Piece By Piece {Completed}

Chapter 17: Baby Months

"I love her too, I love you. My two beautiful girls who are all mine" he smiles kissing my cheek. We stay awake admiring Pearl before putting her in the middle of us and falling asleep. The cries of Pearl wake me and I immediately take her but as she cries I have no idea what to do, as if on que my mom walks in, I look to her for help and she smiles

"She's hungry. It will be hard at first but try leading her and keeping her attached" she instructs, I nod and undo the buttons of my pyjama dress, guiding her as best as I can, my mom gives me hand when I'm having trouble but eventually she latches on and starts feeding, by now Peeta has woken and watches as I nurse our daughter, her mouth slips out a few times but I help her back to my nipple and my mom smiles at me

"You're a natural. A lot of mothers don't get it first go" mom says and I look to Peeta who's already smiling, once Pearl is finished my mom shows me the different ways to get a burp out of her and a lot of helpful tips that I know for sure will help. I stay in bed the entire day and night, feeling too tired to try and do anything but I did enjoy changing Pearl into her first diaper and short length one piece. She woke up a few times that night and it was usually to feed, the next morning I'm walking around, it's painful when I do but I want to walk around as much as I can and Peeta helps if it's too painful, right now I'm laying on the couch with Pearl asleep on my chest, I kiss the top of her head and smile at the ebony coloured hair on the top of her head

"You know that suits you" Peeta smiles, lifting my legs and sitting down then laying my legs across his lap

"Well, it feels good. I'm happy she's here" I say, rubbing her back while taking the cheesebun he offers, I eat the cheesebun and enjoy the feeling of not having all the extra weight. Later on in the day Hazel, Vick and Posy come to visit, although I would've preferred next week I didn't say anything because I know that they meant well

"She's so cute" Posy smiles at Pearl who lays in my arms, looking at Posy

"She is, isn't she" I agree, smiling

"How was the birth?" Hazelle asks and I shrug

"It hurt. Real bad but I got through it" I reply

"She was amazing" Peeta says kissing my cheek, I'm thankful when Hazelle said that I just keep her when I offered her if she wanted to hold Pearl, I was actually hoping that she would refuse because I don't think I'm ready to let people hold her yet

"Did you want to see her room?" I ask and Hazelle nods, I hand Pearl over to Peeta while I show Hazelle and Posy Pearls Now finished room, her crib on one side of the room, a mat for changing her on that have draws for all her clothing and a whole bunch of baby things that Effie had sent us

"This is amazing. I didn't know Peeta was so good" Hazelle says

"I know, it's really peaceful in here" I smile then we make our way downstairs, I smile as Peeta kisses all over Pearls face, he really is enjoying this which makes me enjoy it even more, I sit back next to him

"So, how is Gale and Johanna handling having a baby and a toddler?" I chuckle

"Very well, little Nessa is four months in three days. Her and Pearl aren't very far apart" Hazelle says

"I know, it's funny at how it all ends up" I chuckle. Hazelle and the kids don't stay very long, which I'm thankful for because right now I just want to be with my husband and our daughter. My mom checks in to see how we're going and how Pearl is doing, she said that she'll stick around for a couple more days before going back to district four, she also said that she can come back every month. Later in the day my mom gives Pearl a shot to prevent something, it was the worst thing I could watch as she cried and I had to let it happen, I picked her up immediately and got her to stop crying, my mom tells me that she'll need three more done for her to be healthy which I was mixed about because I hated witnessing that.