Chapter 15: lesson one

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Draco, Fred, and George all sat down in the living room

"Listen up, like we said, we were his caregivers for a while, and we aren't going to yell you anything he told us, that's for him to tell you, not us-"

"-but we will help you understand him"

"I understand him!"

Fred and George looked at him and sighed

"Obviously you don't, he's not wearing a daytime nappy, or something in case he has an accident, I'm almost a hundred percent sure there's no protection cover on his bed, he didn't have a pacifier, or a stuffed animal, or any sort of comfort item with him"

"he's never had an accident"

"Harry can you come here please?"

Harry quickly came running

"yes?"

"How many times have you had an accident since you've been with Draco"

"U-um...Three times  I-I'm sorry.."

"It's ok hun, thank you" Fred kisses his head

"Hi Draco!" Harry smiles

"Hello baby"

"I'm gonna go play" Harry skips back to his room, smiling and giggling

"See? You really don't know him"

"But we can help you"

"First of all, he's not gonna say what he wants-"

"-if he wants something then YOU have to know, like if he wants a pacifier, or a stuffed animal, or a if he's hungry but-"

"-he prefers to use a bottle"

"That's true, he does, have you ever given him a bottle?"

"Well once but I'm not sure he liked it"

"Maybe you weren't holding him right"

"We can show you how to hold him"

"Baby can you come here please?"

"Don't call him baby he's not your baby" Draco stared at Fred and George

Draco quickly grabbed a bottle for Harry and filled it with chocolate milk

"Here" Draco handed the bottle to Fred as Harry came running out

"hi Harry"

"hewo fwed"

"Would you like a bottle now or later?"

"now pwease"

"Alright come here baby"

Fred picked up Harry, gently putting him on his lap and handing him the bottle

"Would you like to hold it or do you want me to hold it?"

"I wan'a hol'd pwease!"

Harry put his hand on the bottle, slowly putting it in his mouth as he laid his head on Fred's chest

As Harry drank his bottle he started to get a bit sleepy

Fred gently took the bottle out of his mouth and rubbed his back

"let's get you to bed baby boy"

Fred stood up and took Harry to his room, he gently laid him down and put a blanket over him

"goodnight baby"

Fred kisses his head and returns to Draco and George , he sat down and stared at draco

"Harry doesn't like to be babied when he gets a new caregiver"

"Fred is right, he won't fully slip for a while, right now he's about 3, but once he's comfortable he's about 6-10 months"

"6-10 months?! Really? But he's so independent"

"Because he's not completely comfortable with you yet"

"Have you ever punished him?"

"no..not really"

"Do you have a routine set up for him?"

"no"

"You are not gonna be a good caregiver unless you give punishments and rewards"

"Punishment? No way!"

"Littles need structure, and punishment, and rewards"

"but littles should never be punished for having a bad day"

"A little should only be punished for not doing well in school, or refusing to take care of themselves, and you should never in any reason harm a little"

"I would never harm him!"

"That means no spanking, no slapping, no kicking, nothing like that"

"Kicking?! People kick littles?!"

"Unfortunately yes, some people treat littles horribly"

"It's extremely sad, but we think you are a good person"

"And you would never hurt him, but anyway now it's time to talk about appropriate punishments"

"You can put him in time out, not allow sweets for a day or two, maybe an early bedtime, but you should never take away any comfort item"

"what about rewards? You said he needed to be rewarded too"

"Yes good listening, I'll let George to tell you some good rewards since he's the fun one that always gave Harry rewards"

"Like we said, he needs rewards too, so some good rewards are an extra piece of candy after dinner, king play time, later bedtime, extra long bath, brand new stuffed animal"

Just then Harry came out of his room crying

"d-dwaco.."

Draco quickly ran too Harry

"Oh baby what's wrong? Why are you crying?"

"scawy dweam.."

Dragon hugged Harry tight

"What was your dream about baby"

"h-him..h-he..h-he did it again...I-I can't escape...pwease...pwease don't send me away...I'm Sowwy"

Draco looked up at Fred and George and they both looked away

"shhh baby..it's ok, I got you, no one is gonna send you away"

Harry cried into Draco's chest, draco gently held Harry in his arms

"can one of you grab him a blanket?"

"Will do!"

Fred went to Harry's room and grabbed a light blue blanket and ran back to the group and handed it to Draco

Draco put the blanket around Harry and gently kissed his head

"Your ok baby"

"We should go, bye mates"

And without another word, the twins were gone

"Harry, baby, are you still feeling little? Or are you in big space?"

Harry whimpered

"b-big"

"Your big? Ok thank you for telling me baby boy, we need to talk"

"a-about what?"

"Well first you need to calm down, I don't want my baby to be so fussy"

"I'm not being fussy"

"I know baby"

"but we do need to talk.."

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