Too Young

23. Smoothies and Baby Food

Song to listen to:

What Are You Waiting For by MLCD (Instrumental)

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Florence

I sat up in the bed as I heard cries emitting from the baby monitor on the bedside table. I pulled my phone off of the bedside table and checked the time. "Two twenty-four," I whispered under my breath, pulling the duvet off of my body and padding over to Evelyn's nursery.

I opened the door and saw Evelyn waving her arms and legs around as she wailed. I neared her crib and scooped her up into my arms, shushing her. "Shh, baby it's okay," I cooed quietly, bouncing her slightly. I bent back down and picked up her dummy from inside of the crib, holding it in her mouth.

She stopped crying immediately and I walked over to the rocking chair in the corner of the room, she probably wants to be fed. I positioned her correctly and pulled her dummy out of her mouth, then pulled down my shirt to feed her. I sighed and sat back into the chair, rocking slightly as I fed my baby.

It's really fun to claim her as mine, technically she isn't mine yet, but last night, before we fell asleep, Zayn said that today we can legally make me her mother which I'm really excited about.

When I finished feeding her, I propped her over my shoulder and patted her back slightly so she could burp. After awhile of patting her back I heard a huge belch followed by the sound of liquid. 

She threw up on me.

I pulled her off my shoulder and stood up quickly, trying to find something to wipe her and myself. 

I searched and found a bib inside of her closet, I hurriedly wiped off her face and then wiped my shoulder off. I threw the bib in the dirty clothes hamper and carried Evelyn back over to her crib. I put her dummy back into her mouth and smiled down at her tired state. I picked up her favourite stuffed animal, which is a sock monkey that Louis got her when she was first born, and set it down next to her.

I walked out of her room, not tired at all now so I decided to go downstairs and watch a show on the telle.

I sat down on the sofa and picked up the remote that sat on the coffee table. I switched on the telle and decided to just watch a re-run of Friends. I layed down on the couch and clutched my stomach, it was bothering me more than usual lately. I know for a fact I've lost probably ten pounds from not eating properly, but the medication I take literally sucks all of the life out of me.

I think i fell asleep around four and woke up to sunlight hitting my face. I groaned and turned over, but that resulted in me falling off of the couch. "Ouch, fuck that hurt," I complained to myself, rubbing my bum as I stood up. I feel like I broke my tailbone.

"Florence?" I looked over my shoulder and saw Zayn leaning on the doorway with Evelyn in his arms. I smiled at my boyfriend and waved slightly.

"Hey babe," I said walking over to him and kissing his cheek.

"Are you okay? That was one heck of a fall," He said with a devious grin. I slapped his chest and took Evelyn from his arms.

"I'm fine," I laughed, walking into the dining room and putting Evelyn into her high chair. Zayn went to the cupboard and got her out some banana baby food while I stood in the kitchen making breakfast for us.

I pulled a carton of soy milk, kale from the bottom drawer of the fridge and maple syrup that's in the fridge door. I set the three ingredients on the counter and looked over at Zayn.

"Where's you're bananas and vitamins?" I asked him as he made faces while he fed Evelyn.

"Bananas are on the island in the fruit bowl and vitamins are in the cupboard above the stove," he said quickly with his lips parted slightly as he concentrated on getting the food in Evelyn's mouth and not all over her face.