My six-year-old daughter and I were changing the diaper of my sister’s newborn baby when my daughter pointed at her little cousin and said, “Mom, what’s that?”

My six-year-old daughter and I were changing the diaper of my sister’s newborn baby when my daughter pointed at her little cousin and said, “Mom, what’s that?” 

That morning, my sister had called me early. She had just become a mother, was exhausted, sleep-deprived, and asked me for a favor — to watch the baby for a couple of hours so she could get some rest.