INVESTIGATION – Every year, dozens of couples challenge their child’s shaken baby diagnosis. For most experts, this mistreatment with extremely serious consequences is beyond doubt. But doctors and families are challenging this consensus.
For Mathieu* and his family, this morning in March 2019 was like an ordinary start to the day. While the 40-year-old gets ready in the bathroom, his partner takes care of their daughter Sophia*, then 7 months old, in the master bedroom. “She put it on the edge of our bed for a moment, a rather high bed. I heard a ”boom” and the little one screamed”, says Mathieu, ex-researcher in physics, now reconverted in finance. “ She fell out of bed because she couldn’t sit up well yet. I arrived immediately, my wife had taken her in her arms. She had the mark of our flooring – seagrass – on her forehead. »
Sophia is a little shocked and seems calmer than usual, but she has no concerning symptoms. Her parents take her to daycare, as planned. Around noon, they are told that Sophia does not look well and has vomited. “ My wife immediately went to pick her up to take her to the emergency room. TO…
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