Sad but so true for some families.....

...You can just lie in your crib and cry! You've been crying for hours no matter what I do, so you can just lay there! I'm not going to hold you anymore!

...Why won't she stop crying? I'm trying to take good care of her. I'm so tired! Why am I always stuck with her? I am so alone! Why won't someone help me? Who can I go to? I wish she'd stop. I just can't take that screaming anymore...

...Finally she's quiet. But the cries echo. Do I hear her? No, it's just my imagination. She's still asleep. Funny, even when she's silent, I hear her. It's the crying that never stops...

...Is she up again? I just put her down fifteen minutes ago! She hasn't slept for more than twenty minutes at a time all day. I can't relax, even when she's asleep. I keep waiting for her to wake up again...

...There, she's down again. I wonder how long she'll stay asleep this time. Do I dare lay down for some rest? I'm so tired....

...Damn! She's up again. Why does she do this to me? Doesn't she know that she'd feel much better if she just went to sleep?

...Be quiet right now! I've had enough of this! You need to go to sleep. Why won't you be quiet? You've got to be tired!

...She's screaming even louder. I'm so sick of it. I'm so sick of her! I can't take this much longer!

...How can she look so sweet when she's asleep and be such a monster when she's awake? Wait-what's that bruise from? Is that where I-but I didn't hit her that hard! It was just a little smack; I was just so tired of her screaming...

...Oh baby, I wouldn't hurt you for anything. I'm sorry! I love you too much to hurt you! I won't hit you again. I promise...

...I just don't understand. I thought it would be so different, I planned to be such a good mother, the best mother in the world. No one told me it would be like this. I didn't know that babies don't know how to love. If I had known, I would never have had her-no, that's not true, Even if she cries all the time, I still love her...

...Back and forth...

...Back and forth...

...Here we go again. I've been rocking her for ages. What's the matter now? You've been fed, burped, changed, and cuddled. What possible reason could you have for crying?

...Here, I'll walk you. I'll do anything if you'll just stop that screaming. Stop crying, please. Oh why won't you stop?

Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!

...There, she stopped. I'll hold her for a few minutes and then see if I can put her down. But wait-she's getting cold, I'd better cover her with the blanket. Here, darling, now you'll be nice and warm...

...She's still cold-and she's not breathing. Oh no! Baby, please wake up! Mommy didn't mean to hurt you! Please, please wake up! I won't ever do it again, if you will just wake up! I just wanted you to stop crying!

But I didn't mean-

Forever.