The silence overwhelmed Mary Carlson when she visited row upon row of swaddled babies in a Romanian orphanage. No babbling, no crying, not even a whimper. ``Th

The silence overwhelmed Mary Carlson when she visited row upon row of swaddled babies in a Romanian orphanage. No babbling, no crying, not even a whimper. ``The children are just lying there. You don’t hear crying, even in a room full of infants,″ Carlson said. The orphanages are terribly overcrowded and understaffed, leaving little chance for the attention babies need. Not even mealtime offers a chance to cuddle: bottles are propped in the cribs. https://apnews.com/article/a6cec231a453aa20429cef7f8694beb6 https://apnews.com/article/a6cec231a453aa20429cef7f8694beb6