IT’S not just what Kayla Oxenham is accused of doing to her children that will shock you.

What she said during and after the alleged abuse is just as chilling.

The 23-year-old from Florida is accused of burning her daughters, aged five and seven, so that she’d know they were hers.

DISTURBING VIDEO: Mum kicks daughter in the head

Police say the woman used a lighter to heat up a stick and then pressed it against the little girls’ bodies in order to “brand” them.

One of the girls told police that during the torment her mother spoke about how she “forgot how much she loved fire”, NBC News reported.

The young victim said the mother even promised them ice cream after the ordeal was over.

Oxenham, a medical assistant, was arrested for child neglect on Monday but the incident happened in March.

The girls’ plight was brought to police attention after staff at their day care centre noticed scabs on their bodies.

Police are also investigating a claim by the eldest sister that her mother slammed her sister’s head into a wall as punishment after locking a cat in the bathroom.

Oxenham, who denied beating her daughters, was released from jail on a bond.

Originally published as Mum accused of branding girls