After my son, Liam, was born, sleep became almost impossible.
\nThe strange part was that he could fall asleep peacefully in my arms, on the couch, or in his bassinet downstairs.
\nBut the second I placed him in his crib, he screamed.
\nNot normal fussing.
\nPanicked, desperate crying.
\nI asked our pediatrician more than once, but nothing obvious seemed wrong.
\nMy husband, Adam, thought I was overthinking it.
\nThen one night, Liam had been crying for nearly twenty minutes.
\nSuddenly, everything went silent.
\nToo silent.
\nAdam and I hurried upstairs.
\nThe crib was empty.
\nI screamed.
\nThen we heard a faint rustling sound near the closet.
\nAdam opened the door.<\/p>\n
Our cat, Milo, was crouched inside beside Liam\u2019s blanket.
\nAnd there, tucked carefully inside a large laundry basket on the closet floor, was our baby.
\nMy knees nearly gave out.
\nThe explanation was bizarre but simple.
\nThe crib mattress had been positioned beside a loose section of fabric from a hanging organizer. Liam had started grabbing at it while moving around. Earlier that evening, Adam had briefly lifted him from the crib while changing the sheets, then accidentally placed him in the laundry basket when the doorbell rang.
\nExhausted, neither of us remembered.
\nWhen we realized what happened, we just stood there staring at each other.
\nLiam was completely fine.
\nBut that night forced us to admit how dangerously tired we both were.
\nWe rearranged the nursery, stopped trying to \u201cpush through\u201d exhaustion, and started asking family for more help.
\nAnd as for the mysterious crib screaming?
\nA few days later, we discovered the mattress cover had a rough seam pressing against his back.
\nOnce we replaced it, the screaming stopped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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