She chose to bottle feed because of his full set of adult teeth.
It’s breast milk. I pump, she assured anyone in earshot.
She used the “cry it out” method to get him to sleep.
Research shows it’s better for mom and baby, she insisted, red-eyed.
She didn’t use a sleep sack or swaddle.
He loves to thrash! she laughed.
His first word was daddy.
She didn’t have anything to say about that.
Megan Mary Moore is the author of Dwellers (Unsolicited Press, 2019) and the forthcoming To Daughter a Devil (Unsolicited Press, 2023) and the forthcoming chapbook And Aphrodite Laughed (Milk & Cake Press, 2023). Her poetry has appeared in Rattle and is forthcoming in Grist. She lives in Cincinnati where she serves as editor for Moon Cola Zine, dresses like a fairy princess and watches too many horror films. You can follow her on Twitter and IG @MeganMaryMoore