I woke up and it was getting dark, I heard Matteo's voice and I immediately sprang into action.

I had overslept. His father would kill me.

I walked into his room to find him crying in his cot. I picked him up and tried to soothe him. His diaper was making him uncomfortable.

I bathed him and put a new one on him and he seemed to calm down a bit.

I rocked him and sang to him for a while till he fell asleep. When I made sure the slumber had him in deep. I laid him down ...