“Nicole had better show up in the next 5 minutes,” James thought as he paced with Mark back and forth in his dorm room. James had exhausted the supplies from Nicole with two bottle feedings and then followed by two timely diaper changes. Mark was starting to get fussy for another meal now that 6 hours had passed since being dropped off. Mark was generally an easy to handle baby, and as expected had slept for good spurts of time after being fed and changed. James had been playing with Mark for the last 15 minutes hoping to keep Mark calm and distracted from his growing hunger.
Back and forth James continued walking little Markie bouncing the baby in sequence with his steps to keep Markie distracted.
“She promised us, didn’t she” James said to
Markie in a song-song tone while looking him in the eyes. “Yes, that’s right, she most certainly did” James continued. As successful as James may have been as a baby whisperer, the time delay drew to be too much and Mark’s cries erupted and continued unabated by James’s ministrations. “What can I do for you? Hmm? I don’t have any more food, and Mommy is not answering her phone” James asked aloud to Mark in a faulty attempt to distract from the seriousness of the situation. James could see Mark was rooting around with his mouth and cheeks moving in the rhythmic suckling motion familiar to parents the world around. “I know, I know, we’re hungry and we need Mommy” James continued speaking his tone becoming more dire as James’s last viable departure time approached ever closer.
Mark’s crying had now continued for over 15 minutes and James was becoming increasingly anxious. James sat down with Mark fussing while nestled in his right arm and took stock of the actions available to him. James decided to…
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