Day 2: Nappies and Fussy Eating

It was 10am, Abby, Hoagie, Nigel and Wally were sat around the table munching various forms of breakfast. Kuki walked in, they all looked up at her.
She was still in her pyjamas, her hair messy. Her eyes were bloodshot and had dark rings around them. She held a gargling Tyson in her arms.
Abby chuckled. "Not had a good nights sleep huh girl?"

Kuki groaned as she came in to sit down. "No, I couldn't go to sleep 'cause every time I'd put Tyson to sleep he'd wake up half hour later. If I fell asleep between that I wouldn't wake back up again and Numbuh 1 came in and got really cranky."

Nigel crossed his arms. "I was cranky because I warned you it would be hard work but you wouldn't listen. Maybe now you've learnt having a baby isn't all fun and you'll take it to where it should be and not keep it in the treehouse."
With that Nigel walked out to go to the transmitter and try and get a mission.

Kuki glared at him as he walked out. Tyson began to scream again.
Kuki sighed.
"What's wrong now?" She whined.

"Here girl, have something to eat." Abby told Kuki, placing a plate of buttered toast and blackberry jam in front of her.

Kuki picked up a slice and began to nibble at it as she tried to comfort the toddler. Tyson muttered and snatched the food from her. Putting to his lips. He then spat it out and threw it to the floor, having an even bigger tantrum.
Kuki gasped. "He must be hungry."

"Well what can we give him?" Abby asked.

Kuki held another slice of toast near Tyson, he stuck out his tongue and screamed louder.
"He doesn't want toast."

Wally slammed his cereal bowl on the table.
"Will you hurry up and figure it out? I can't even think here!"

Hoagie snorted. "You mean you can do it usually?"
Wally snarled at him. Standing up, putting his bowl in the sink and walking out to watch TV.

"What can you give a baby?" Abby asked, searching through the cupboards.

Hoagie snapped his fingers. "I know!"
He got up and rushed to where Abby was, taking out a packet of milky ways.

Abby smacked him across the head. "You can't give him dat for breakfast fool!"

"Well if it's shut him up or give him this I'd go with the second option." Hoagie stated, handing Tyson the chocolate. "Let's just give it a try."

Tyson placed it in his mouth, then mumbled contently as he sucked it.

"See?" Hoagie beamed triumphantly. Abby rolled her eyes.

"He can't just keep eating them though!" She said to Kuki.

Kuki nodded. "I'd better go to the store and find out what I need to get."
She stood up. Taking Tyson out of the room.

Wally sat watching his favourite morning cartoons when he heard Kuki behind him he looked up.
"Waaaally?" Kuki beamed.

"No!" Wally glared.

Kuki pouted. "You don't even know what I'm going to ask you."

Wally sighed. "No, but I know that I don't want to do it."

"Can you please hold Tyson while I get ready to go to the store?" Kuki asked.

Wally turned and looked at her. "...NO!"

"Pleaaase!" Kuki pleaded. "All you have to do it have him sit with you. I can't take him to the store."

Wally shook his head. Nigel came in.
"Numbuh 3, aren't you taking that baby home?" Nigel asked.

Kuki shook her head. "I can deal with late nights. I can get Numbuh 2 to invent something to wake me up when he cries or something."

Nigel sighed. "Numbuh 3! You're wasting all of our time with that ridiculous baby! You can't handle it!"

Kuki said nothing, she just looked down at the floor.
Wally looked up at her and bit his lip, man, Numbuh 1 was sure giving Kuki a hard time about the baby.

"What are you doing with it now?" Nigel demanded.

Kuki shrugged. "Well...I was just..."

Wally spun around to face Nigel. "I was just gonna sit with it while Numbuh 3 went to the store for it."

Kuki looked at Wally, who gave her a small smile.

Nigel pushed up his glasses and sighed. "Why is everyone getting so chocked up about the baby?"
He stormed into the kitchen.

"Thanks Wally. I'm just going to get ready, I'll be as quick as I can." Kuki smiled, placing Tyson onto Wally's lap and disappearing to her room.

Wally looked down at the small child who was staring back up at him.
He frowned. "What're you looking at?"

The toddler knitted his eyebrows at Wally and stuck out his tongue. Wally raised an eyebrow and grinned. He scrunched up his face to one side. Tyson copied him.
Wally chuckled. "Hehe, you're kind of like my little brother."

He ruffled Tyson's hair, Tyson glared at him and screamed aiming a punch at Wally's chest.
"Hey!" Wally laughed, he picked the child up t restrain him and look at his face. Tyson glared at him again and once again stuck his tongue out at Wally.

Wally just smiled. "Yep, you're just like my little brother."

Tyson's facial expression softened as he stared at Wally inquisitively. Wally ruffled the toddlers hair, causing him to pout back at him. Wally grinned.
Then a waft of an unpleasant smell made Wally sniff and scrunch his nose. He glanced around and looked for the source of the smell. His glance then turned to look at Tyson who stared back up at him. Wally leant forward and sniffed near him, leaning back immediately and picking him up from his lap.

"Pee yew!" He scoffed, holding Tyson at arms length, making him grumble and squirm.

Kuki walked in. "Okay, Numbuh 4, I'm just going right now, thanks so much for looking after him."

