My Seal

Chapter 15

Jake POV

I have now been home for 2 weeks and I'm still getting used to being back. I was gone for a short time but Caleb has changed so much that I'k still learning things about him. He turned 3 months old yesterday and has surprising slept through the night twice since I came back. It's currently 4 AM and Erika is up with him because he is sick. He constantly cries and he can't stand being in clothes. 

" babe give him to me I'm gonna go sit in the nursery with him" I said as Erika shook her head

" no its fine he'll calm down in a little" she said as I got out from under the covers as she bounced a crying Caleb around the room

" babe you've been up every 2 hours give me him and go sleep" I said as I walked over to her and she placed Caleb into my arms as I grabbed his pacifier off of my nightstand and walked out of the room to his nursery as soon as Erika was in bed. I went into his room and sat in the rocking chair and laid him on my chest. I rocked it back and forth and held his pacifier in his mouth and after about 30 minutes he fell asleep. I went to stand up and he curled into my chest more. I walked back to the bedroom and Erika was asleep. I gently laid downing bed and placed Caleb in-between us. I wrapped arm around him and then fell asleep as well.  

7:11 AM

Caleb has started to cry again buts I woke up Erika had already begun to pick him up.

" he's hungry just go back to sleep babe" she told me as I shook my head

" no it's fine." I said as picked my phone and started scrolling through instagram and twitter.

" come on bus" Erika said as I looked over at her as she struggled to get Caleb to latch properly. After a few minutes she lays sideways and tries to get him to nurse but he yet again won't.

" oh my god Caleb come on" she said as I can tell she's frustrated. 

" give him to me" I say as she shakes her head

" no he needs to eat" she said as I saw the tears forming in her eyes

" maybe he's not hungry... he's sick so it might be making him not hungry" I said as she picked him up and handed him to me

" if he doesn't stop crying bring him back to me " she said as I nodded and stood up. I walked downstairs letting the dogs go outside as I walked into the kitchen carrying a fussy Caleb. I walked over to the fridge and got out one of the packs of breastmilk Erika had pumped and I placed it in a bottle then placed the bottle in a bottle warmer. I bounced Caleb around the kitchen until it was warm and then I tested it on my arm.

" ok bud first time trying a bottle since you were five weeks old. You gonna help mama out and eat it for her." I said as I laid him sideways in my arms and placed the nipple close to his mouth. He opened his mouth and brought the nipple into it and sucked at it for a while. I then heard a gasp behind me

" oh my god he's doing it" Erika said as she walked in front of me as I was leaning against the counter.

" yeah he is" I said as she rubbed his head

" he's like halfway done. I don't know how much he eats though so its like 4 oz." I said as she grabbed a bottle of water

" he eats around 7 at this time so I'll hopefully feed him the rest of the way when he gets done. I'm gonna call and get him a doctors appointment for today or tomorrow. He's not acting the same and is constantly throwing up." She said as I nodded. Caleb finished the bottle and let it go and started to cry so I brought him up to my shoulder to burp him while Erika went and sat on the couch. I came and sat next to her and once he burped she took him from me and fed him so that he could finish eating.