Authorities seek public assistance in locating the mother after the tragic discovery of a newborn baby’s lifeless body in refuse bins. Image: Freepik/rawpixel.com
Baby found DRUNK after mother filled bottle with ALCOHOL
According to reports, the mother decided to make the seven-week-old drink alcohol to stop the child from crying
Authorities seek public assistance in locating the mother after the tragic discovery of a newborn baby’s lifeless body in refuse bins. Image: Freepik/rawpixel.com
A mother is accused of filling up her newborn baby’s bottle with alcohol as opposed to milk this past weekend. According to FOX News, 37-year-old Honesti de la Torre from California, United States of America (USA) gave her baby booze in an attempt to stop the child from crying.
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US MOM FACES CHARGES
Authorities were reportedly called to a scene in an area several kilometers from Los Angeles. When they arrived, they found the toddler had clearly been given alcohol and was intoxicated.
According to officials, the mother was driving around the area with her child and had stopped to give her alcohol as the toddler had been crying.
For now, it isn’t clear how the baby is doing, he or she was taken to hospital. De la Torre, however, has been charged with child endangerment and is expected to appear before a judge on Tuesday, 8 August 2023.
It isn’t clear how different this would be to exposing an unborn baby to alcohol. There’s a condition known as foetal alcohol syndrome, which is caused by exposing an unborn baby to alcohol.
It’s a pattern of mental, physical and behavioural symptoms seen in some people whose mothers consumed alcohol during pregnancy. Not all prenatal alcohol exposure results in the syndrome; it is the most severe form of a range of effects called foetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
South Africa has the highest reported rates of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the world: 111.1 per 1,000 population. The disorders may affect seven million people in the country. The number could be higher because of under-diagnosis. Foetal alcohol syndrome can’t be reversed. But confirmed diagnosis can have benefits. It can lead to early intervention and therapy (physical, occupational, and speech, among others), and a better understanding from parents and teachers. Diagnosis can also ensure that adults are eligible for social services support.
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