Life is unfair and this is because I know several women are looking for babies, and will treat one like a goddess if they are blessed with one…

However, somewhere in Brazil, a parent has offered to sell a baby for just £260 (R$1000) because the baby won’t let them sleep—surely every baby cries and they won’t let parents sleep.

Brazilian police have launched an investigation into the advert, which was posted on Tuesday on the OLX classified website.

The advert which features a baby of only a few months old dressed in a blue outfit had the the caption: ‘Cries a lot and did not let me sleep and I have to work to survive.’

According to Brazilian police, the advertiser has offended whether the person actually meant to sell the baby or not, and that it was an offence to publish the baby’s image and use the telephone number of another person ‘fraudulently’.

Police Child Protection officer, Marcela Orçai, from Aparecida de Goiânia is reported to have said, ‘If the person is the parent of the child then they can be charged under Brazil’s Children and Adolescents Act for publishing the image improperly. The crime carries a penalty of up to two years in prison.