According to the arrest affidavit, the injuries took place between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30. The baby was born July 26. On Nov. 30, the baby was admitted to Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital for failing to thrive. After the mother told doctors the suspect had punched the child in the face, doctors did X-rays and found multiple fractures. According to the arrest affidavit, Weatherwax told police that marijuana, cocaine and Xanax had been used by people watching the child. He told police he had fallen while holding the infant on Nov. 27.

Weatherwax has been charged with two counts of assault causing willful injury, one count of abandonment of a dependent person and one count of child endangerment. He was being held Monday in the Pottawattamie County Jail on $200,000 bond.