Niall Horan Child Preferences 3

#64 Runaway Baby

Recently our 1 year old daughter , Aaliyah, has learnt to walk, so now she grows restless and whiny when in someone's arms or a pram for too long.
We've had to baby proof the whole house, stair gates in every doorway and at the top and bottom of the stairs.

"Good luck with her, you're gonna need it!" I said to Niall who chuckled and rolled his eyes. Today I was going back to work for the first time , since I had quite a long maternity leave.
"Good luck to you as well, I love you" Niall said and pecked my lips.
"I love you too, bye!" I said leaving. He waved and closed the door as I left.

Niall's POV

I closed the door behind y/n and walked through the house and to the living room.

"Aaliyah?" I said. I heard a loud giggle from the stairs.
My eyes widened and I ran to the stairs. She was on the staircase and she has somehow gotten over the stair gate.
Once she saw me she rapidly started crawling up the stairs.

"Aaliyah you're gonna fall" I wanted as I ran up the stairs chasing her.
I saw her foot slip slightly and I picked her up quickly.
"Do not go up the stairs" I told her and she giggled.
"Funny dadda" She said .
"It won't be funny if you fall and hurt yourself" I said taking her back downstairs and into the living room, making sure to close the baby gate behind me.

The doorbell rung and I stood up from my seat.
I gave Aaliyah a look but she just giggled.
I left the room and I opened the front door, I was met with Louis.

"Hey, not that I'm complaining but what're you doing here?" I asked him.
"Just come to see you and A, it's been a while since we met up" he said and gave me a bro hug.
Once we pulled away I noticed Aaliyah run straight out the door.

I sighed loudly.
"Aaliyah!" I complained. She wasn't going to listen so I ran out into the garden.
"Do not go out of the garden!" I said sternly as she was looking at the gate.
I picked her up and put her on my hip.
She whined and started moving around making it difficult for me to hold her.

We went in the house with Louis and closed the door behind us . I put Aaliyah on the ground but she went straight for the door again. I beat her to it by locking it even though she can't reach the handle yet.

We went into the living room and sat down.

I sighed loudly.
"She's so stressful!" I sighed.
Louis chuckled.
"I noticed! Freddie and Olly ( made up) never did any of that" He said.
"It could just be that girls are more stressful than boys" I suggested.
"Maybe, But Darcy (Harrys daughter)wasn't as bad as she is, Darcy just had tantrums, where as yours, she had tantrums and makes a run for it" He said.
"I don't even understand why she's like this because if she's wide awake she won't want to be held or in a pram, she'll just want to walk but if she's tired she'll suddenly get clingy" I explained.
"Why don't you get her rested to see if she has any behaviour problems?" Louis suggested.
"We already did , they said there's nothing wrong with her, they said it's because she learnt something knew but that doesn't explain why she runs out the door and upstairs, which is dangerous" I explained.
"I'm sure she'll settle down after a while, she's probably just excited about being able to walk" Louis said. Aaliyah came into the room rubbing her eyes.
"She'll be alright now, she's tired" I whispered to Louis.
"Dadda" she mumbled raising her arms.i smiled and picked her up sitting her on my lap. She fell asleep very quickly.
"You know I've never seen you as happy as you are when your doing something with Aaliyah or just holding her, well apart from your wedding" Louis said. I smiled.
"It's probably because we waited so long for her and There's was always some sort of problem with the pregnancy which always put me on edge" I said glancing down at my sleeping baby.