Peanut Prompt: Peanut won't stop crying. Has been crying all day, and nothing has worked. Roland, trying to drown out the noise, cranks up the volume on 101 Dalmatians and Peanut stops crying as soon as she hears Roger singing about Cruella de Vil
Saturday's were family days in the Hood-Mills household. They would enjoy a quiet morning, munching on pancakes, while watching some cartoons. Later they would go to the park or into their backyard, simply enjoying the nature around them. Lastly their evening would be spend snuggled up on the couch together for movie night or around the big dinner table, playing game after game.
The Mills-Locksley's were fond of Saturdays, but their latest family addition seemed to argue with that.
Ivy had woken them up this morning with her loud cries and hadn't stopped since. Robin and Regina had tried their best bouncing and shushing her. Her diaper had already been changed more times than necessary and she'd been given many opportunities to be fed.
So Robin had taken breakfast upon himself, when the boys started whining as well about empty stomachs, and left Regina dealing with their girl.
She tried bouncing her again, but wasn't surprised when she kept wailing. 'I think I'm going to try to give her a bath, maybe the water will calm her', Regina coos at the baby, though the words are meant for him. 'Worth a try I guess', he tells her as she moves out of the kitchen.
'You like water, don't you Ivy', she speaks with the baby while making her way up the stairs, sighing as she ads 'let's hope this will help.'
It doesn't help. Regina is lifting her out of the tub again after a few minutes, wrapping her in a soft towel, before carrying her downstairs again, the cries seeming to get louder and louder each second.
The boys are already engrossed in the 101 Dalmatians, devouring their first batch of pancakes as Robin works on the next one.
Roland draws out his whine of 'Mom' as his sister's cries overpower the volume of the TV, ducking his head when she sends him a supervising glance, before handing him the remote. The boy presses the plus button a few times until he can hear the TV better and his mother moves to leave the room. The beginning tones of 'Cruella De Vil' can be heard as she steps through the door, when Ivy's cries begin to turn down. Regina doesn't move for a second, watching the girl in her arms. She moves back in to the living room, her daughter getting quieter with each step until the cries stop completely. Wiping some tears, Regina smiles down at Ivy, who seems to ignore the fact she's been crying all day. Instead she happily munches on her fingers, listening to Roger's voice on the TV.
Robin steps into the room then, watching Regina in wonder, as he sets the plate of pancakes down and moves to get the girls bottle when his fiancé asks him to.
She takes her bottle like a champ, gurgling and smiling at her mother afterwards.
The family spends their day as planned then, not a single tear escaping Ivy's eyes and if she seems unsettled they'll simply start singing 'Cruella De Vil' together.
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