My Newborn Went Silent Whenever My Husband Took Him—Then the Baby Monitor Revealed What His Mother Had Been Hiding
“There,” he said.
“Now you’ll be up with him again.”
I didn’t answer.
The baby pressed his cheek against my collarbone.
His fingers opened and closed against my shirt.
He was six weeks old.
He couldn’t tell me whether he was uncomfortable, frightened, hungry, or simply overtired.
Everything he needed had to be understood through the small signals he gave us.
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