Advantages

Having worked at Dade Memorial Hospital before she became an M.E. at the crime lab had its advantages for Alexx. She were able to get the hospital to allow her and the team to come in past visiting hours, even if it was for just a half hour. The group arrived at 7p.m. and were told by a nurse they could go on in. The baby had already fed and was ready for visitors.

All of them smiled when they walked into the room, seeing a smiling Eric holding his child. Wrapped in a blanket, the newborn wore a purple and white stripped sleeper that read I Love Daddy. Nevaeh seemed quite curious about the new people in the room. Horatio got to hold Nevaeh first being her godfather and all. They didn't know if anyone else was surprised but the new parents weren't to see how calm Horatio was holding their baby or how at ease Nevaeh was with him.

"Hello sweetheart," Horatio said to the baby, kissing her brow. Watching this, Nevaeh's parents could see the affection in his eyes. "You're a very beautiful little girl, do you know that?"

Frank, having two daughters who were now in their teens was confident in his ability to hold a newborn.

"Your daddy dressed you, didn't he?" He smiled at the baby.

Yep, Eric had picked out his child's first sleeper and a nurse had helped him dress the baby. He had even changed her diaper.

Alexx, too, was comfortable in her ability, being the mother of two. She told baby Nevaeh how lucky she was to have Eric and Calleigh as parents, that she was going to have a life full of love. This caused the new mother to smile and a tear of happiness to come to her eye.

"Now, Alexx," Calleigh said with a laugh. "Don't start. I can't hear that and have dry eyes yet."

Neither Ryan and Natalia had held a tiny baby before, or so they both said. And by nervous they looked when Nevaeh was being placed with them it had to be quite true. The tension they both felt was evident because their baby felt it and began to cry. Eric took the baby and gave her back to her mom. Nevaeh stopped crying as soon as she was with her dad. She closed her eyes when she was placed back in Calleigh's arms.

No surprise to anyone, Eric was staying the night with his wife and baby daughter, sleeping on the love seat that was in the room. The hospital often let new dads do this and in fact, most encouraged it, believing it helped facilitate the bonding process. Nevaeh was in a basinet in the room with them being she was nursing every two hours. They had tried the formula they were going to supplement with and Nevaeh's digestive system did just fine with it. Now that the new parents knew that, Calleigh wanted to breast-feed as exclusively as possible for next few weeks so her milk would come in and so her baby and her could get comfortable with it. She really hoped breast-feeding would work out and she hoped to do so till Nevaeh was four months of age. However, if it didn't work out that way, the new mother wasn't going to punish herself.

Eric wanted to get Calleigh and their baby home as soon as he could. His wife was just as anxious to get away from the hospital with her daughter. And it wasn't like they were going to get overwhelmed and exhausted, Eric's parents were going to help them and make sure Calleigh got enough sleep while recovering for childbirth and while both adjusted to being parents. The last thing the grandparents wanted was for the new parents to get too exhausted to enjoy the baby and her first days. And knowing what it was like being a new mom who was nursing, Chlorinda knew how to help, not take over and interfere.

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