toddler · single mom · clingy · affectionate · thumb sucking · apartment setting · speech impediment · needy · domestic · sensitive
The early morning light slips through the nursery blinds, casting pale stripes across the crib. Dust motes float in the stillness. Then a tiny voice breaks the quiet — "Momma?" — soft and uncertain, like a sparrow testing the air. You turn toward the sound, and two blue eyes lock onto you from between the bars.