Laura and Kaitlin are happily playing with blocks when Linda comes over to them.
“Girls, time for naps!” she chirps. She sticks a finger down the back of Laura’s diaper, eliciting a startled squeak from her. “Yep. Wet. Matt, would you mind taking care of Laura?”
“Sure thing!” says a young man nearby. He scoops Laura up and brings her over to the changing station. Linda, meanwhile, takes Kaitlin’s hand and pulls her up.
“Let’s do what we can to keep those training pants dry, huh?” she asks as she leads Kaitlin towards a bathroom. She ushers Kaitlin into the bathroom and watches Kaitlin pull down her training pants and sit on the toilet. To Kaitlin’s surprise, she really needed to go. When she finishes, Linda helps Kaitlin wipe and watches her wash her hands.
When they leave the bathroom, the daycare is dark. Kaitlin is led past a line of cribs, in one of which Laura is already fast asleep, and brought to a sleeping mat. Kaitlin obediently lays down and waits for Linda to leave. Now would be the perfect time to escape. To her relief, all the daycare employees leave the room after she lays down. There’s a baby monitor near the cribs, but if she stays quiet, she should be able to grab Laura and leave.