Newborns are swaddled. Typically, 10 month old babies are not swaddled. DB reported putting fresh clothes on Lisa and putting her to sleep with a bottle. There was no mention of swaddling.
I'm just trying to catch up with this case and going backwards through the thread (seriously, two days and there are too many threads to adequately catch up- is Shelby1 still posting her summaries?) and don't recall this being addressed. Lisa probably wasn't swaddled when put to bed, but she might have been swaddled by the kidnapper to help keep her asleep. As somebody who regularly ends up moving a sleeping child, the less the kid moves the less likely they are to wake up. Swaddling the kid prevents limbs from falling and jerking the kid awake.
I guess one of the things that bothers me about this is that you'd think the parents would know their child's size for a few reasons:
1. Because infant medication goes by weight, so you have to keep general tabs on their weight, even if not EXACT.
3. Because the sizes in children's clothing corresponds to certain height-weight ranges. If they are publicizing her as 30 lbs yet she wears size 12m clothes, it's immediately clear that the weight is not possible.
Anyway, even though it's a small detail, it just seems weird and makes me wonder how in tune people surrounding the baby and the case overall actually are.
Snipped by me for space. My perfectly average-to-above average kids have never worn the right age/weight range. Ever. They are always 1-2 sizes down from where they "should" be. The nearly 30 pound kid wears 9-12 month clothes (the one I haven't weeded out of the wardrobe for other reasons- if I buy new I go towards 18-24 months so there's room to grow), and would fit 6-9 month shorts and t-shirts. Tiny little thing with bones made out of concrete, I swear. I also weigh the kids... well, let's say rarely. I operate under the assumption that they are healthy, thriving and eating well- if I need their weight for something I get it, but I can think on one hand the number of times that's come up. And since the parents knew how to describe her down to a bug bite, I don't buy that they aren't tuned in.
For those questioning why hte father might have questioned the son in the bed- it's possible that they don't allow him in bed when dad is there for whatever reason (space on the bed, dad doesn't like the practice or finds it hard to sleep with the kid in bed, whatever), but with dad at work it isn't worth the argument. So it would be unusual for dad, but not odd.
Couple of questions, to save me wading through every thread. I'm seeing mention of a dog that didn't bark- is that the family's dog or a neighbour's? Where was the dog at night- inside, outside, in the bedroom with the mother? The father's car was broken into recently? Is there a possibility a key was in the car that could have been duplicated and put back? Super stretch, I know, but a thought that popped to mind. Is there a link to the family interview (interviews?) that people are suspicious of, finding the tears fake and such?
It is extremely rare that a baby is kidnapped for molestation or a predator purpose and highly unlikely that a male would want a baby...unless it was to present to a wife because they couldn't have one and to pass it off as an adoption "surprise"...yet...the wife would have to see this on the news. As for sweet Hailey, I believe Misty knows and that Hailey was not abducted. That crime was a cover up.
