Carlos took the candy bar in his mouth and bit down hard. The next moment was sheer pain for him.
Mrs Cagle came into the room completely shocked by the scene in front of her.
Somehow her darling baby boy got out of his crib. Lost his diaper in the hallway then managed to get a candy bar Mrs Cagle didn’t recognized out of her work desk in the nursery.
“What is going on?” Mr Cagle said picking up the candy bar with his free right hand because his left had a very small white diaper he picked up in the hall.
“I think little Carlos tried to eat the candy bar. With his soft gums it must have hurt him, my poor baby.” Mrs Cagle said cradling and gently rocking the crying infant.
“How did he get his diaper in the hall and get out of the crib?” Mr Cagle said looking around for an answer.
“I don’t know, honey. It doesn’t matter right now. Throw that candy bar away and get me some ice wrapped in a cloth.” Mrs Cagle said now trying to calm her baby down. Carlos went into even louder cries at her words.
“Shhhh…Don’t worry baby. Mommy will make it all better now.” Mrs Cagle said laying her son on the changing table. After a quick check of his mouth for signs of an injury she diapered him in a new diaper.
“Is he ok?” Mr Cagle said now only carrying a damp cloth with an ice cube wrap in it.
“Yeah, I didn’t see anything wrong with his mouth.” Mrs Cagle said trying to coax her baby into sucking on the cold cloth. Reluctantly Carlos took it and enjoyed the numbing cold on his throbbing gums.
“My poor little man. I think he is teething.” Mrs Cagle said very unsure of herself.
“Hmmm.” Mr Cagle said and still looking around for an answer to his son’s escape from the crib.
“But, for the likes of me I still can’t figure out how he got out.” Mrs Cagle said looking at the crib with distrust.
Seeing the look on his wife’s face Mr Cagle offer to get a new crib, one that would be a lot safer. She took him up on his offer almost instantly. Carlos’s parents spoke of the event many times and theories they had. Neither of them could ever come close to the truth of Carlos’s escape.
Weeks went by as Carlos lost his urge to cry for no good reason in his parents eyes. His escape from the crib was forgotten in time. As for his escape from school, Carlos never had to suffer one more day of school ever again.