PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- A three-count indictment handed down against Erica K. Folmer of Pascagoula alleges the 23-year-old may have begun beating her daughter when the child was only two days old.

Folmer, arrested in November after the child was brought to Singing River Hospital in critical condition, pleaded not guilty on Jan. 17 to the three charges. The indictment against her was handed down in late December, according to Assistant District Attorney Cherie Wade.

Count 1 of the indictment charges that Folmer "did willfully, unlawfully, feloniously and recklessly whip, strike or otherwise abuse" her daughter sometime between July 21, 2013 -- two days after the child was born on July 19 -- and Nov. 15, causing bleeding in the baby's brain.

Count 2 charges that sometime between Nov. 10 and Nov. 16, 2013, Folmer beat the child and caused a fracture in her right humerus (upper arm).

Count 3 alleges that on or about Nov. 16, Folmer beat the child causing "multiple fractures" of her daughter's skull.

On Nov. 16 around 2 p.m., Pascagoula officers responded to a call from the hospital reporting a 3-month-old child with severe injuries covering her entire body. The injuries were consistent with physical abuse.

According to Pascagoula police, Folmer was not at the hospital with her child, but officers located her sitting inside a vehicle outside her apartment. She was taken into custody without incident.

The child was ultimately airlifted to USA Medical Center in Mobile, Ala., and was listed in critical condition.

Pascagoula Police Chief Kenny Johnson said Friday the latest information he had was that the child's condition was "improving." Information on who had taken custody of the child was not immediately available.

Folmer had her initial appearance Nov. 18 before Judge Michael Fondren, who set her bond at $1 million on the charge of Child Abuse/Aggravated Assault. She remains jailed at the Jackson County Adult Detention Center.

Folmer is being represented by Public Defender Adrianne Crawford and is due back in court for trial on March 4. Wade, however, said given that Folmer was just arraigned two weeks ago and that the case is still in the "discovery" phase, it was unlikely the trial would begin in March.