I took the papers home and put the next date on the calendar.

Her crib stood along the bedroom’s interior wall, clear of the drafty window.

I used the sleep arrangement the team had explained: on her back, on a firm fitted surface, without loose blankets or other things around her.

The yellow blanket was for holding her, not something I needed to pile into the crib because I was afraid she would be cold.

I stood beside her for a long time that first evening.