Chapter two: Harry's First Bath
Oh btw, I figured that I didn't really need to get into very much detail about the secret keeper and all that stuff since everybody who is a HP fan already knows that already lol
For the next few weeks James and Lily didn't get very much sleep but they didn't mind at all because they enjoyed every moment that they had with their son. Early that morning James woke up to the sound of Harry crying and gently shook his wife away. "Lily, Harry's up." He whispered.
"Yes, honey I know, I'll get him. He's probably hungry and needs his nappy changed." She replied quietly while still half-asleep.
"Tell ya what, I'll go ahead and go change him." James told her before he slowly got up out of bed as he could hear Harry continue to cry through the baby monitor.
"Have you ever changed a diaper before?" She questioned him.
"No, but I'm sure I can manage. I mean how hard can it be?" He questioned her back with a shrug while sliding his slippers back onto his feet. "I'm coming Harry." He began. "Daddy's coming." He finished as he started walking down the hallway and into the nursery and hit the light switch. He smiled down at his son before leaning over and gently picking him up out of his crib.
"Yep, I can already tell that you need to be changed." James said while wrinkling up his nose before he gently laid him down on the changing table as he gently as he had picked him up. Afterwards he had started unbuttoning his onesie.
Meanwhile, Lily had already gotten up and used the bathroom and was busy looking at the picture on the wall while breakfast cooked itself. Sirius had come over shortly after Harry had been born and taken a photo of all three of them on the couch together. James sat by Lily with a huge and proud grin on his face while Lily held their tiny newborn son inside her arms. Lily smiled to herself when suddenly she heard a rather loud noise of revulsion.
"Holy cow you're going to peel the paint off your wall kid!" James cried as Lily giggled and that's when she decided that since Harry's umbilical cord had recently fallen off that she was going to give him his first bath. A few moments later after James had successfully finished changing Harry's diaper he gave him to Lily.
"Alright he's all yours, but if he continues doing that then we're going to have to walk around with clothes pins on our noses." He told her as Lily giggled again until Harry started to make little fussy noises.
"Shh,.. I know you're hungry but Mummy's going to feed you now." She told him while softly kissing his head and carrying him over to the chair and sat down and started to nurse him. After she finished nursing her baby and her and her husband finished eating their breakfast Lily gave Harry back to James while she filled a tiny blue tub up with water.
"Ah, I see,.. bath time huh?" He questioned as she smiled and nodded.
"Yep!" She exclaimed as she gathered Harry back inside her arms and then laid him back down on top of the tiny blue towel and started removing his diaper and the rest of his clothes.
"Time to get the video camera then." James said with a grin while Lily sat Harry inside his new bathtub.
"Hey Harry, what do you think?" She questioned him while smiling at him warmly and lovingly and to her complete and utter amazement he started smiling at her. "You like the wa-wa?" She asked while James filmed the entire scene and Lily scooped up a cup full of water and started pouring it over the top of Harry's head.
"Hey Harry, look at Daddy." He instructed after she had finished and as Harry turned his head he grinned and that's when he had a little accident in the tub.
"Ah well, it happens. That's what babies do." Lily said while shrugging it off before she lathered her hands with baby shampoo and started scrubbing Harry's head. James stopped filming in respect for his son (who would one day grow up and want to watch his baby videos) as she started cleaning his privates and he started fussing once again.
"I know, I know. I can't say I blame you as I wouldn't want anybody touching my butt either. Well anybody accept your father." She said as she looked up at James with a grin. Once she was finally finished bathing him she wrapped him up inside the towel and started drying him off before carrying him back to the nursery to dress him for the day.