The Baby Project

6. Sick Baby

CHAPTER 1:

~~Sick Baby~

INTRO:

"Deal, I say

Before hearing screams coming from upstairs,

I bring her downstairs, giving her more medicine,tears still streaming down her face.

"Poor Baby" I whisper holding her closer to me.

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MUMMA I hear jolting me awake, I roll over avoiding squashing the baby and check the time it's 5:23 am,

"Mumma" I hear again, so I grumble getting up, why?, Lola has been so fussy and hasn't wanted to sleep, so I finally got her to sleep at 2 am,

I walk into Ava's room, being the sound coming from, For the first time since we have had her she slept in her own bed, she was knocked out. I walk in to see Ava standing up on her big girl bed with tears streaming down her face

"What's wrong baby," I ask scooping her up

"Hurting" she says and I bring her down to the kitchen placing her on the bench, well trying to since she is super clingy and doesn't want to go down, sighing I place my hand on her forehead and she is burning up, so I get the thermometer out, finally putting her down checking her temperature which is 102, which is high

"Fuck" I mutter

"Do you hurt anywhere else baby?" I ask her and she points to her head, so I walk over to the medicine cupboard and get some baby Panadol, giving her the recommended dosage followed by handing her a sippy cup full of water. It's 5:30 so she would be up in an hour or so.

"Do you want to watch a movie baby?" I ask her

"Yes please," she says and we walk over to the living room

"Barbie or toy story," I ask

"Toy Story," she says before seeing her baby doll "Baby?" she asks

"Yes you can go and get your baby," I say starting the movie whilst getting a blanket, she grabs her baby before making her way back over to me on the couch, instantly cuddling into me, so I cover us with the blanket and start the movie.

I don't know how but we must have fallen asleep because I was awakened later on by Saskia jumping next to me on the couch

"Sassy" I hear Grayson say

"Sorry daddy" she replies, and I open my eyes

"Good morning mummy," she says, and I open the blanket so she can scoot in closer to me

"Morning Sass," I say rubbing my eyes with my only free hand, I look up and see carrying Lola down the stairs then placing her on her mat so she can kick her legs around

"Morning," I say

"Oh, hey Avie," he says, and I shake my head