THC/The Houses Competition

House:Gryffindor

Category: Drabble

Class: DADA

Prompt(s):[Platonic Pairing Type] Uncle/Niece

Word Count: 767

Summeray: While babysitting for Harry and Ginny, Ron has to do a difficult task.

Tittle: Diaper Change

Ron was woken up in the middle of the night by crying. Letting out a small sigh, he looked over at Hermione to see that his wife was still sleeping peacefully next to him. Letting out a loud moan, Ron swung his legs out of bed and stood up, placing his hands on his tailbone and leaning back in order to crack his back before making his way out of the room and into the nursery.

"Lily, sweetheart. You're going to wake your brothers up," Ron spoke softly.

Making his way over to the crib and picking up his niece, who immediately stopped crying when she was in his arms. With Harry away on an Auror mission and Ginny off on a training retreat with the Holyhead Harpies, Hermione and he were babysitting their three children, James, Albus, and Lily. Hermione had hinted that she wanted children by saying it would be good practice for them. Ron just gave an uncomfortable smile and nodded. For the past couple of years Hermione had been saying that she would like to start a family. Ron avoided the conversion whenever possible, not sure if he would make a good father or not.

Once Ron held Lily in his arms, he realized what the problem was. Feeling the full diaper beneath his hand, he froze like a deer in headlights. For a moment, he contemplated waking Hermione, having zero experience with changing a child. Eventually, he decided to do it himself. Hermione had taken the brunt of the babysitting during the day due to Ron's slight reluctance. Gently, he laid her down on the changing table that sat on the far side of the wall.

"Alright sweetie, let's not make this too hard for Uncle Ron, alright?" Ron spoke nervously as he tickled her belly a little, getting her to laugh. Undoing the snaps of the onesie, he pulled Lilly's legs out. While moving Lily's legs out of the material, the child stared at him with great focus for a three-month-old, as if she was trying to read his mind.

"Alright Lily, let's see what we are dealing with," Ron said, suppressing a yawn as he pulled the tabs of the diaper open and pulled back the front of the diaper. It took all Ron's strength not to gag when the smell hit him, and the sight made his stomach roll.

'What have Harry and Ginny been feeding this kid?' Ron thought to himself as he grabbed everything that he would need.

Ron steeled his nerves, grabbing the wipes from the side table, and started to clean Lily up. As he wiped the mess away, his face got greener and greener. Occasionally, he would have to grip the edge of the changing table and take a breath, feeling as if he would pass out at any moment.

As Ron lifted Lily's legs and pulled the diaper out, he quickly bent over the side of the changing table and emptied the contents of his stomach into the trash bin. After wiping his mouth on the back of his hand, he straightened up and continued the process, pulling the diaper all the way out and rolling it up. "I would appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone what just happened. If Aunt Hermione ever found out, she would never let me live it down," Ron said as he placed a clean, fresh diaper under Lily.

Without any more trouble, he was able to place a little bit of powder on the diaper along with some diaper rash cream on the child before pulling the front of the diaper over Lily and doing up the tabs. "There we go, all nice and clean. Now let's not need another diaper change like that, not until your parents come home. Agreed?" Ron asked, placing Lily's legs back into the onesie and snapping it shut before picking her back up.

"Alright, back to bed and maybe we can sleep through the rest of the night," Ron spoke softly as he laid Lily back down in her crib.

Watching as her eyes quickly closed, her hand made its way up to her mouth as she began to suck on her thumb. Grabbing the pacifier that had fallen out during the night, he replaced the thumb with it. He gave her a small kiss on the top of her head before he made his way back to bed and collapsed, quickly going back to sleep himself. Before he went into the world of sleep one thought crossed his mind, perhaps he wouldn't be such a bad father after all.