I Do Not Own CSI

"WAHHHHHHH, WAHHHHHHH, WAHHHHHH" That was what woke both Sara and Gil from their sleep. It had been almost three weeks since Gil's surgery, and it was a complete success. His hearing was even better than it was before. Even his doctor admired her handy work.

"Its times like these I wish I was deaf," Gil muttered, blinking awake and getting a slap on the chest.

"Not funny!"

"Sorry, dear," Gil said as they both got up to see what was waking their son in the middle of the night.

"Hey, Garrett, what's going on? Are you feeling ok, buddy," Sara cooed as she picked up the flush infant, who was still crying.

"Why don't we take him into the other room so he doesn't wake Samuel," Gil said, ushering them out of the room and into their bedroom.

"He's hot," Sara said, feeling his forehead.

"He's also screaming his lungs out," Gil pointed out.

"He's red."

"Again, he screaming, it's probably causing that."

"Gil," Sara warned.

"Shh, baby, what's wrong? Do you think we should take him to the hospital?"

"No."

"Gil, something is wrong!"

"I think I know what's wrong, I'll be right back," Gil said, shooting down the hall and down the stairs to the kitchen. He grabbed the teething ring that he put in there the other day out, and quickly went back upstairs.

"Can I have him," Gil said, holding out his arms. He put Garrett in the crook of his arm and put the cold teething ring on his gums, almost instantly making the baby stop crying.

"Teeth, he's cutting them."

"How did you know?"

"When you were having a bath last night, I noticed that they were both chewing on everything, including my finger. I could feel their gums, they were hard, I figured they were going to cut teeth soon," Gil said, sitting down on the bed beside Sara.

"And you couldn't have shared this with me before?"

"Sorry, but at least you know now? Why don't you go lay back down."

"Only if you join me," Sara said, pulling the covers back so Gil could lay down as well, putting Garrett in the middle. Garrett could hold the ring so both Sara and Gil were able to close their eyes.

"We're going to have a few sleepless nights ahead of us with the teething thing aren't we," Sara mumbled.

"I think so."

THE NEXT NIGHT

"WAHHHHHH, WAHHHHHHH, WAHHHHHHHHH"

"Figures this happens on the night Gil isn't home," Sara muttered as she got out of bed to the sound of both her babies crying. She quickly went downstairs to grab their teething rings before going into the boys.

"Ok, I know it hurts. I remember getting my wisdom teeth, I know how painful this is," Sara cooed as she picked up Samuel and then Garrett and bringing them back to bed with her. She laid them down in her bed and gave them their teething rings, and then put two large pillows on the side so Samuel wouldn't roll off the bed. The babies quickly quieted down once the cool hit their gums.

"I hope those baby teeth pop soon, Mommy needs her sleep," Sara mumbled as she stroked Garrett's hairline, her own eyelids drooping.

"Sara," Gil said, stroking her forehead.

"Mmmm? You're home early."

"It was a slow night," Gil said softly.

"How was you're night?"

"Long, they woke up, brought them in here, and they woke up again a couple hours later. They've been sleeping since six. What time is it now?"

"Nine thirty."

"And they're still sleeping?"

"They know their mommy needs her rest. Come on, I'll make you breakfast, hopefully we can eat it before they wake up."

"Eggs, I'm craving eggs."

"Whatever m'lady wants."

"So, I've been thinking," Sara said through a bite of her eggs.

"That could be dangerous."

"Ha ha, no seriously. I'm thinking I am going to start feeding them baby food."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah, I mean they can still have their bottles, but I was reading the baby book yesterday and they said that feeding your baby something cold, like apple sauce or even rice cereal can help with teething."

"Mom told me to just rub some whiskey on their gums."

"We're not doing that! Well, not unless we're desperate, we're not there yet."

"Ok, so baby food."

"Yeah, I have some already. I was going to try it when they woke up this morning," Sara said as Samuel's cries could be heard.

"Stay and finish your breakfast, I'll go get them," Gil said, kissing the top of her head and getting up.

"Ok, so they're in their high chairs, bibs on and I've never fed a baby before," Gil said.

"Not even Lindsay?"

"Nope."

"Ok, then we're all new at this. I got mashed bananas and you've got apples, we can alternate," Sara suggested.

"Sure, ok guys, ready to try something new," Gil said as he and Sara both covered their spoons in apples and bananas, bringing it to their lips.

"Open up," Sara said as Samuel just looked at her curiously.

"How about this," Gil said, putting the spoon a little further into Garrett's mouth, letting him taste it. They watched as his tongue came out curiously, drooling the baby food down his bib, but then watched as his mouth opened, wanting more.

"I guess he likes it," Sara said as she followed Gil's actions with Samuel, watching the food come right back out of his mouth.

"This is going to be interesting," Sara said with a smile as Samuel blew bubbles from his drool, spraying some of the baby food.

TBC

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