"Sawa! Sawa! Sawa!" The small girl cried out in the middle of the night as her mouth was starting to hurt and she didn't know what to do anymore. Sara just sighed as she opened her eyes and looked at the small girl that was crying while she was chewing on her fingers.

"Mal no! Don't put your fingers in your mouth," Sara quickly panicked out as she grabbed Mal's hand and carefully removed it from her tiny mouth.

Sara knew why Mal was doing it as she had been raising Mal since day one because their dad had passed away from the virus before Mal was born unfortunately and their mom passed during childbirth and from sickness as they had no doctors or medical help due to the fact that her mom didn't want anyone to know about her pregnancy.

She had known the risk of having a baby like that, but she wanted her baby to have a chance even if it meant she wouldn't. The decision had been hard, but they knew it was the right one and they had agreed during the choice that Sara would be the one to raise Mal.

And the truth was Sara had always wanted kids, but by the time she was in her mid 20's and with the pandemic it was looking like it would be impossible, but through the tragedy she did get that dream and while it was a tragedy of how it happened she wouldn't trade Mal for the world.

And she knew that Mal was just trying to soothe her gums, but she knew it was dangerous to be letting her put her germ infested hand in her mouth. This action just made the toddler cry more though as she wanted the pain to stop.

"Owie! Owie! Owie!" The young girl cried out as she massaged her tiny hand on her cheek. "Aw Mal come here. Let me see," Sara told the small girl as she was pretty sure Mal was getting her two year old molars, but she wanted to be sure first.

Mal just shook her head no as she tried to chew her fingers again which was a strong indication to Sara that Mal was teething again as Mal had been like that before when she first started teething a little over a year ago.

The teething phase had been torture for them both especially because Sara was trying to keep Mal a secret and a screaming baby is extremely hard to keep a secret. Sara had been so relieved when Mal finally passed it, but she had completely forgotten about the two year molars as well, but now that they were here she couldn't believe she had forgotten this phase as well.

"Aw Mal it's okay. I know it hurts again, but it's okay," Sara cooed out to the toddler as she rocked her a little, but Mal just kept crying as she kept fighting to put her hands back in her mouth.

"No!" Mal cried out as she just wanted the pain to stop and Sara wasn't helping in fact she was making it worse. Sara just sighed as she got up and disinfected a spoon before sticking it in the freezer to make it cold as Sara had learned that trick when Mal had first started the teething process as she didn't have any teethers, but it worked just as well.

"Mal it's okay. We just have to wait a little bit for that to cool then you can chew on that all you want and it should help your pain. I know you want to touch it, but Mal that's not safe remember what I said about putting stuff in your mouth," Sara told the toddler in her gentle voice making the small girl continue to cry as she didn't care.

It was hurting too much and she wanted it to go away. "Ma id sop pwease!" Mal cried out to Sara as she gave her the sad puppy dog eyes causing Sara to not be able to resist anymore as she was just going to have to make do with what she could.

She would not let Mal put her fingers in her mouth though because Mal was always getting into things and Sara didn't trust the germs even after washing Mal's hands over and over again.

"Okay Mal I'm gonna be right back," Sara quickly told the toddler as she placed her down on the bed and tried to get up, but Mal started screaming and crying as loud as she could as she reached towards Sara.

"NO! NO WEABE! NO WEABE!" The small toddler cried out at the top of her tiny lungs making Sara sigh as she quickly picked up the toddler and bounced her a little trying to calm her down again.

"Aw Mal it's okay. I just need to do something really quickly it'll help you," Sara told the toddler trying to convince her to let her get up so she could get the spoon from the freezer, but Mal just kept crying as she clung tighter to Sara.

"Okay Mal what if we went out together does that work," Sara asked the toddler hoping that Mal would give in and not be difficult this time. Sara sighed in relief when it worked as Mal just nodded her tiny head allowing Sara to get up as she grabbed the cold spoon and gave it to the toddler letting her chew it.

She was still crying, but she wasn't screaming anymore which was a relief to Sara and to their grandma who was sleeping. Sara knew that the spoon wasn't going to last for long though and she was in for a long night as that spoon would work for a little bit, but it would eventually wear off and Mal would be back to screaming in pain.

Sara really hated this part of parenting it was not only torture for Mal to go through, but it was painful to watch. She hated hearing her baby girl cry in pain and suffering and she couldn't do much to ease it.

She didn't even have any actual teethers because they had forgotten to buy some with the regular baby supplies plus it was almost impossible to find any teethers in the state that the world was in.

Sara sighed in relief when Mal finally stopped crying as she fell asleep with the spoon making Sara worried as she didn't think that was safe. Sara just took a deep breath and held it as she very carefully removed the spoon from the toddler as she didn't want to wake her but she couldn't let Mal sleep with that in her mouth.

Just as Sara was about to relax as she thought she was in the clear and could actually try to get some sleep Mal started to stir and that immediately turned to screaming again as she woke up and felt the pain again.

"Ugh great," Sara practically screamed out in frustration before regaining her calm attitude again as she bounced Mal on her lap trying to calm her. Sara was about to just accept that she was in for a night of suffering until she felt her phone as she remembered her boyfriend.

Sara just smiled as she immediately grabbed her phone and found her boyfriend's name. "Hey Mal I have an idea do you wanna talk to Nico," Sara asked the toddler who just nodded as she chewed on the spoon again.

"Okay great let's call Nico," Sara told the toddler who seemed to calm down more as she nodded again making Sara laugh as she pressed on Nico's name. "Sara it's 3 in the morning is everything okay," Nico asked his girlfriend in concern, making Sara laugh a little as she found his concern to be adorable and sweet.

"Yeah everything's fine but this little cutie as you can see is getting her molars, so it's gonna be a long night," Sara playfully told Nico as she bounced the crying toddler again. "Aw poor kid I'm gonna make it better for her tomorrow," Nico told Sara, making her laugh as she loved how much he not only cared about her, but he loved Mal too.

"And how do you plan to do that," Sara jokingly asked her boyfriend just playing along with his little game. Nico just laughed as he wrote something down then looked back up at her.

"I'm not telling you I want it to be a surprise, but trust me she's gonna love it. Anyway it's really late and as much as I love talking to you both I have some important drop offs early in the morning," Nico told Sara, causing her to smile again as she couldn't help it.

"Yeah you're right and I think she finally fell asleep, fingers crossed it stays that way. Night Nico. And sorry that I interrupted your sleep I just really needed someone to talk to," Sara told her boyfriend quietly once she noticed Mal had fallen asleep again.

"Of course I'm always here for you all and I hope she stays sleeping too. Good luck night Miss Garcia," Nico playfully told Sara, making her laugh again as they both hung up. Sara just looked at the sleeping toddler as she very carefully placed her phone down and was about to fall asleep when she heard the cries again.

"No! Why!" Sara groaned out as she bounced the crying toddler once again just knowing she definitely wasn't getting any sleep for the night.