Tough Love (On Hold)

Chapter 8

Karen and Jimmy decided to watch TV until it was time to pick up Liam and Louis, seen how their school started at 8:20 and ended at 3:20. It was now 1:13, so they had a while to wait. Harry was asleep in his crib, the clothes in the washer so that way as soon as they were dry he could have a bath and be in clean clothes.

Karen snuggled up next to her husband, Jimmy putting his arm around her as they cuddled. Nick curled up on Karen's other side, thumping his tail as she petted him. There was a baby monitor plugged in on the table next to Jimmy, and every now and then they checked it to make sure Harry was still asleep.

They get through about 2 whole movies before Harry starts crying. It was about 2:37, not even 30 minutes until 3. Jimmy paused the movie and exchanged a look with Karen, both sighing as they looked at the screen where Harry was now writhing around in the crib. "It's almost 3 anyway, we might as well get up", Karen said and stood up, stretching. "Yeah", Jimmy said and copied her. "I'll go check on him", Karen said and gestured to Harry on the screen.

"Okay", Jimmy said and turned the TV off. Karen walked up the stairs, going into Harry's room and picking him up. "Ssh, don't cry Harry", Karen soothed as she set him on the table. Harry settled down a little at the words, still hiccuping though as Karen checked his diaper. He was wet, and as Karen pulled his diaper off he stopped crying entirely. He made a baby noise as Karen wrinkled her nose at the faint but still noticeable odor coming from him, it had been a few days since his last bath and Karen didn't want him to be dirty when he got into the new clothes.

Just then Jimmy walked into the room, coming back from the loo downstairs. "Hey honey", he said and walked over to Karen, noticing her sour expression. "What's wrong"? he asked and followed her gaze to Harry. "We've got time to give him a quick bath, he's been in these clothes for 3 days now and he's starting to stink a little", Karen said. Jimmy nodded, pecking Karen on the cheek in agreement. 

"Go get some clothes from downstairs, will you? I'm going to get the tub ready", Karen said and picked up Harry, who was now naked. "Sure", Jimmy said and disappeared. "Okay Hazza, you need a bath", Karen said and carried him into the bathroom, shifting him to her hip as she grabbed the baby seat from the closet. Harry made a noise in response, curling up against his mother as she patted his small back. The last time they had used the seat was years ago, and Karen had to dust it off before putting it into the tub. 

After quickly washing Harry, Karen swaddled him in a fluffy towel and put the seat on the side of the sink. After it dried, she would put it away later seen how she was short on time and she had a baby that needed clothes. She carried him into his room again, smiling as Harry sighed and laid his towel covered head on her arm. Jimmy had grabbed a pair of black jeans and a white t shirt that read HANDSOME JUST LIKE DAD, and as Karen saw the shirt she shook her head and sighed. Jimmy must have put that in the cart when she wasn't looking, if it had been her way she would have gotten something that said Mummy's Boy. Karen dressed Harry, looking down at him when he was fully clothed. 

He made grabby hands at her, and as she cradled him in her arms and looked down at him Jimmy came into the room and gently took him. "Honey, it's 3:10", he said as Karen glared at him. It took 10 minutes to get to Liam's school, and then another 5 to get to the middle school where Louis was. "Okay, okay I'm coming", Karen said as she followed him down the stairs and into the hallway where they kept their shoes. Jimmy already had his shoes on, a rule that Karen hated anyone breaking. She sighed and shook her head in disapproval at him as she took Harry back, Jimmy was always trying to worm around the rules.

Since they already had a carseat from Liam and Louis, Jimmy and Karen hadn't needed to buy another one. Karen quickly strapped Harry in, handing him a bottle with apple juice that Jimmy had handed her from somewhere. Harry sucked on it as Jimmy slipped a pacifier into Karen's purse, which she had left in the car from yesterday.

The car was in the garage and locked, so it wasn't like it had any chance of being stolen. Nick always tried to climb into the car, he lived for car rides and never failed to poke his wet nose out the window if it was open a crack (Karen didn't like it being open too much for fear of him jumping out).

After Nick was secured in the house and Karen and Jimmy were both in their seats, they were off.

I know it's been a while since I updated this, I've been so busy with Zayn's New Life I pretty much neglected this. I did say I was taking a break until further notice on this one though, so I guess that was a warning. I can't promise regular updates, like I said updates for this will more than likely be less often then my ageplay one and I like to focus on things that people are enjoying more. As for the break, I don't know how much longer it will last, probably until updates can become regular for this story. That might be a while, it just depends on time I have and homework. Anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter and it would mean a lot if you checked out my other stories :)