Potter Black
Rules of Parenthood Disclaimer: Honestly if we owned it we wouldn't be on this web site to post it would we now?
AN: This story is being written with the combined efforts of thethirdtroll and Kitty McGonagall.
ThethirdtrollA/N: I'm sorry this took so long to get up, I had it for a long time but it took me forever to get around to editing and adding my part and junk and thus took forever to update. I'm sorry. We'll try to get the next chapter out soon. Tip for those who have never written a fan fic, write only one at a time or none get updated.
When Sirius went back to work Remus was appointed babysitter for Harry. Though that morning wasn't much less than a disaster.
Before he went to work Sirius attempted to help Remus take care of Harry but...he failed miserably.
Breakfast went everywhere but Harry's mouth.
Diaper changing wasn't too bad.
Every time Remus would step in and do his best to correct Sirius' mistakes.
"Just let me handle him." Remus said as Sirius attempted to feed Harry his dinner that evening.
"No. How am I supposed to learn to do this if I don't even practice?" Sirius replied as he failed yet again.
"Fine, I'll just watch you get baby food all over the place again." Remus said sitting down to wait for Sirius to give up. Without warning Sirius got a spoonful of baby food in his face. "Don't give him the spoon!"
"A little late for that isn't it?"
"No, it might help you to keep from making the same mistake over and over again."
"Like you can do better."
"Yes, but I'm enjoying this."
"So you won't help me, Moony."
"No, cause you clearly said you could handle it."
"I take it back. Now will you help me?"
"Yeah." Remus stepped in and finished feeding Harry while Sirius cleaned the baby food off his face.
"You have a lot to learn about parenting, Padfoot dear friend."
"Yeah, yeah. Let me guess. You're going to be Professor Moony, the Professor in charge of teaching me the laws of parenthood."
"You can make all the jokes you want about it, but you're going to learn."
Just then Harry started crying.
"Lesson number one, find out what's wrong with Harry."
"You're enjoying this aren't you?"
"Yes, now find out why Harry's crying."
After a few moments Sirius found out what was wrong...Harry needed his diaper changed.
"Lesson two, how to change a diaper." It took many tries but Sirius finally got the dipper on correctly.
"I don't think I'll ever get this." Sirius said after putting Harry to bed.
"You will, just takes practice, and boy do you need it."
"Are there any other 'parenting lessons' I need to know about?"
"As a matter of fact there is." Remus started explaining more of the things a parent would possibly need to know about taking care of an infant, or how to react in some situations, what to do and not to do...the list went on and on.
"Is there any end to these rules?"
"No and there will be more as he gets older."
"WHAT!"
"Well some of the rules won't apply after a certain age. Like dipper changing won't be something to worry about once he's older. There will be some that will still apply even when he's older-"
"Like what?"
"I was getting to that. Like when he becomes a teenager some there will be somethings you'll need to be careful about. Don't let him do some things, you have to try to keep a good watch on him. Hopefully he doesn't do a few of the things we did while we were teens."
"Why not-"
"I'm talking about the things that could have gotten us expelled. And you know exactly what I'm referring to Padfoot." "Yeah, but we were kids-"
Remus sighed a bit frustrated that his friend didn't seem to get the point. "Padfoot, you just need to try to make sure he doesn't do a few of the things we did. And," Remus paused here and eyed his friend hard, "try and I mean try to be a good role model for him. Cause he'll be looking up to you a lot."
"Do I need to get a piece of parchment and a quill to start taking notes?"
"I'm not kidding around Padfoot! You need to take this seriously."
"I do take it seriously."
"Well then I assume your prepared for the obstacles ahead."
"Yeah, though I'm not sure how prepared I am."
"Why did you volunteer for this? I want to know how James survived he wasn't much better than you at being responsible."
TTTA/N again: Review it makes me pay attention to time.
Rules of Parenthood Disclaimer: Honestly if we owned it we wouldn't be on this web site to post it would we now?
AN: This story is being written with the combined efforts of thethirdtroll and Kitty McGonagall.
ThethirdtrollA/N: I'm sorry this took so long to get up, I had it for a long time but it took me forever to get around to editing and adding my part and junk and thus took forever to update. I'm sorry. We'll try to get the next chapter out soon. Tip for those who have never written a fan fic, write only one at a time or none get updated.
When Sirius went back to work Remus was appointed babysitter for Harry. Though that morning wasn't much less than a disaster.
Before he went to work Sirius attempted to help Remus take care of Harry but...he failed miserably.
Breakfast went everywhere but Harry's mouth.
Diaper changing wasn't too bad.
Every time Remus would step in and do his best to correct Sirius' mistakes.
"Just let me handle him." Remus said as Sirius attempted to feed Harry his dinner that evening.
"No. How am I supposed to learn to do this if I don't even practice?" Sirius replied as he failed yet again.
"Fine, I'll just watch you get baby food all over the place again." Remus said sitting down to wait for Sirius to give up. Without warning Sirius got a spoonful of baby food in his face. "Don't give him the spoon!"
"A little late for that isn't it?"
"No, it might help you to keep from making the same mistake over and over again."
"Like you can do better."
"Yes, but I'm enjoying this."
"So you won't help me, Moony."
"No, cause you clearly said you could handle it."
"I take it back. Now will you help me?"
"Yeah." Remus stepped in and finished feeding Harry while Sirius cleaned the baby food off his face.
"You have a lot to learn about parenting, Padfoot dear friend."
"Yeah, yeah. Let me guess. You're going to be Professor Moony, the Professor in charge of teaching me the laws of parenthood."
"You can make all the jokes you want about it, but you're going to learn."
Just then Harry started crying.
"Lesson number one, find out what's wrong with Harry."
"You're enjoying this aren't you?"
"Yes, now find out why Harry's crying."
After a few moments Sirius found out what was wrong...Harry needed his diaper changed.
"Lesson two, how to change a diaper." It took many tries but Sirius finally got the dipper on correctly.
"I don't think I'll ever get this." Sirius said after putting Harry to bed.
"You will, just takes practice, and boy do you need it."
"Are there any other 'parenting lessons' I need to know about?"
"As a matter of fact there is." Remus started explaining more of the things a parent would possibly need to know about taking care of an infant, or how to react in some situations, what to do and not to do...the list went on and on.
"Is there any end to these rules?"
"No and there will be more as he gets older."
"WHAT!"
"Well some of the rules won't apply after a certain age. Like dipper changing won't be something to worry about once he's older. There will be some that will still apply even when he's older-"
"Like what?"
"I was getting to that. Like when he becomes a teenager some there will be somethings you'll need to be careful about. Don't let him do some things, you have to try to keep a good watch on him. Hopefully he doesn't do a few of the things we did while we were teens."
"Why not-"
"I'm talking about the things that could have gotten us expelled. And you know exactly what I'm referring to Padfoot." "Yeah, but we were kids-"
Remus sighed a bit frustrated that his friend didn't seem to get the point. "Padfoot, you just need to try to make sure he doesn't do a few of the things we did. And," Remus paused here and eyed his friend hard, "try and I mean try to be a good role model for him. Cause he'll be looking up to you a lot."
"Do I need to get a piece of parchment and a quill to start taking notes?"
"I'm not kidding around Padfoot! You need to take this seriously."
"I do take it seriously."
"Well then I assume your prepared for the obstacles ahead."
"Yeah, though I'm not sure how prepared I am."
"Why did you volunteer for this? I want to know how James survived he wasn't much better than you at being responsible."
TTTA/N again: Review it makes me pay attention to time.