The Child Care Paradigm

A/N: Howdy, this is my first fanfic for The Big Bang theory and it's a collab with my bestfriend, loldoll619. We hope you like it, please review and leave us your comments.

Disclaimer: We own nothing but Bella.

"Are you sure you'll be okay?" Repeated a frantic Penny as she left her three year old daughter in the care of Sheldon and Amy for an extended amount of time, Penny's Mom had been sick for a while so she and Leonard were going to Nebraska for a few days to give Wyatt a break from taking care of her.

"Penny, why can't you take her with you?" Sheldon questioned, he was not looking forward to having his apartment invaded by a messy child who was incapable of following his schedule.

"As much as I hate leaving her, Sheldon, I don't want Bella getting sick and I don't want her first proper memories of her Grandma to be of her being ill!" Penny replied as she picked up her small daughter. The little girl looked just like Penny; she had long blonde hair and bright green eyes, Leonard always referred to her as Penny's 'mini me'.

"Now do you promise to be a good girl for Uncle Shelley and Auntie Amy?" Leonard asked.

"I promise Daddy." Smiled Bella, Penny handed Bella over to Amy with a tear in her eye, she and Leonard both kissed their daughter goodbye.

"Bye Mommy, bye Daddy, love you!" Giggled the young girl as she wriggled in Amy's arms.

"We love you too baby!" They replied in unison as they got into the car and with a final wave they drove away.

Bella May Hofstadter had been introduced to their social group on 4th June 2014, Sheldon and Amy were now married, Raj was engaged and Howard and Bernadette were expecting their first child.

Sheldon and Amy watched the infant from the kitchen as she played with her dolls on the floor.

"What should we feed her?" Sheldon asked "I don't want a hyper child tearing up our apartment."

"Calm down Sheldon, I've made dinner for the three of us." Amy whispered revealing a big bowl of food from the oven.

"Spaghetti with little pieces of hotdogs cut up in it!" Sheldon gasped , a wide grin spreading across his face. Amy smiled as she plated up the spaghetti, Sheldon was hard to please and she loved seeing him smile.

"Bella, dinner's ready!" called Amy from the kitchen. Sheldon took his plate and made his way towards his beloved spot.

"Coming Auntie Amy!" Replied Bella as she stood up and pulled her floral shirt down covering the top of her blue jeans "Uncle Shelley, why are you sitting there? Mommy said that I have to eat at the table and that it's bad manners if I don't." Stated the little girl with a confused expression.

Penny and her rules, he was glad that she and Leonard were bringing up their daughter to be polite and well mannered but this affected him, he didn't want to upset the infant or set a bad example so he simply smiled and apologised to her, moving back to the breakfast bar.

He could see that Bella was struggling to climb onto the tall stool but he was afraid to touch her, Amy shot him a stern look indicating that she didn't care about how he felt because the child was struggling and he had to help her. Sheldon tutted and picked up the struggling toddler placing her on the stool beside him. The smile of the child next to him brightened the room, maybe he was starting to warm to her, he had never spent this time around her and he figured that she was obviously going to be a permanent member of their social group so he may as well get used to being around her for more than an hour at a time.

"Thank you Uncle Shelley" Beamed Bella. Amy smiled on looking at the warm scene that unfolded before her eyes.

"You're very welcome MoonPie."