As American public opinion divides over the release of the British au pair, Ms Louise Woodward, convicted of manslaughter but freed after her life sentence was reduced, she continues to insist that she is completely innocent of any wrongdoing.
In her first public statement since her release on Monday, Ms Woodward also denied reports that she had sold the rights to her story to any news media.
Denying that she had done any harm to eight-month-old Matthew Eappen and insisting that she loved him, Ms Woodward added: "I know that his family is unable to understand or believe me because it is so convinced that I killed him or at least contributed to his death."
She prayed that further investigations "convince the family that I did him no harm".
In the statement given to the media by a spokesperson outside the Boston hotel where she is staying with her parents, Ms Woodward said she was "enormously relieved" at being given back her liberty by Judge Hiller Zobel.
She was "confident that the future direction of this case, including the ongoing efforts by my lawyers to investigate further the science underlying the case, will further justify Judge Zobel's decision".
Ms Woodward said she was continuing to seek "total vindication" in her case where "as I said under oath I committed no crime whatsoever. I did not kill, much less harm, Matthew Eappen."
The decision by Judge Zobel to release Ms Woodward, after finding her guilty of manslaughter is having mixed reaction across the US. While there was general approval for reducing her conviction from second degree murder, the lightness of her sentence has caused widespread unease.
A USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll of 683 adults found that 52 per cent approved of the manslaughter decision, 30 per cent disapproved and 18 per cent did not know. But asked about the sentence, 52 per cent disapproved of her release, 37 per cent approved and 11 per cent did not know.
The parents of the dead baby have expressed outrage at the judge's decisions.
In an interview with the Boston Globe, Ms Deborah Eappen asked: "What is Judge Zobel thinking? What does that say about justice? Does it say that you can kill a baby, and that your youth and inexperience with cranky babies counts for more than a child's life?
"Louise killed Matty and Judge Zobel at once admits that and then does not make her take responsibility for what she did."
Mr Sunil Eappen said he wondered how the judge could find Ms Woodward guilty of manslaughter and then set her free. "He mentioned in his decision that he was a grandfather. What if Matthew had been his grandson. Doesn't he get it?" he asked.
"He acknowledges on the one hand that someone killed Matthew and on the other hand he frees her. It makes no sense."
Ms Woodward has agreed to stay in the state of Massachusetts until the various appeal procedures have taken place. Both the prosecution and the defence have said they will appeal.