Vic baby death trial hears from mum

The mother of a baby girl who died in regional Victoria has denied calling her daughter names or telling the father she was afraid of getting "done" for manslaughter.

Eleven-month-old Charlotte Rose Keen died in the Royal Children's Hospital on December 17, 2004 from head injury complications days after she was found unresponsive in her cot at the Wodonga home her mother shared with her then boyfriend, Brett Noel Penrose.

The truck driver is on trial for manslaughter after pleading not guilty to causing the girl's death in the Victorian Supreme Court.

Charlotte's mother, Renee Jones, 33, was cross examined by defence counsel John Kelly at Penrose's trial on Tuesday.

She denied telling a friend weeks before Charlotte's death that she regretted having her daughter.

"Did you say to her: 'sometimes I wish I didn't have Charlotte because Brett doesn't want to have more kids'?" Mr Kelly asked Ms Jones.

"I never said that," she replied.

Ms Jones also denied calling her daughter names.

She said she never said "you f*****g c***, you go to sleep" to the baby, as suggested by defence counsel, but admitted swearing in Charlotte's presence.

"I did, and I still do, use language like that but do not direct it at people," she said.

Two of Ms Jones' friends recalled the mother insulting Charlotte about six weeks before she died in 2004, Mr Kelly told the trial.

He asked Ms Jones if she remembered talking to Charlotte's father - Graeme Keen - at the hospital the day before their daughter died.

"Do you agree you said to him: 'I'm going to be done for manslaughter'?" Mr Kelly asked.

"I don't know what I said, so I'm not going to agree to that," Ms Jones said.

While being re-examined by Crown Prosecutor Susan Borg, Ms Jones said Charlotte's death was a stressful time and she "could have said it" but does not remember.

Earlier Ms Jones testified that Charlotte was motionless and "floppy in the neck" when she tried to pick her up on December 12, 2004.

The Crown alleges Penrose either struck, threw, or shook Charlotte on the evening of December 11.

An autopsy said the baby girl sustained a head injury that would have been the result of blunt impact or shaking. It also found nerve root damage that indicated shaking had occurred.

The trial will resume on Wednesday.