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Updated: 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005 | Posted: 6:37 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005

Mother Accused of Giving Baby Hard Liquor



LACEY, Wash. —

A Lacey mother faces criminal misconduct charges for allegedly filling her baby's bottle with whiskey.

She went to jail and the 17-month old baby ended up in the hospital.

Rebecca Kern admits putting Jim Beam Whiskey in her son's bottle the day before a friend came to visit her.

Mother Gives Baby Whiskey To Help Child Sleep

"I just put a little bit in his bottle to help him sleep. I've heard from other people about it. It was my stupidity." said Rebecca Kern.

The busy mom ended up having neighbors at the apartment complex babysit and they noticed the child was behaving strangely.

"His eyes were glassy and glazed over. His pupils were huge and he was still drunk" said Jesse Behe. They noticed the smell of liquor on his breath and that's when they realized the bottle had been spiked.

Neighbors say the baby began turning blue so they called the child's grandparents.

They took him to a hospital where he was treated and released. The child is expected to make a full recovery.

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