It involved details of up to 18 historical fractures that the baby had endured, including the right collarbone, ribs, a neck fracture and upper cervical spine.
When sentencing, Judge Denys Barry took into account Lim's remorse, that he expressed through a handwritten letter, and his early guilty pleas.
He said a psychological report found Lim had not coped with pressures of taking care of a baby which lead to "extreme" violence against the child.