Grandmother dips 2-year-old girl's feet in boiling water; toddler may lose her feet forever

A step grandmother allegedly dipped a 2-year-old toddler's feet in boiling water as punishment because she was having a bad day and now the child may lose her feet, reports India Times.

Kaylee Robinson, the child, suffered third-degree burns and blisters from her ankles to toes from the accident. She is not able to run or walk and she is in pain.

Her mother, Brittany Smith, claims that the child's grandmother admitted to using hot water as punishment as she was having a bad day.

The grandmother has babysat the child a number of times in the past, tells Smith. She has now been charged with aggravated child abuse and if convicted she may face 15 to 18 years in prison.

The child has undergone two operations and she will still need surgery. She told Metro US, "The skin is not really repairing itself in the way the doctors hoped it would. Kaylee is in a lot of pain. They are going to take some skin from her thigh next week to try and repair her feet. She is at high risk of infection and could end up losing them."