The Baby Diaries Part II
Short #1
~Baby~
"You sure that's how you're supposed to do it?"
"Yes! I'm telling you, you got to hit his back."
Ray's bottom was supported on Spike's knee while he leaned against his father's hand, gurgling away.
"Just seems a little rough doesn't it?"
She shrugged.
"It worked when I did it."
Jet groaned with concern as he watched the two of them and slowly inched forward, "to clarify, you're not supposed to hit his back. It's more like a nice heavy tap." He demonstrated on his own knee.
Faye scowled his way with annoyance, as she had already told him multiple times to stop pipping in. "Obviously he's not gonna send him flying Jet."
"We're talking about Spike being delicate here Faye."
She bit her lip with sudden understanding.
Spike eyed the two of them, "what? I can be gentle." He looked back to the baby on his knee then readied his other hand against Ray's back. He gave him a very light tap.
"See?"
"That's not going to make him burp!"
Jet chuckled to himself, "yeah, that was a little too wimpy."
Spike sighed, "alright! Give me a sec!"
Ray started to squirm with discomfort.
"Look Spike," Jet lifted Ein up from is peaceful sleep at his feet and held him against his knee like Spike had Ray. Ein whined with displeasure. "Just like this." He began to pat Ein against his furry back. Firmly, yet tenderly. Ein huffed.
Spike and Faye eyed with uncertainty.
Jet's vision shifted between the two of them. "What? Back-to-back."
"Yeah…well. I guess that does look about right." Faye commented.
Spike was getting tired of the coaching. He shook his head. "Fine."
He repeated Jet's motion against Ray's back, but nothing was happening.
"What's going on, why isn't he burping?"
Faye looked confused as well, "maybe you gotta be a little firmer?"
"Or try to lean him forward a little more," Jet suggested.
Spike did as they suggested and leaned Ray forward a bit more with support from his hand. Finally, after one sturdy pat on the back, Ray released an audible burp. Instantly the man felt a spark of excitement, "hey, he did it!" Another achievement he never thought he would find himself proud to achieve. Jet and Faye were all smiles at the success, oddly enough, at this point in their reality a simple burp from a baby could make their day.
"Do it again, he might need to burp some more."
Spike did as she instructed and applied similar pats against Ray's back. The baby gurgled and burped some more, reestablishing Spike feelings of achievement. Before anyone could comment further, Ray proceeded to regurgitate his lunch before Spike's opposite knee, killing the moment completely.
Spike flinched with a noise of surprise and lifted Ray up into the air.
Everyone stared in frozen amazement before Ray's piercing scream struck the air around them.
Everybody flinched and started making their remarks and complaints until Spike's voice broke through the noise.
"Why is it always me?!"
Well, at least he gave everyone a reason to laugh that night.
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Note:
I decided to include these little "shorts" in between sections of the story of just fluffy parent stuff!
Inspired by Luck_Kazajian 's interludes and to unload some random ideas (: yayy thanks! (Read HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT).