At first I felt foolish admitting that I needed help learning ordinary tasks.

Then I realized nearly everyone in the room was frightened of something: feeding schedules, sleep deprivation, work, money, the responsibility of being needed by someone so small.

One father said, “Babies don’t need perfect parents.

They need parents who keep coming back.”
I wrote it in my notebook and added a sentence of my own: And partners deserve the same.

PART 12
The first real setback came on a Tuesday evening when Maya’s temperature rose again.