Lessons in Parenthood
Dinner was a quiet affair with trite conversations on the weather, the roads (for which Severus had no opinions), and a few updates on Charlotte's life. By the time the family had eaten, Charlotte was fast asleep in her Grandmother's arms- who had not relinquished her since earlier.
Hermione moved to take Charlotte, quite happy to be on her way home but her mother disagreed.
"Hermione, honestly, don't you know anything about being a mother? You can't wake her now, she'll never go back to sleep."
"She will, she-"
"You'll just have to leave her with me for a while."