On my own a The Secret Life of the American teenager fanfiction story

On my own part 8

Chapter 7 a long night

Ricky pov

It took a long time to get John down for a nap but once he's finally asleep I go into my bedroom and grab my therapy journal. I have been keeping a journal ever since I was put into foster care. After every therapy session I make an entry based on what I talked to Dr fields about. Today's entry was about how I felt about Amy leaving John with me and not coming back. Just as I finish writing I hear John crying from the nursery. "Daddy's coming" I call to him as I put away my journal. "Hey buddy" I say to John as I walk into his room. I lift him up out of his crib and into my arms . "What's wrong with daddy's little man ?" I asked him as he continues to cry. I come to the conclusion that he needs a diaper change. "Alright, alright daddy will get you changed" I say to him. I laid him down on the change table and start to change him. "Is that better little man ?" I asked him once I was finished . He continued crying in response. "Alright I know, I know you're hungry" I said to him. I brought him out to the kitchen and grab a fresh bottle from the fridge. I sat on the couch and gave him his bottle. "Is that good little man ?" I asked him once I started feeding him . After John had finished eating I burped him and then I gently laid him down in his swing . I looked at the time . It was 730 at night. I was starting to feel hungry myself so I made some dinner to eat. I moved John's swing into the kitchen so that he would be closer to me while I cooked. Just as I sat down to eat my meal John started fussing. "What's wrong buddy ?" I asked him as I lifted him up from his swing. Shsh daddy's right here I said to him as I started swaying him side to side. Once I got him to settle down I set him back down in his swing he started crying again. "You're alright little man" I said as I picked him up again. He just wanted my attention. So I held in my lap while I ate. After I finish dinner I set a very fussy John down in his swing and quickly put the dirty dishes in the sink . Since John is so overtired I decided to skip his usual playtime and start his bedtime routine. "Alright little man it's time for your bath" I said to him as I took him into the Nursery. I grabbed a sleeper and a clean diaper . I took him into the bathroom and grabbed the baby bathtub from the top of the cupboard. I set the baby bathtub in the regular bathtub . I ran the water until I made sure it was lukewarm. John was crying throughout the whole process. "It's alright buddy" I said to him as I placed him inside the small tub. He continued to fuss. Usually he was happy and calm during bath time but tonight was different. I tried wash his body quickly . Once I got him all clean I lifted him out of the tub and started to dry him off with the towel. I tried to be as quick as I could especially since he didn't have a diaper on. Unfortunately I wasn't quick enough. He peed on the towel and then on me. "Oh little man" I sighed. I quickly got him dried off and changed into his diaper and pajamas. I laid him down in his crib for a moment and turned on the baby monitor. I quickly went into my bedroom to change my shirt. I could hear an extremely fussy John crying from my bedroom. "Daddy will be right there buddy" I called out to him loud enough so you can hear me. When I went back and in the nursery I lifted John up out of his crib. "You're okay John" I said to him. "I know, I know you're hungry" I said to him as I made my way to the kitchen with John security cradled in my arms. I set him down in his swing for a moment and quickly grabbed a bottle from the fridge. I stuck it in the microwave and lifted him back up. As soon as the bottle is finished heating up I took it out of the microwave and we went back to the nursery. I grabbed a blanket from his crib. I sat in a rocking chair and quickly swallowed him . As soon as I begin to feed him his fussiness subsided a little. After he was finished eating and being burped I laid him down in his crib for a moment and quickly put the dirty bottle in the sink. I could hear him crying the whole time I was out of the room. As soon as I got back to the nursery I lifted him up out of his crib and into my arms. "Shh daddy's right here" I said to him as he cried louder and laid his head down on my shoulder. I gently swayed him side to side for a few minutes . Unfortunately despite my best efforts it wasn't helping to calm him down. So I decided to try rocking him . However before I sat in the rocking chair I realized that he needed to be changed. I laid him down on the change table and began changing his diaper. After I had gotten him changed I swallowed him and sat in the rocking chair with him securely cradled in my arms. I gently rocked him back and forth . While I rocked him I softly sung a soothing lullaby. Eventually John grew too tired to cry . Once he had fallen asleep I gently laid him down in his crib. I made sure that both baby monitors were turned on before going to bed myself. About half an hour after I had fallen asleep I was woken up by my crying son. "Hey little man what do you need?' I asked him as I went over and picked him up from his crib. After less than 2 minutes I figured out the reason why he was so upset was because he needed another diaper change. Once I got him changed once again I went into the kitchen to get a fresh bottle . After we were back in the nursery I sat down in the rocking chair and wrapped him up in a blanket. Once he was securely swaddled I began to feed him. After he was finished eating he started to get fussy again. It took me a little over half an hour to get him settled down again. No more than 45 minutes after I had went back to bed I heard him crying once again. I repeated the same process of changing his diaper and feeding him as I did the previous times. He woke up every hour . I got up and tended to his needs until I looked up at the clock and realized it was 5 in the morning. I couldn't believe it. There was only an hour until I would have to get up for the day. I'm so exhausted I thought to myself. I decided that the best thing to do was to try to fall asleep in the rocking chair since I had just gotten John to settle down. Hopefully he will let me sleep in for a while I thought to myself as I begin to drift off.