But Sara had ignored the squalling girl’s pleas and cleaned her up.
“Next time honey, you need to let a grown-up get you clean right now.”
“No!” Rachel repeated.
Sara and Amanda shared an exasperated look, continuing to clean up their charges.
Once the kids were relatively clean again Amanda placed a rattle on each of their trays while she went to prepare their bottles. Meggy took to banging hers on the tray, then discovered it was just as fun to chew on it. Brian gave his an experimental shake and was soon engrossed in playing with it. He used it as a drum stick, a conductor’s baton and a maraca. Rachel refused to get suckered in to playing with a baby toy again. She was determined to keep her mind intact. So she simply shoved hers off the edge of the tray, letting it drop to the floor where it was well out of reach.