THUG LIFE

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Saturday, 8:23am

I've been in the guest room tryna to calm down Ashtyn for an hour now. Since we didn't have a crib he slept in the middle of us last night. He was coo through the night until this morning. I didn't want to wake Promise up cus she didn't play about her sleep.

"what's wrong?"  I sighed as he continued to scream and cry

Tiana was suppose to come pick him up last night at 11 but she didn't come. I called her and she didn't even answer. Promise told me that it was best that he stayed since it was in the middle of the night and bringing him in and out the air wasn't good.

I heard the door creek open and looked up. Promise walked up to the rubbing her eyes.

"My fault ma"

"It's okay" she reached out her arms to him. But I ain't wanna be a bother.

"Nawl I got him"

"You've been trying to calm him down for an hour now. Give him to me it's okay" I handed him to her and she started rocking him and walking downstairs.

I got up and followed her and she started humming again to get him to calm down. She put his pacifier in his mouth and he got quieter. But he was still crying a bit.

She sat down on the couch and started shushing him. She felt his head and sighed. He still had a fever.

"I wonder how he got sick?"

"He shouldn't be outside yet. I know it's hot but his little body can't take bacteria floating around like we can"

"Is he gonna be good?" She nodded

"Does she breast feed?"

"She did at first but ion know about now" She pointed to his bag and I looked through it. I picked up the formula container.

"Make him a 2 ounce bottle and warm it up for about 10 seconds then let it cool for a bit"

I looked down at the container confused as hell while she just laughed.

"Babe you don't know how to make a bottle?"

"Naw Ian never did this before" I shrugged.

"Okay well come on" She got up with Ashtyn and we walked to the kitchen and She sat down at the table while rocking him.

"Ight what I do?"

"Okay so do he got filtered water in his bag?" She asked and I went to the living room. I came back with his bag and looked through it.

"Yeah" I pulled it out and grabbed his bottle.

"You see this line right here? You pour it to the 2 mark"

I nodded and poured the water slowly to get the perfect measurement.

"How I know how many scoops of this to pour in it?"

"Every two ounces you put two scoops so right now you put only 1 scoop since it's only 2 ounces" She said.

I put a scoop in the bottle and put it in the microwave.

"You so precious" Promise said. I smiled at her and took his bottle out the microwave.

She got up and went in the fridge and grabbed her fruit salad I made her. She sat down while holding him still and ate while watching me.