The grandmother of the baby found inside a toilet bowl says she will not put her only grandchild up for adoption.
|||Cape Town - The grandmother of the infant found inside a toilet bowl says she will not put her only grandchild up for adoption.
The 51-year-old granny says she will take care of her tiny grandson.
“The baby is not up for adoption. This is my only grandchild,” she tells the Daily Voice.
“I can’t just give him away like that. “I will take him and I will raise him because he is our child.”
On Tuesday, police found the baby face-down inside a toilet after his mother gave birth and left him abandoned.
The baby was found nearly three hours after the mother gave birth.
The young woman, who works as a domestic worker in Newfields, denied giving birth when she was confronted by her employers and hospital staff.
The little boy’s worried granny, who is from Kimberly in the Northern Cape, burst into tears when she heard her daughter had been arrested for concealment of birth.
She says she didn’t know police took her daughter into custody hours after giving birth.
“In all the years she has been away from home I have never had any problems with her,” she says.
“I don’t want to speak in her favour, but I get the feeling she was scared to tell people she is pregnant.
“Maybe she felt the pain and wanted to use the toilet when the baby came out.
“I hope they (police) don’t punish her for this.”
The granny says the birth of her grandson came as a surprise but she is happy.
“I don’t know what to feel,” the granny says.
“I was really shocked when her employers called and told me she had a baby.
“But I am happy for the little one and that he is safe - even if he came unexpected.”
The woman says she does not know if her daughter was in a relationship with anyone before she moved to Cape Town. She says the family is worried about her daughter and has not yet thought of a name for the newborn.
“I didn’t have a chance to think about a name yet,” she explains.
“I am just worried about her.”
Late on Thursday night, cops confirmed the mother had not yet been charged and she was still in hospital.
Daily Voice