Iam I am the Mother mother this artical article was writen written about. No, its not a case of "Dumb Mom!" It was a case where each doctor we saw at the hospital changed the feedings and every day care. Besides, not every parent is a genious genius. I did ask for an in home nurse or someone that could come and assist, however I was told that unless My Husband my husband and I (before our seporation separation) were going to seporate separate having him aroung should be enough. I was told this by the hospital officals officials.
I cannot make any real sense at all of the underscored portion.
I do not know the full story behind what is going on here. I must say that I am always leery of psychological diagnoses in which no attribution can be made to some sort of physical anomaly--one cannot actually prove the existence of Munchausen-by-proxy any more than one can prove ADD/ADHD. Being a parent is a difficult job; parenting a sick child, especially in a situation where there appears to be quite a bit of instability within the relationship of the parents,is not just difficult--it is, in my opinion, a recipe for disaster. I know firsthand just how confusing it is to deal with multiple caregivers who often give conflicting advice and instructions. Sometimes its difficult to understand the instructions of one doctor; add several caregivers into the mix and, again, you have an impending disaster.
Before anyone rakes me over the coals, I would like to stress that I am leery of many psychological diagnoses--I am not saying that these "syndromes" do not exist; I simply believe that all too often they are used as a quick way to deal with a complex situation.
At least one hospital did a pretty solid job of proving one of these cases by using a hidden camera when the mother was alone with the child. When there isn't any monetary or other concrete gain to be had by making the child sick, the psych diagnosis of Munchausen's-by-proxy is about all that's left.