Negligence

The baby was crying softly as soon as he woke up, realizing that there was no one around to attend to him.

“Daddy is here! Don’t cry, now.” Jason said, as he picked up the toddler from the cradle, and carried him up with a smile on his face.

Seeing his father, Henry let go of his tears, and chuckled in excitement, looking right into his eyes.

“Don’t worry, son. Everything is going to be alright pretty soon. I just need to take care of a few things, and I will fix this. I promise.”

The toddler cooed loudly as though he understood what his father had said, while his smile and chuckles remained intact.

“You must be hungry, let’s get your teeth clean first,” Jason said to his son, and then he carried him to the bathroom and washed his mouth, coming out a few minutes later with the feeder still in his hand.

“Here, have this .” He said to Henry, putting the nipple of the feeder into his mouth, but the toddler grabbed the feeder from him with both hands and turned to his right, h