How Much More?

I’m playing with my niece, who is two, about to be three. Games of pretend—”Shh! The baby is sleeping,” while “Rock-a-bye Baby” plays on Spotify. (We’d covered her baby doll in tissues to signify blankets.) When the song is over, she grabs the baby doll by the neck, lifts it into the air, and yells, “She’s awake!”