"Forget that! He stinks!" Wally told her.

Kuki walked over and took his from Wally's arms. "Uh oh, looks like I'd better get diapers too."
Wally stared at her as she placed him on the floor. "Hey Tyson, want to watch a movie?"

She placed Tyson onto the couch next to Wally, then disappeared and came back with a DVD. Crouching in front of the TV she pushed the DVD into the player. The theme of rainbow monkeys came on, Wally was about to complain but was distracted by Tyson suddenly wailing loudly.

"What? What's wrong?" Kuki asked, putting on a baby voice.

Wally smirked and turned off the TV, Tyson began to babble happily. Wally chortled.
"He doesn't like the rainbow dorkies either."

Kuki frowned. "Sure he does, maybe it's just his diaper getting uncomfortable."
Wally switched the television back on, Tyson looked at it and began to cry. Wally turned it off again and Tyson calmed down. Kuki sighed and took out the DVD, walking out and coming back with another. She placed it in.

"Neat! Toy Story 3!" Wally exclaimed. Sitting up and staring at the screen. Tyson looked up at Wally and back at the screen. He smiled and gave a belly laugh of excitement and stared at the screen happily.
Kuki looked at the two of them as she walked to the door. She gave a smile and walked out.
"Boys." She muttered to herself as she made her way to the mall.

…

Looking for food and diapers wasn't easy. There was so many different brands and sizes. Kuki picked up a packet of diapers and bit her lip, trying to decide why they were different to the packet next to them other than the colour of the packet.

"Are you okay dear?" A shelf stocking woman smiled at her kindly. "Are you helping your mother out shopping?"

Kuki shook her head. "No, this is for my baby."

The woman blinked behind her black, thick rimmed glasses. She put a hand on her newly permed, copper hair. "Really?...oh, that's nice...how old are you?"

"12 and a ½." Kuki replied thoughtlessly, attempting to read the packaging to see the difference between the two packs of nappies.

The woman scoffed and tutted. "Who may I ask is the father?"

Kuki put a packet back and looked at the shelves. "My neighbour, Mr. Sanders."

"Well, how old is he?" The woman gasped.

Kuki shrugged. "Um, I don't know...35?...what nappy would be good for an 18 month old baby?"

"You poor thing. You're too innocent." The woman gave a sighed then walked over. "Well stay away from any mommyandbaba brands, they're the worst for babies and can give then all kinds of rashes, allergies, what not...the best is most likely the softskins brand, only they don't have many in a packet and are very expensive. Did the father give you any money for products."

Kuki shook her head. "No, he doesn't know about it yet."

The woman stared. "Has your mother been looking after the baby for this long then."

Kuki looked up at the woman and then understood what she was thinking.
"Oh! I'm not the mom...I'm just sort of...looking after the baby until my neighbour gets back, the mom just left him on the doorstep."

The woman looked confused but nodded, understanding all that she needed to.
"Okay, well the best diaper would probably be this...its soft, durable and comfy."

Kuki nodded as she took the packet from the woman and another one from the shelf. "Now, I need food...can you help me?"

The woman smiled and nodded.

…

Wally laughed at the film and looked down at Tyson who was laughing along with him, staring up at him.
"You know, you ain't so bad when you're not screaming the place down." He grinned, ruffling the child's hair. Tyson chuckled and looked back at the movie.

The door opened and Kuki walked in. She smiled and walked into the kitchen, placing the bags onto the table.
"Okay, I'd better change you." Kuki smiled, picking up Tyson.

Tyson began to scream, gripping onto Wally's hoodie. Wally tried to get him off but Tyson held on tight.
"Looks like he wants you to come too." Kuki sighed.

Wally shook his head. "No way am I going in to watch a baby have his nappy changed."

Tyson screamed louder.
Wally sighed. "Fine."

Kuki smiled and gave a giggle. Wally stared at her. "What?"
She shook her head. "Nothing, come on Tyson."

Wally followed Kuki into the bathroom, where she lay Tyson on the counter and sighed.
"How do I do this?"

Wally moved her aside and opened the diaper, taking it off the toddler with ease. Kuki stared in amazement. "How did you do that?"

Wally blushed. "My mom made me do Joey's when he was this age."

Kuki smiled. Then gasped as a stream of liquid rushed up into Kuki's face. She burst out laughing as Wally snarled and wiped the pee from his face. He sighed and continued to do Tyson's diaper. When he finished Tyson giggled.
Kuki picked him up and they walked into the TV room, Kuki placed Tyson on the floor and walked into the kitchen where she fumbled through the bag. She pulled out a cuddly monkey toy, it was a pastel yellow colour holding a plastic ring.

"I got this for you." Kuki smiled, crouching down to Tyson's level and holding the monkey in front of him.
Tyson beamed and took the monkey, holding it close. He looked up at Kuki and gave a yawn.
Kuki smiled and picked him up, walking to her room to put Tyson to bed.
She came back and walked into the kitchen. Wally switched on the television and sighed, watching more of Toy Story 3. Kuki appeared next to him and smiled, holding something in front of him.

"Marshmallow fudge?" Wally asked, taking the chocolate from her. "Thanks."

"Thanks for watching him...it was really sweet." She smiled. Wally blushed and took a bite of the chocolate.