It wasn’t a bad way to wake up. Her breasts were thick and sore as she stretched toward the clock. After ten thirty? Leo must have given Annie a bottle so that Chelsea could sleep in. “Don’t be a wiggle worm.” Leo’s voice came from the nursery next door. “If we get this diaper on, you get to eat.” Leo actually seemed to enjoy changing Annie’s diaper. The floor was cold on her bare feet, prompting Chelsea to move faster. She put on a robe and fished through the cluttered closet floor for her slippers as her husband cajoled the baby. He was pleased that her diaper rash was better, and he touted the fact that they’d been using “good old-fashioned Vaseline.” With all the books she had studied before the baby was born, all the tips on baby care, she had never thought she’d be too alienated to use the information. But whenever he was here, Leo was the one caring for Annie. Leo did the shopping. Leo did the cooking. If Chelsea didn’t produce milk, she could physically bow out of the family triangle.
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