There was always a first time for everything. The first time you feel your baby kick, the first time you hold your baby, the first time your baby smiles and there was the first time for breastfeeding as well. Kitty had tried it multiple times in the hospital after Laurie had been born to no avail. The nurses said that if she kept at it, both her and the baby will get the hang of it and they where right, because Kitty finally got Laurie to latch on.
It was at two in the morning and both Kitty and Red where up, Kitty resting against her husband's body, who was sitting against the headboard. She had Red's familiar flannel shirt open so she could feed her baby girl. Red was watching the entire thing, completely awe struck at what was going on. He knew his wife was having problems with getting Laurie to breastfeed, but he knew that she would get it eventually and he was glad he was there when she did.
Kitty rested her head against Red's shoulder and looked up at him, happily exhausted. He smiled down at her and kissed her head.
"I knew you would get it," he said softly into her hair. She softly laughed and looked down at the baby in her arms, Red doing the same. He let his hand wonder to Laurie's tiny hand, who in turn latched it around his index finger.
"I'm sure if you where the one nursing her, she would have done it right away," Kitty said softly as she looked back at Red, her head still on his shoulder. Red rubbed his thumb against Laurie's small hand and softly laughed.
"I don't know, sweetheart," he said. "I don't think I would have been able to do it," he added as a smirk appeared on his face. Kitty just looked up at her husband, a smile flickering on her lips.
"She likes you more than me," she said as she laughed. "I think you would have had it the first time you tried."
"She'd be a dumb ass if she liked me more than you," Red said. Kitty glared at what Red had said and he immediately started to back track. "And she's not a dumb ass," he said. Kitty's glare softened. She knew exactly what he meant; she just wanted to scare him.
"I know," she said as she as she laughed. Red sighed in relief when she started laughing. He wasn't sure if he wanted to get in trouble with a hormonal Kitty. Just then, Laurie unattached herself from Kitty's breast and snuggled into her mother's warmth, her eyes fluttering close.
"Now give me a kiss, you big goob, before I put Laurie to bed," Kitty said as she puckered her lips for a kiss from her husband. Red rolled his eyes, laughed and complied with his wife's request. When they both pulled away, Kitty moved around the bed and got out of the bed. She then walked over to the crib Laurie had been sleeping in only a few minutes before and set her back down, who fell asleep quickly. Kitty then crawled back into bed, buttoning up Red's shirt as she did so and cuddled into her husband.
"I love you," Red said as he wrapped his arm protectively around his wife and pulled her in as close as she could.
"I love you too," Kitty replied sleepily, who nuzzled her husband's broad chest. Red watched as her eyes fluttered close and fell asleep as well soon after.