Astrid really didn't have much experience with babies, but she did possess a sort of staid natural ability to deal with them well that she'd never quite realized. Maybe it was just because she could handle a wriggling, tiny, fussing, crying child without being irritated or frustrated or annoyed, for the most part, so she was perfectly content to taking a turn holding Lexi for a little while, bouncing her a little and making soft, soothing kind of sounds at her in an effort to maybe calm her and quiet her until maybe someone else wanted to give it a try.

Bold move, though, teacher, she thought, leaving her baby in a classroom of kids that included Beaker.