My Newborn Went Silent Whenever My Husband Took Him—Then the Baby Monitor Revealed What His Mother Had Been Hiding

No Marlene explaining that I was making things worse.

My son was simply sleepy.

I stayed until his eyes closed.

Then I went into the kitchen.

The cracked phone lay on the counter.

For months, I’d treated it as something I needed to keep ready.

Now I placed it in a drawer while I cleaned the bottle.

I didn’t turn it off.