A Little Love

Chapter 19

"Dinah, I need you," Lauren put her head around the door of Camila's bedroom where Dinah was helping Camila with her homework.

"Is everything okay?" Dinah asked, standing up.

"Mummy, no," Camila whined.

"Aw, I'm Mummy?" Dinah cooed.

"Camz, can you wait in your crib?" Lauren asked, picking Camila up and lifting her into the crib they had just gotten from Serena's house.

"No," Camila argued, trying to climb out.

"We'll be back in a minute," Lauren promised before grabbing her girlfriend's arm and dragging her out behind her.

"God, what is it?" Dinah asked as Lauren closed their bedroom door behind them.

"Look at it," Lauren said, pulling up her top.

"As much as I love you, this isn't the time to arouse me," Dinah laughed.

"No, look at my nipples!" Lauren exclaimed. "They're all...weird and puffy."

"Lo, you're breastfeeding and you're on those pills," Dinah tried to explain. "Just the suction of having a child on your breast is enough to cause enlargement, you know this!"

"I'm just freaking out," Lauren groaned, allowing Dinah to pull her into a hug. "They feel so heavy."

"You're probably going to start lactating soon," Dinah smiled. "It's a good thing, Lo."

"MAMA!"

"Coming, Camila!" Lauren called, putting her top back on.

"Come on," Dinah said taking Lauren's hand in her own.

"I'm not a baby you can't put me in here," Camila argued as the two walked back into her room.

"I'm sorry, angel," Lauren said as Dinah helped her out of the crib.

"How about we eat dinner while watching a movie," Dinah suggested, balancing Camila on her hip.

"Yay!" Camila cheered.

"Camila, honey, you need to come choose what you want to eat," Lauren said as they walked down to the kitchen. "We can't have you just having milk anymore."

"Kay," Camila said, busy playing with Dinah's hair. 

"The first night with your high chair back and we aren't even using it," Lauren laughed nervously, opening the kitchen cupboard. "So, we got you some new stuff to try," Lauren said as Dinah put Camila down on the kitchen counter.

"I don't eat baby food," Camila scrunched up her nose.

"But you don't eat big girl food either, Camz," Lauren sighed. "Come on, we've got a few for you to choose from and when you're done I can make you a bottle of formula milk."

"Dis won, pwease," Camila lisped around her fingers that she was now sucking, pointing at an Ella's kitchen packet with her other hand. 

"Yummy courgette avocado," Lauren said animatedly, trying to excite Camila. 

"Gross," Dinah muttered.

"Gross," Camila imitated.

"Uh, that's enough Dinah," Lauren scolded. "Mila, baby, don't listen to her."

"M'kay, mama," Camila said as Lauren reached over to pull her hands out of her mouth.

"Lo, why do we have to eat so healthily?" Dinah complained as she scooped the very green pasta into two bowls.