The story isn't about a dead baby.
It's just an advertisement for a pair of baby shoes that people read way too much into.- If that's true, then why did they feel the need to unnecessarily specify the shoes have never been worn?
- Why not say what kind of condition something you're selling is in?
- Why not call them "brand new" then?
The baby was born with abnormally large feet.
Alternately, the baby was born without feet at all.
The baby outgrew his shoes before his parents ever had a chance to use them.
An all too easy mistake when stocking up on apparel in advance. The parents never actually had a baby
They bought baby supplies, but didn't have a baby because they couldn't conceive. The parents lied about the baby shoes never being worn
And the baby's okay. However, it is pretty dark that they were either poor or greedy enough to resort to that... The baby is a Time Lord !
Of course, he eventually left off to another place in his TARDIS and accidentally dropped the shoes he got as a souvenir before he could wear them. A man eventually found the shoe and put it for sale in his bargain garage. Person who advertises shoes stole them from the couple who were expecting a baby
And that couple ended up buying them back, none wiser of thief’s deception.