Off The Record
A Mother Installs A Baby Monitor In Her Son’s Room And Is Alarmed By The Movement She Sees
Observing her son’s frequent fatigue and restlessness, a mother installs a baby monitor in his room to monitor him closely. However, she is startled by a quick movement that makes her tremble.
“Honey, don’t worry. Everything will work out.” Alicia held her baby Edduin in her arms and whispered, “Momma is here.” The boy was still sobbing after waking up in the middle of the night.
After a while, Alicia had to sit on the couch with Edduin and sing him a lullaby while moving her laptop and all of her papers to the front table. For the first ten minutes, that didn’t seem to work, but after a while, it did, and Alicia was relieved.
After carefully putting Edduin back in his room’s cot, kissing his forehead and silently shutting the door to avoid waking him, she went back to work.
“How am I going to handle this situation?” John, I wish you were here! The woman thought, “I miss you!” and went to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee.
Nearly a year ago…
Alicia Silvers and her husband John made the decision to tour the world after physicians informed them they would not have children. Magnificent fjords in Bergen, tables and buffets in Las Vegas, serene beaches in Honolulu, and performances at the Sydney Opera House.
When Alicia found out she was pregnant, they were planning a trip to the Bahamas. She and John were ecstatic and went back to their hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to celebrate with their neighbors and close friends.
Both John and Alicia were raised in foster care after becoming orphans. John was the managing director of a company that manufactured parts for home electronics, and Alicia was a stay-at-home wife.
In a blissful marriage, they had everything they could have hoped for. They loved each other’s company, had a great home in a beautiful neighborhood, and now had the joy of parenthood. Unfortunately, though, this joy was short-lived because one tragic evening, Alicia’s life fell apart.
“Hey? Do I have Alicia Silvers in mind?”
“Yes? How can I assist?”
“Ma’am, this is Officer Duncan. I regret to notify you that a horrific vehicle accident on Farm Road Highway claimed your husband’s life. He gave us your number on his phone. We would be grateful if you could visit and verify the body right away.”
What Alicia was hearing was unbelievable! John had informed her that morning that he was leaving town for a business conference. She had informed him she didn’t feel great about it and didn’t want him to go. However, he had persuaded her that she was exaggerating and that everything would work out.
At the time, Alicia was seven months pregnant. She gave John a farewell kiss when he insisted on going to his meeting. She couldn’t handle the shock and went into labor when she got the awful news, even though he had promised to return soon.
Fortunately, she promptly called Mrs. Hall, her next-door neighbor, who hurried to her home and dialed 911. After being taken to the hospital right away, Alicia gave birth to a boy. He spent some time in the NICU, though, because of his early birth.
Alicia took over John’s business and started working to support her kid when she and the infant were released from the hospital. Her MBA made it easy for her to understand the dynamics of the organization. Edduin’s persistent demands for his mother’s attention, coupled with his small size, caused problems.
Madison, John’s secretary, was very kind and helpful to her; she recommended that Alicia work from home and helped her organize her workstation so that Alicia could take care of her infant.
Indeed, Alicia had the option of hiring a nanny to watch the boy, but she chose not to. She began working from home since she wanted to care for her infant alone. In this sense, Alicia was able to care for her son and work at the same time.
That’s how nearly a year went by. Alicia had no idea that another problem would soon knock on her door.
The current day
After preparing a cup of coffee, Alicia went to the living room to organize all of her paperwork and decided to review the day’s reports one last time. At about one in the morning. After completing the task in thirty minutes, the woman collapsed on the couch because she was exhausted.
She was abruptly awakened at eight in the morning by Edduin’s cries. She leaped to her feet and ran to him, finding him with tears falling like a waterfall down his cheeks.
“Honey, what happened?” She began rocking him and asked, “Are you hungry?” Alicia had observed Edduin’s restlessness and uncontrollable crying while he slept for the second time in a week.
She checked inside his cot, but she couldn’t discover anything that might be prodding him. After a while, she decided that he might be okay and waited to see if the crying persisted.
She was relieved that Edduin’s sudden sobbing subsided after a week or so, although he seemed to be exhausted every day. Every time she held him in her arms or attempted to play with him, he kept yawning and caressing his face, and he found the toys he had formerly loved boring.
She called a doctor because she was worried, but that didn’t seem to help either.
“Doctor, he seems pretty peaceful most of the time, but in the mornings he seems exhausted, which worries me. Why is it the case?” Concerned, Alicia asked.
Mrs. Silvers, please don’t worry. “It seems like babies go through phases,” the doctor told her. “Perhaps Edduin is going through the same.”
“How long, though, will it take him to recover? I’m quite concerned about him.”
Mrs. Silvers, please try not to worry too much. No such time frame exists, but everything will work out just well. It differs from infant to baby.
Alicia hoped Edduin would recover quickly, assuming it was just one of those phases. However, no improvement was seen even after a week, and Edduin simply appeared more worn out every day.
After putting him to sleep one afternoon, Alicia decided to check on him after hearing an odd noise coming from his room. Edduin appeared to be laughing and someone was in his room. When she first opened the door and saw no one inside, she assumed it was just her suspicion.
The room seemed oddly silent, and Edduin was staring at her from his crib. She checked beneath the bed, in the bathroom, and in the cabinet, but nobody was there.
Thinking it was stress from work, Alicia went back to the living room, but the activity persisted the following day and the day after that. Edduin would startle out of his deep sleep each day, either laughing or just looking about the room.
Since she suspected anything was wrong, Alicia set up a Wi-Fi baby monitor in the living room to observe Edduin’s live stream.
For the first few minutes, everything seemed to be going well as she watched the television with her eyes fixated on it. But after ten minutes or so, she saw Edduin’s lip tilt in a smile and a startling movement in the room.
Alicia ran to Edduin’s room and banged the door wide, terrified that someone had intruded. When she discovered her kid wasn’t alone in the room, her hands shook and she shuddered in fear.
But when Alicia noticed that the visitor was actually a cute little puppy surrounding Edduin’s crib, she breathed a sigh of relief. He made a low moan that was difficult to hear, and he looked feeble and unclean.
The small dog hid behind Edduin’s cot as Alicia opened Edduin’s door. Alica realized what had happened when Edduin started to laugh.
It turns out that after Doblo passed away, Alicia and John had neglected to shut the dog door in the back of the room. Once Doblo’s game room, that space was transformed into Edduin’s nursery following his passing.
Alicia totally forgot to close the dog door because so much had transpired since Edduin was born and John had departed for his heavenly home. The small dog entered the room in this manner, playing with Edduin constantly and preventing him from sleeping.
When Alicia saw the sad animal in that condition, she felt bad for it and decided to adopt it. Edduin’s closest buddy is now Casper, as she called him. Thanks to little Casper, Edduin is a much happier baby who doesn’t cry as much and sleeps soundly because Alicia makes sure the two don’t spend all of their time together.
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