Illusions of the island *A LOST fanfic*

Chapter 11: Multitasking with a baby

Multitasking with a baby was a lot harder than Juliet thought. Cara was getting bigger every day and she found herself doing laundry with one hand. She cradled Cara in the other arm under the blanket while she nursed. After a while, her arm was feeling a little like lead. But she decided to give Cara a little longer time to eat. A voice startled her out of her thoughts.

"You want me to hold her for a bit?"

Smiling at Jack Juliet took a quick peek under the blanket. Cara was still happily eating away.

"I'd love to Jack but Cara's still nursing. She seems to be eating non-stop lately. This girl's got an appetite."

Sitting back down, Juliet adjusted the sling that Cara was in and continued washing her yellow shirt. Stopping for a brief moment, something
in her gut told her that she should look at Cara. Dropping her shirt into the water trough, she looked under the blanket and her heart dropped. Jack had been helping her sort laundry when he saw the look on her face.

"What's wrong?"

Juliet didn't make eye contact with Jack at first and managed to take Cara away from her comfortable eating spot. Straightening herself out, she got rid of the blanket.

"Come on baby girl. Take a breath for mommy."

Jack placed his left index finger on her right foot and tickled it.

"Sometimes, when they fall into a deep sleep they get too comfortable and stop breathing."

The two waited with bated breath as Cara took a breath and started screaming.

"That's what I want to hear sweetie."

Jack ran a hand over Cara's head and she calmed considerably. Only slight whimpers came this time and her gray eyes looked up at Juliet.

"Keep her in the shade. How long has she been nursing for usually?"

Juliet looked at Cara and ran a finger down her cheek.

"Forty-five minutes. But lately she's been nursing for more than an hour. Do you think she's falling asleep and then waking herself up to eat? I know this is my field of expertise here, but I'm not quite sure how to handle this one."

Jack only gave Juliet a small smile.

"I think you're doing a wonderful job considering what you've gone through on this island in the last six years. So what's the rest of the story with Hayley?"

Juliet swallowed and led Jack to a shaded palm tree and began her story.

"Well, we'll have to start way back in March of 2000. I'd made a breakthrough with my research and I had a good friend Doctor David Jacobson..."

Jack listened intently as Juliet told the details of her story. She was a very gifted woman.

To Be Continued...