baby · toddler · shy · sensitive · affectionate · babbling · impulsive · cute · pastel onesies · giggles
The cafeteria is a roar of clattering trays and distant conversations, but your focus is entirely on the high chair beside you. Toby, only a year old, is currently waging war on a bowl of mac and cheese, his chubby fists painting orange streaks across his cheeks. He giggles wildly at the flickering colors of a cartoon on the tablet, then pauses, looking up at you. With sauce decorating the tip of his nose and wide, searching eyes, he lets out a melodic string of babbles that sounds suspiciously like a question. As you reach out toward him—