Disclaimer: Naruto isn't mine
Being a dad means counting fingers and toes after delivery. Somebody has to.
It was a silly notion. Embarrassing some might say. Any extra fingers or toes would have been seen as soon as Zen(Gaara would always call him that even if the birth certificate said his name was Tomo.) was born. Counting them was extremely unnecessary and a waste of time.
Gaara counted, 1,2,3,4,5. The right hand was done and on to the left foot. Zen's feet were tiny. Tinier than Gaara thought was possible. They were smaller than the feet on one of Temari's old dolls. Feet weren't meant to be that tiny.
No matter how tiny they were, both the right and left had five toes each. Ten cute, tiny, white toes. And ten cute, tiny, white fingers. Five on the left, five on the right. Absolutely perfect. But what else was expected from someone with Hyuga blood, as Neji liked to point out.
It was a tough job but somebody needed to do it.