“She likes the green one,” he said.

“Spits out the yellow.”

I wanted to ask how he knew, but he had been the one feeding her for a month, the one getting up at two and at four.

“There’s a bottle in the bag,” I said.

“She ate at eight.

If she fusses, there’s a spare nipple in the side pocket.”

He said it like a fact from a chart.

His jaw worked once, then settled.