From the word go they had always taken it in turns to respond to the baby alarm.
They had bought the latest model. It had the works; two-way audio and a room temperature sensor. It was often the case that when the little one began crying they both woke up and had to think hard before remembering whose turn it was, but it usually got resolved pretty quickly. On this particular night the baby had been silent right through to the middle of the night, when all of a sudden its cries came over the speaker. He came to, realising it was his turn. He began to pull his covers down and swing his legs out when he heard a shushing sound. The baby could be heard murmuring softly as a melodic humming started. He smiled as he recognised it as some kind of lullaby. He rolled back in and pulled the covers up. After a while, everything went quiet again.
He was just drifting back into sleep when he was startled by a hand coming over and giving his shoulder a squeeze.
She whispered, “Thanks honey.”