A PREGNANT mother who threw her two-year-old against a brick wall waited three days to take the little girl to hospital despite horror injuries, a court heard.

Melissa Ngati, 25, then allegedly kicked and punched her daughter when she lay helpless on the ground on November 27 this year.



The child remains in the Royal Children's Hospital with permanent brain damage, skull fractures, fractures to neck and collarbone and the right side of her body is paralysed.



Magistrate Charlie Rozencwjg described the charges intentionally cause serious injury and negligently causing serious injury as "inexplicable" as he denied the 25-year-old Deer Park mother-of-three bail.



The Melbourne Magistrates' Court was told the mum force-fed her daughter with a syringe because the little girl's injuries were so severe.



Detective Leading Senior Constable Adam Pawsey said the mum told police she "snapped" after the girl threw up in her bed after being fed.



He said the child was thrown "up to or more than three times" against the wall.



"The victim hit the wall head first," Det Sen-Constable Pawsey said.



"The child fell to the ground and was in an incapacitated state and was unable to move because of her injuries."



The court was told the victim's two siblings aged, three and six witnessed the attack and were "scared".



Det Sen-Constable Pawsey said Ms Ngati, who is 32 weeks pregnant, told doctors her little girl's injuries were caused when she fell off a trampoline but made partial admissions to doctors when confronted about her story.



"She stated she didn't hold back," he said.



He said the child's father, who is standing by his partner, told police Ms Ngati lacked feelings for her daughter.



"It was stated there was no connection or love for this particular child," Det Sen-Constable Pawsey said.



Mr Rozencwjg described the alleged assault as "extreme violence".



"If a human being and particularly a mother is capable of inflicting such violence on her own child that raises a risk," he said.



"The evidence is the accused committed this incredible gross violence upon a two-year-old child."



Defence lawyer Sam Norton said his client was due to give birth in February and had contracted gestational diabetes.



The court heard the mother re-enacted the horrid event to police.



She will return to court at a later date.



devica@heraldsun.com.au