My husband appeared on the baby monitor every night at 2 a.m. carrying a mysterious paper bag—when I finally watched him open it, I gasped

or footsteps elsewhere in the house.

Only silence.

Then Noah made a soft snuffling sound in the bassinet, and I reached for my phone to open the baby monitor app.

We had installed the nursery camera before he was born, even though we expected him to sleep in our room for a while. Its angle captured much of the floor as well. I had used it a few times continue reading …