Baby boy is critically ill in hospital 'after mother's boyfriend gave infant a bear hug'

A nine-month-old babe successful Missouri is warring for his beingness successful infirmary aft his mom's fellow allegedly dropped him connected the level and bear-hugged the babe until helium stopped crying. 

Baby Waylon was admitted to infirmary with a encephalon bleed and bruising connected his head, aft Newton County Sherriff's Office said helium was recovered aspirating and not breathing portion asleep.

Investigators accidental this was the effect of kid maltreatment from Jordan Boggess, 28, who is dating Waylon's mom. 

Medical unit astatine Children’s Mercy told Newton County Detectives that the kid had 'abusive caput trauma' arsenic good arsenic different injuries.

The baby's cousin, Jaden Branham, said: 'It’s precise gut-wrenching walking successful and seeing a kid virtually person to combat for their life.'

She added: 'These are children, and they merit to unrecorded normal, carefree lives, not having to interest astir being frightened of who they’re with. And unfortunately, helium was not. He was not capable to bash that.' 

Waylon was placed connected a ventilator upon accomplishment and has since suffered from encephalon swelling and aggregate seizures portion successful captious information astatine Kansas City children's hospital. 

On September 14, the babe was placed successful a babe jumper portion his ma went to the bathroom. 

He was past tossed into the aerial by Boggess, who failed to drawback the kid connected the 2nd flip owed to claims of 'sweaty hands' and Waylon fell to the ground.

That's erstwhile Boggess admitted to authorities that helium bear-hugged the kid until helium stopped crying. 

Christa Newman, the baby's grandmother, told WBTV: 'They said babe Waylon volition not beryllium the aforesaid baby. If helium makes it, he'll beryllium wheelchair-bound. He volition not beryllium capable to talk. He volition not beryllium capable to provender himself.'  

Branham told KY3: 'As a mom, if my kid is throwing up, I'm not going to prime him up and flip him up successful the aerial reasoning that's going to assistance retired successful immoderate scenario.' 

'It's hard. I'm mislaid for words. As parents, our occupation is to support children and beryllium there. This is the hardest combat that I've ever, I've ever had to do,' said the child's grandfather, Tyler Burbridge. 

The household was informed that the babe had nary encephalon enactment during his archetypal fewer days successful the hospital, Waylon has since started showing improvements by opening his eyes and jerking his arm.

Branham said: 'Whenever you locomotion into his room, it’s conscionable instrumentality aft machine. There's IV pumps everywhere. There's a caregiver successful the country astatine each times.'

The child's family, including his father, person stayed with him passim his attraction and acceptable up a fundraiser connected GoFundMe.com to assistance his begetter get sole custody of Waylon. 

Online sermon has accused Waylon's mother, Bessie Mccamish, of having cognition of the abuse. 

She responded saying: 'Also I had nary cognition of the abuse! And helium is nary longer my existent boyfriend. Every azygous idiosyncratic who knows maine cognize I wouldn’t fto a azygous idiosyncratic wounded that child! You don’t adjacent cognize his sanction oregon me.'

Another fundraiser on GoFundMe.com is successful enactment of Waylon's mother. 

Boggess is present nether probe for kid abuse.