Niall Horan Child Preferences Book 2

#88 His family visit for the week

"Niall, what time do we need to be at the airport?" I asked as our 4 year old daughter ,Aaliyah, sat at the table colouring and our 3 month old daughter , Isabelle,was in her high chair.
"Umm..4" He replied.  I checked the time. It was 3:35.
"Niall, its 3:35, we need to leave in 5 minutes!" I said. Niall's eyes widened. "I didn't realise the time, I'll get Aaliyah's shoes and coat on, you put the baby's shoes and coat in, it doesn't matter about her pram" Niall said and I nodded picking up our 6 month old.

I put her shoes and coat on her as Niall did the same with Aaliyah.
"Mummy? Daddy? Where are we going?" Aaliyah asked. "We need to go to the airport to pick up grandma and grandpa" I told her as I held Isabelle on my hip.
Aaliyah's eyes lit up. "Yay!" She said. She hasn't seen them in a while so she lives when we visit or when they come to visit. The last time we saw them was when we visited Ireland two months ago.

Niall strapped Aaliyah in her car seat and I put Isabelle in her baby seat.
Niall climbed into the drivers seat and I got in the passenger seat and Niall began the 20 minute drive to Heathrow airport.

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We stood in the waiting area by the gate Niall's parents would come out of .
I was holding Aaliyah's hand and Niall was holding Isabelle.
"Daddy?" Aaliyah asked tugging on Niall's shirt. "What's up princess?" He asked her. "How long will they be, my legs are tired" She complained. "They shouldn't be long, do you want me to pick you up?" He asked and she nodded. "I'll take her" I said taking Isabelle from his arms. He picked Aaliyah up holding her on his hip

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"Daddy! I can see them!" Aaliyah suddenly yelled while smiling.
"Get on my back" Niall said putting Aaliyah on the floor and squatting in front of her. "Yay! Piggy back!" She said climbing on his back.

Niall held her legs and then ran towards his parent with a giggling Aaliyah on his back. I walked towards them because I had the baby with me and she was nearly asleep.

I reached Niall, Aaliyah, Maura and Bobby and smiled at them. I hugged Maura and Bobby being careful of the baby.
"She's grown so much" Bobby said and I nodded. "Yeah she has, looking at her now you wouldn't think she was a 6 pound baby" I said and he agreed.

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We were now at home watching a movie together.
"It's nice to have you both around for the week, it feels like forever since we last saw you" I told Maura and Bobby as I sat next to Niall with Isabelle in my arms. Bobby and Maura sat on the other different sofa and Aaliyah was on the other side of Niall cuddled up to him.
Niall held his hands out and I passed Isabelle to him. She was asleep.
"She's due for a feed, so  she might wake up crying soon" I whispered and he nodded.

"Grandma? Grandpa? Can I cuddle with you?" Aaliyah asked rubbing her eyes. "Of course sweetie" Maura said and Aaliyah walked over and sat in between them. "Are you tired princess?" Niall asked Aaliyah who nodded sleepily.

The piercing and sudden cry of our 3 month old baby filled the air.
"Is she okay?" Bobby asked. "She's due for a feed" Niall said. "I'll make her a bottle" I said standing up. I walked into the kitchen quickly making Isabelle a bottle of her formula. I poured some on my wrist to check the temperature.

"Here" I said handing Niall her bottle. He began to try and feed her but she just continued crying and wouldn't take the bottle.
"She's not drinking it" Niall sighed. I took the bottle from him and tried to put in her moth but she kept it closed and kept crying.

"C'mere" Maura said taking Isabelle from Niall and then taking her bottle . She sat down back in her seat with Isabelle.
Maura held the bottle in a certain place and moved Isabelle toward sit and she latched on and began to drink as Maura fed her.
"How do you do that? Why does she drink it for you and not us?" Niall asked.
"You have to move the baby towards the bottle because then she'll think that she's being breast fed rather than bottle fed" Maura said as she continued giving our daughter her bottle.
"But I've only ever breastfed her a few times" I said.
"It doesn't matter dear, most babies prefer breast milk and she's only 3 months old so she'd remember, why didn't you continue to breastfeed her?" Maura asked.
"I found it very uncomfortable and it caused me quite a lot of pain during and after I tried breastfeeding so we switched to formula which is just as health as breast milk"  I explained and she nodded.
"Did you breastfeed Aaliyah?" She asked.
"Yes for the first few months and then we slowly changed her over to formula but when I breastfed her it didn't cause me any pain it just felt strange" I explained and she nodded.

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"Goodnight Maura, goodnight Bobby" I said kissing Niall's parents cheeks while holding Isabelle who was asleep in my arms. "Night mum, night dad" Niall said hugging them. Niall picked Aaliyah up who fell asleep during the movie. We all made our way upstairs, Bobby and Maura went into the guest bedroom and Niall and I made our way into Aaliyah's bedroom.

Niall tucked Aaliyah in and kissed her cheek. "Sweet dreams princess" He whispered. I kissed Aaliyah's forehead.  "Goodnight sweetie" I whispered. We turned the light off and turned her night light on and left the room.

We walked into Isabelle's nursery and I placed her in her Moses basket.
"Goodnight" I whispered kissing her forehead. "Goodnight baby girl" Niall whispered kissing her forehead. We turned her baby monitor and night light on and made our way to our bedroom.

I changed into my pyjamas, who he as just some shorts and one of Niall's shirts. Niall changed into some sweat pants, he didn't have a shirt on.

I climbed into bed and cuddled up to Niall. "Goodnight Y/n, I love you" Niall whispered. "Goodnight Nialler, I love you" I whispered closing my eyes.

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Niall's POV

I was awoken by Aaliyah saying my name and tapping me.
"Daddy? Daddy?" She said quietly. I opened my eyes , I checked the time it was 2:34am. "What's up princess?" I asked groggily. "I had a bad dream" she whimpered. I sighed and picked her up placing her between me and y/n.
"Do you want to talk about it?" I asked her. She shook her head. "Just cuddle" she mumbled falling asleep while she cuddled up to my side.

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I was awoken again by Isabelle's crying coming from the baby monitor. I groaned and checked the time. 3:12am. "Niall, I'll see to her if you want" I heard y/n mutter as she sat up. "No, it's okay, I've got her" I whispered getting out of bed. She nodded and lied back down.

I walked down the hall and into her nursery, passing the guest room my mum and dad were in on the way, they were both still sleeping.

I walked into the nursery and carefully picked up my crying daughter. I sat down with her in the white rocking chair.
I started rocking with her in my arms. "Shh princess, daddy's here" I whispered. She continued crying.
"Do you want me to sing to you? How about little things? I know you like that one" I mumbled.
"You'll never love yourself half as much as I love you, and you'll never treat yourself right darling but I want you too,
If I let you kno-o-ow I'm here for you, maybe you'll love yourself. Like I love you" I sang softly as she calmed down and stared up at me.
I smiled down at her and she smiled.
"Go back to sleep princess" I said rocking her in my arms as I watched her fall asleep . After she closed her eyes I stayed with her for a few minutes to make sure she was fully asleep.
Once she was, I gently put her back down in her Moses basket putting the blanket up to her chest and placing her little teddy bear next to her.
"Goodnight princess" I whispered kissing her forehead and going back to y/n and my bedroom. I climbed back into bed with y/n and Aaliyah. Both of them were sleeping peacefully . I lied back down and felt Aaliyah cuddle up to me again. I smiled wrapping my arm around her and pulling her closer as I fell asleep.