A/N: Another little moment that came to me while packing of all things

Brennan was at the lab trying to get a cause of death and identity in her and Booth's latest case while he was home with 11 month old Christine who was fighting a cold and ear infection. Brennan was examining the skull for trauma when her phone vibrated in her pocket. Putting the skull down Brennan fished her phone out of her pocket,

"Booth is Christine okay?"

"She's okay, but I think you should come home if you can."

"Why?"

"She hasn't settled down since you left. She doest feel well and she wants her mommy, daddy isn't an acceptable substitute."

"Okay can you manage until lunch?"

"Yes."

"I put some apple juice in the freezer before I left, it should be slushy now. Mix some of it with water and see if she'll drink it. I gave her some yesterday and she loved it. I think her throat is sore, she wouldn't let me look yesterday or this morning , the cold helps a little."

"Okay."

Three hours later Brennan came home to Booth sitting on the couch with Christine resting on his shoulder. She put her bag on the chair by the door and walked to Christine, running her fingers through her hair. "How are you feeling sweetheart?" Christine turned her head and looked sadly at Brennan holding her arms out. Brennan picked her up and kissed her forehead while walking around the end of the couch facing Booth. "Hey Bones. She looks happier already." Brennan smiled, "Maybe. How was she?"

"Okay, she whined on and off until a few minutes ago. That's why I called you, she's not happy and frankly it breaks my heart to see her look so miserable and not be able to really fix it. I took her temp just before you came home, it's still 101.3. She had her meds a half hour ago, didn't like the cough medicine. Crying led to coughing which lead to choking on the last little bit, but she got most of it down. Same with the Tylenol." Brennan nodded, she'd been experiencing the same thing minus the fever since Christine had gotten sick two days ago.

"Did you give her her ear drops?"

'Yeah they go in a lot better if you tell her she gets a cookie if she holds still. Sad part is when I gave it to her she didn't eat it. The apple juice slushy was a hit though."

"That's good. She must feel really bad to not eat a cookie."

"Yeah."

"What's the burp cloth for?"

Booth smiled a little and took the butterfly printed square off his shoulder "Christine won't let me wipe her nose or use the snot sucker thingy so I figured using one of these to catch the snot was better than my shirt"

"Good idea. I'm going to take her upstairs and see if I can get her to take a nap, sleep is the best for her right now."

"Yeah." Booth stood up and put the burp cloth under Christine's head when Brennan turned around and started up the stairs. An hour later Booth smiled as he peaked in the nursery; Brennan was slowly rocking Christine who was finally asleep and video chatting with Wendell from her laptop sitting on the ottoman. Once she was done and the screen showed an empty platform Booth entered the room."Everything okay?'

"Yes, Christine is finally sleeping, but if I stop rocking or try to put her in her in her crib she starts fussing. Wendell has a few questions so I'm multitasking. "

"It's fine Bones. You're a mom first and a squint second. Need anything?"

"No."

Booth kissed Brennan's cheek and the top of Christine's head and left the room seconds before Hodgins popped on the screen with test results.