Overview
- Kebekus told dpa in Cologne that her child slapped a burning candle during the first birthday celebration.
- She said the child was not injured but screamed loudly after the brief contact with the flame.
- A video of the incident exists, and some relatives still like to rewatch the clip.
- Kebekus noted the child had been saying “hot” about lamps and the sun, and once about a boy on a train, before learning the real meaning that day.
- The episode appears in her book “8000 Arten als Mutter zu versagen,” which Kiepenheuer & Witsch publishes on Nov. 6.