with the other. Some days, even taking a shower felt like an achievement.
Ryan slept through almost all of it.
If I nudged him awake, he would mumble, “You’re already up,” as if that settled everything. On weekends, he occasionally took the baby so I could rest, but the second she cried, he appeared in the doorway.
“She wants you.”
“You’re already up.”
“She’s been with me all day.”
“Yeah, but you know how to calm her down.”
So I took her back.
One evening, we were getting ready for
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