn't need an analysis for that. The question is what to do with her. It is not easily treated and they have not found any "cure" since it is a factitious disease. It cannot be treated with medicine for the same reason, and therapy just reinforces the disorder. Basically even if you put her in a ward she percieve any kindness as the attention she so desperately needs, and ultimately she is hopeless.

Treatment for the caregiver usually is coordinated through the legal system. Long-term psychotherapy is used to help the caregiver acknowledge and express her need for support, respect, and connection. Dealing with these emotional needs more directly may help prevent her from projecting them onto her child. Therapy also focuses on helping her to develop empathy, so she understands the effect her behavior has had on her child. Medicines are used as treatment only if another condition, such as anxiety disorder, exists along with MSBP.

Caregivers with MSBP very often resist treatment. Typically, they experience extreme denial about the problem and diagnosis. Also, these caregivers often try to manipulate health professionals involved in their treatment.

I suspect my mother actually had a mild case of it.

I read several journals this weekend that say women and men like this rarely are able to break the cycle. They still tend to relapse back to their old ways and the child pays.