An Iowa mom is facing years in jail after intentionally making her child sick. Alexandra Marie Frost admitted guilt for injecting her toddler with insulin. After taking her 2-year-old to the hospital with troubling blood sugar and glucose levels, doctors began to believe the child may have been dealing with medical abuse. It seemed that Frost was the one making her child sick by giving her child insulin when it wasn’t needed, and video footage from her child’s hospital room led to her arrest.
On August 29, 2025, 27-year-old Frost was sentenced to serve 10 years in a state correctional facility, Law & Crime reported. In June, Frost pleaded guilty to one count of felony child endangerment resulting in serious bodily injury and one count of felony administering harmful substances.
She was given five years for each charge — the maximum sentence for each. Her sentences will be served consecutively.
Frost’s abuse came to light on March 13, 2023, KGAN reported. Her 2-year-old son was admitted to University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital with multiple medical issues.
According to court filings, the boy had low blood sugar levels, which necessitated administering glucose. His insulin levels were “very high,” lab results showed, per KGAN. A search warrant obtained by People showed his health kept deteriorating, and there “appeared to be anomalies.”
Doctors began to suspect medical abuse when his glucose levels would repeatedly drop and then stabilize. They believed the boy may have been a victim of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
On March 14, a camera in the boy’s room was activated by hospital staff, People reported. Footage reportedly showed Frost holding a syringe and injecting her son in the foot.
“After injecting [her son’s] foot, Frost walks to where the ‘SHARPS’ container is located and appeared to place the syringe into the container,” the warrant read, per People. “Prior to the injections [victim] appeared to be calm and when Frost injected his foot, [victim] becomes agitated and screams consistent with being in pain.”
A police officer took a picture of a small needle prick on the child’s foot, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported. It wasn’t bandaged. The boy’s nurse told police they don’t give injections in the top of the foot. Instead, injections would always be given in the bottom of the foot and would be bandaged.
The toddler was removed from Frost’s care by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. After he was removed from her care, he didn’t exhibit any issues with blood sugar levels.
