One Bay area mother is sharing her story, hoping what happened to her daughter, doesn't happen to anyone else.

  • Alysha Quinn saw bruising on her 1-year-old's face
  • The infant had just spent time with her babysitter
  • The PCSO office said Nicol Baker admitted to slapping the child

Alysha Quinn noticed bruising on her daughter's face after her child spent time with the babysitter, Nichol Lynn Barker, last week. Her daughter, Kaylee Percianoff, is 1 year old.

"It was clearly a bruise across her whole face," Quinn said. "Her ear was black, behind her ear was bruised."

Quinn went to the police and Pasco Sheriff's deputies arrested Barker on felony child abuse charges.

According to the complaint affidavit, Barker admitted to "striking the 1 year [old] victim in the face due to crying."

"For someone to do something like that to a 1-year-old, it's sick," Quinn said. "It's very sick and I feel deceived, betrayed."

Quinn found the babysitter online in a closed Facebook group. She's a single mom who works and she was looking for someone within her budget.

"Affordable to where I could work and still pay for daycare," she said. "Someone that would work around my hours."

Though Quinn works, she said she can't afford full-time, standard day care. The average cost of infant care in Florida is about $725 a month, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

That's more than $8,000 a year.

"Daycare is the amount that I pay for rent," Quinn said. "It's expensive, very expensive."

Quinn hopes by sharing her story, she can help other parents avoid what she and her daughter endured.

"I want parents to know that it's OK to come out and say something happened to their kid," she said. "Don't be scared of CPS, don't be scared of the cops. It's important for your kid to feel safe."

There's a petition online calling for harsher punishment against Barker and all those charged with child abuse.

Quinn hopes to send the petition to Florida Governor Rick Scott soon.