We got Kevin home and I helped Terri bring him in. Carrying him up to bed was no problem. He wanted to take of the diaper but Terri said, “Let’s leave it as it is.”
Kevin started to kick up a fuss. “Don’t be silly. I’m not going to take off a dry diaper to put on a goodnite.”
I think he had had such a rotten evening he was going into melt down and started to sob. Terri began comforting him and he started calming down. I walked over to the dresser and got his teddy bear and brought it to him. He looked up gratefully and pulled it to his chest. When he was calmed down enough that he had fallen asleep, we each gave him a kiss good night turned off the lights and softly closed the door. As I glanced over, I noticed he had slipped his thumb between his lips and was softly sucking it.