There was still laundry to do. Mouths to feed. Radioactive bugs to squash with the bottom of the Husband’s shoe. Life goes on. For some people, anyway.
Miley checked with her eyes that the lock on the front door was still red. She walked down the vinyl stairs with a laundry basket in one arm, and the Baby in the other. The lights didn’t turn on, but she had been down here a hundred times before. The Baby whimpered in the darkness. She pressed a button, which lit the room with a small green light.
She sure was a beautiful baby, not scratched at all. Miley wondered what her name was. She looked like a Carol to her, or maybe a Lilith. Miley slide the basket against the concrete floor and under the washbasin. The clothes vacuumed up to the spinner,

You are obviously doing something with the lack of names (Husband, Baby), but I'm not sure it works. Miley does have a name, and although it sounds like she doesn't know the Baby's name because it isn't hers, it makes me wonder why she doesn't use the Husband's name in her POV.

The wording:

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Miley checked with her eyes that the lock on the front door was still red.

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Miley looked to make sure the lock on the front door was still red.

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And NttT makes a good point about that sentence. As written, it made me wonder what else she might check locks with. Her nose? Her tongue? Her right elbow?

And this:

"She sure was a beautiful baby, not scratched at all."

I get what you are trying to do (I think) but I reckon you could do it with it punctuation other than full stops (or periods...)

-There was still laundry to do, mouths to feed and radioactive bugs to squash with the bottom of the Husband’s shoe. Life goes on--for some people, anyway.

Isn't '...checking with [your] eyes' called 'looking' or simply 'checking'. It feels clunky and redundant. SImpler to say:

She glanced at the front door. The lock was still red.

-The lights didn’t turn on, but she had been down here a hundred times before.

...so, she wasn't scared? She wouldn't hurt herself? The lights never turn on?

- She pressed a button, which lit the room with a small green light.

Suggestion: She clicked on a small green light.

The button doesn't light the room, the light does. Also since you down't state where the button is (wall, unit in her pocket, freestanding light) it is indistinct. The sentence also feels passive (...which lit the room).

I like her not knowing the baby--I'm getting an impersonal, objective view of the child.

Not sure about '...clothes vacuumed up to the spinner' is all about. I thought the clothes were under the washbasin. Is this a sci-fi element?

I am intrigued with Baby, why she doesn't know its name and why the fact that it is not scratched is significant. Very well written and good hook.