the baby monitor

 

my name is alina

and this happened three weeks ago

one night my husband came home and told

me that he's got something for me

it was a baby monitor one of the fancy

video ones

i asked him if my 3am visits to the

nursery were starting to bother him

to which he replied with a smile maybe a

little

and that he thought this might help us

both sleep better

i glanced at the sleek white baby

monitor box

and said okay let's do it

we set it up in the nursery that night i

pointed the camera right at the crib

and placed the monitor at the nightstand

i fell asleep watching the video feed of

our son

peacefully sleeping in his cot

 

i jolted awake i quickly looked at the

monitor

the feet showed james sleeping looking

like a little angel

i smiled and fell back into a deep sleep

the next night as john and i were

getting ready for bed

i asked him if he heard the weird noise

coming from james room last night

jon seemed a bit worried and wondered if

we got mice again in the house

i hadn't even thought about that until

he said so

i started getting anxious and told jon

that i should sleep in james room

tonight

just in case because i didn't want mice

getting into the crib

john said that i didn't need to because

i have the monitor

but i was still not satisfied he frowned

and told me that i was

overreacting and getting anxious for no

reason

it wasn't my anxiety i was just

concerned about our child's well-being

but john didn't understand and kept

saying that

i shouldn't be concerned so much and

relax

we had a bit of an argument and finally

i decided to just leave it

and slept

i woke up again at 3 am instinctively i

reached for the baby monitor

the red light blinded me in the darkness

i waited for my eyes to adjust there was

my little man facing away from the

camera

with his little tifts of hair sticking

every which way sleeping peacefully

i set the monitor back down on the

nightstand

and closed my eyes

[Music]

my eyes flew open james was facing

towards me now

eyes closed peacefully puffy little

cheeks

smushed against the soft pillow

elena asleep he's fine stop checking him

again and again

i thought maybe jon has a point i forced

my eyes closed

 

he's fine the fog of sleep

filled my mind melting my thoughts into

dreamy

nonsense he's fine

he's fine

he's fine don't check on him just go to

sleep

 

a loud cry came through the wall when i

looked in the monitor

i saw that james was laying in the same

position

but despite the cries coming from the

nursery his mouth was closed

what the hell i leaped out of bed and

grabbed the doorknob and yanked it open

running blindly into the room

get away from him

within a matter of seconds the woman

slipped out the window

i grabbed james out of the crap held him

tight against my chest

john came stumbling in call the police

someone was in here

as i held james tight against me

something caught my eye

the baby monitor camera its red light

blinking in the darkness

there was something propped up in front

of it

i reached out and turned it over

it was a photo a photo of my son

sleeping peacefully in his crib