And his head was starting to swell. Authorities immediately suspected Nicole and investigated whether she participated in the abuse or simply let it happen. She has since been cleared of suspicion, police said. She says it's almost as bad, in her mind, that she didn't even have a clue the baby was suffering. He was charged with felony child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury on Thursday.
Police allege the frustrated dad threw the baby onto a bed a half dozen times.
Police say the abuse started when Nicole's maternity leave ended and she went back to her job. But this time it hit home. It happened to us. That's why she wanted me to write this column. Mothers need to know, she said, that abuse isn't always so obvious.