I Was Told My Newborn Had Died—Then My Eight-Year-Old Son Asked Why Daddy Had Paid Aunt Rachel to Take the Crying Bundle
“Not necessarily.
Babies make lots of expressions.”
He looked pleased anyway.
“Maybe she’s practicing.”
“Maybe.”
We did not need to turn a tiny movement into evidence of what she knew or remembered.
It could be a movement we noticed together.
Afterward, Ethan asked whether the house would stay quiet now.