Dad says "spoiled" 5-week-old baby "needed a little slapping" (Travis County, Texas)

Dad EDDIE THOMAS JR. says his 5-week-old son was "spoiled" and "needed a little slapping." Result: Two skull fractures, leg and rib fractures, and hemorrhaging in both eyes.

I can think of somebody who needs a little slapping here, and it isn't a baby.

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/entries/2009/10/15/fiveweekold_seriously_hurt_man.html

5-week-old seriously hurt; man charged
By Mark Lisheron Thursday, October 15, 2009, 10:29 AM

The father of a 5-week-old boy who suffered two skull fractures, leg and rib fractures and hemorrhaging in both eyes told a Dell Children’s Hospital nurse the child was spoiled and needed a little slapping, according to an arrest affidavit filed today.

Eddie Thomas Jr., 33, was held in the Travis County Jail on a $150,000 bond charged with injury to a child, a first-degree felony.

Child abuse investigators were called to the hospital Oct. 9 after nurses found bruising on the infant’s body. One of the nurses questioned Thomas and the mother of the infant, and both denied knowing how the child was injured, according to the affidavit.

When the child cried while his temperature was being taken, Thomas told the nurse, “He’s a cry baby, too spoiled,” the affidavit said. Thomas made a back and forth slapping motion in the air and told the nurse, “everyone needs a little of this and a little of that,” the affidavit said.

Thomas told a doctor she had noticed redness and bruising on the child beginning Oct. 2, the affidavit said.

After interviews in which Thomas denied injuring the child, but admitted being rough with him, police arrested Thomas on Tuesday.