I called and man!

mummy2girls wrote: well i went with my gut and called the agency. the agency told me that by law i had to call respite( crisis line). And so i had to. I called them told them and they asked me to email the pics. She then called back and said yes someone needs to come out to see him. So about 20 minutes later a police officer came to the door with a child services worker. They took my statement and asked questions then they wanted to see his bumb. they both saw it and looked at me and said.. you did the right thing Shelly. And the worker said by the bruising and marks that it left he thinks he used a spoon of some kind or the heel of the hand maby. they are leaning agaist hand because if it was the hand force caused that then there should be finger prints on him. Then i asked him if my name will be released to the mom. They said no but she will put 2 and 2 together and figure it out. Well i get a call from mom. she is yellinga t me and crying. I told her im sorry but by law i had to do this. I signed teh child welfare act and that if i see anything unquestionable or i know is a cause of abuse i need to call. I had to because if i dont then i can lose my liscence and the agency. I told her that this is my career im in it for the kids. I will protect is i had to. And then i told her to be honest if marcus did that to jenna he would be gone. Then she admitted to me that he did it in front of her. NO EXCUSE!!!! Im sorry but i would not live with myself if i didnt call. The agency called me because the police contacted them while here to get info. And they told me i did the right thing.. this is our jobs. And they will back me up and the police and such will too. But to be prepared because if the mom comes back and says i did it then someone may come to ask me questions. No problem I have nothing to hide!!!!! Plus the police tried asking him questions but he wouldnt answer because he was a stranger. so i asked him in front of the police. I said do you have an owie on your bumb? the boy said yes. I said does it hurt? yes it does. Who did that to your bumb? C****. so the boy actually told teh police the name of the boyfriend. Then i asked how did he do that? he banked me. They looked at the mark and they can tell it was not fresh. plus would i be doing this if i did it? So the mom came to get her son and im stillw aiting to see if he is getting pulled out of my home.

I may sound like a hard butt but there is no bloody way i can let that slide.

Was i right in doign this? I just couldnt do it. so now my phone is ringing off the hook because the police is calling, crisis line, and agency.

moped replied: You did the right thing!!!! Please keep us posted!

grapfruit replied: As hard as it was, you did the right thing! It SOUNDS like all parties involved CPS and Police took you serious and realize it's not you.

lovemy2 replied: Nice job Shelly - you are a wonderful person (of course we already knew that but) you did the right thing and its obvious that little boy needs someone to protect him. I hope it all calms down and he is taken care of with no issues back on your end. Good job

gr33n3y3z replied: very good I'm glad you did
please keep us posted

bawoodsmall replied: You did the right thing. Dont feel guilty.

Anthony275 replied: you did the right thing!

redchief replied: I already weighed in on this earlier. Your responsibility is to the well-being of the child, not the feelings of the mother. In most cases such as this CPS will normally evaluate the family situation and decide from there whether the child is safe in the home. I do hope this woman presses battery charges against her butt-head of a boyfriend, and calls him "ex-boyfriend." Unfortunately, that would be an uncommon end to the story.

You done good, Shelly!

amynicole21 replied: I'm proud of you, Shelly

lisar replied: You 100% did the right thing shelly. Dont second guess yourself. I would have done the same thing.

mummy2girls replied: Thanks guys!

luvbug00 replied: Shelly you should be very proud of yourself for putting the kids first! WTG!

I hope that this never happens again to this kid and i'm glad you had the currage to speak up for him.

holley79 replied: You did the right thing.

momtoMegan&Alyxandria replied: You absolutely did the right thing. I am glad you took pics. I was going to suggest that, but then I didn't know if it was the right thing with it being on his butt.
You are helping to protect him and if the mom can't see that than she is stupid. Especially if she told you he did it in front of her. That just screams Susan Smith to me.

Kudos to you.

A&A'smommy replied: You totally did the right thing!!!!! Good Job Shelly

Jamison'smama replied: WTG Shelly! I know it was a hard thing to do but was the only thing you could do. Great job---keep us posted.

luvmykids replied: WTG Shelley, it's one of those things where you know what is right but it still took a lot of guts to do it

I can't believe the mom lied about it and it turns out she was there, that's even worse IMO. She's probably upset more than anything that she might lose her boyfriend, and that is very sad to me.

Kirstenmumof3 replied: Shelley you did the right thing! Let the mom be mad, she knew it happened and if she continues to let her boyfriend treat her son like that she should be put in jail! That's just awful! Please let us know how it goes!

Boo&BugsMom replied: You did the right thing!!! You are there to protect the child, not the parents/boyfriend's stupidity. Perhaps this will wake the mom up to leaving the boyfriend. I hope they do something with him. Good job!

My2Beauties replied: Thanks for updating. You did the right thing, I hope they make the parents of that poor baby attend parenting classes and seek some type of counseling, also their home needs to be visited for quite a while and the little boy checked up on.