Mom demands to know why 19 month-old daughter came home covered with scratches after toddler attack

A mother from Louisiana is seeking answers after her baby daughter was ‘attacked’ and left with bite marks and red scratches all over her body after attending a pre-school in New Orleans. 

The incident occurred at Angel’s Haven Daycare in the Hollygrove neighborhood of the city about a week ago.

Mom Cymande Ford was so distressed she is now determined to find out what really happened and has gone public in the hope of spurring a response from the daycare. 

The first Ford knew something was amiss came following a call from the director of the school.

When she headed to the nursery she found her 19-month-old daughter with several bite marks on her arms and legs. 

Harley Ford, who is just 19 months, went to a New Orleans daycare but somehow ended up with red scratches all over her body within hours of being dropped off

The school have explained the marks as having been the result of a ‘tussle’ with another one-year-old baby who also attends the same school

Mom, Cymande Ford is seeking answers following an attack on her 19-month-old daughter at Angel’s Haven Daycare in New Orleans

‘To relive it is just a horror,’ Ford told News19. ‘I see [Harley’s] face, and it looks like she’s been mauled by a cat, so I start screaming, I’m crying, I dropped my purse, and I ask what happened. I took Harley, and I’m just asking [the school’s director] what happened.’ 

The director of the daycare told Ford that daughter, Harley, had been involved in a ‘tussle’ with another one-year-old. 

Photographs of Harley show the youngster covered in scratch marks all over her face including her cheeks and forehead. 

‘[She has] seven bites up one arm. A couple bites up the other arm. She has pants on, but [the 1-year-old] has bitten through her pants on both legs,’ Ford detailed. ‘You can see the teeth marks. They’re clear and visible.’ 

Ford explained how she found her daughter with multiple bites on both arms and legs, which were visible and required medical attention

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The little girl could be seen with red scratches and rashes all over her body 

The incident occurred at Angel’s Haven Daycare in the Hollygrove neighborhood of the city about a week ago

Ford immediately rushed her daughter to hospital so she could be checked over by doctors.

Ford, who runs her own business, is now anxious about sending Harley back to daycare.

‘It was hard enough for me to send my child to daycare because I’m a business owner. This is just crazy for this to be happening on her third day after something that I already fought myself with so much,’ Ford said to WHNT.

The family has since filed a report with the New Orleans Police Department, with the Department of Children and Family Services now investigating the matter. 

The daycare’s director has declined to comment on the issue when contacted by a local news channel in the area.

Little Harley is no longer attending the daycare following the incident, while her mother works out what to do next