Harry: 19
Camryn: 19, 14 weeks pregnant
Darcy: 2 1/2
Lennon: 5 months
❤️thank you so much to Nienke_TPWK for requesting this chapter! I had so much fun writing it❤️
There were very few things that terrified Harry about fatherhood when him and Cam first found out they were pregnant at 16. Of course the obvious things scared him like his baby not being healthy, or her getting hurt or something, but other than that there wasn't much. Well, there was one more thing:
The dreaded potty. Potty training a toddler sounded absolutely petrifying to Harry. Camryn too. Harry had never been the best with bodily fluids, a few of Darcy's diapers throughout the years had about sent him over the edge and one time he actually almost puked, so the thought of a toddler walking around and having accidents everywhere sounded like the absolute worst thing ever.
They'd waited a bit longer than they normally would've to transition Darcy from diapers to the potty because of their busy schedule. She'd started showing signs that she was ready to be potty trained right after Lennon was born, but honestly Harry and Cam were too exhausted from having a newborn that they put it off for a bit. Besides, they knew they'd be going on tour with the boys and the absolute last thing they wanted to have on the tour bus was a potty training toddler. It would've been too hard with the constant stops and unpredictability of tour.
But, now they're home from tour and after going to their ultrasound appointment for their third little baby two weeks ago, in a panicked state Camryn realized that if they didn't do something quick, they'd have 3 kids in diapers which sounded like the end of the world to her, honestly. Besides, Darcy will be turning 3 in 4 months, so it was probably time to allow her to grow up a bit and have a bit of freedom, even though they wanted her to stay their little girl forever. So, with much grumbling and pouting from Harry, Camryn finally convinced him that it was time.
He was about to face his worst fear.
***
Day 1 of Potty Training
"Alright little miss Darcy Loo,"Harry announces, walking through the front door with his new little arch nemesis in his hand: a pink miniature Minnie Mouse training toilet.
"Oh my goodness, look at what daddy has for you!"Camryn smiles widely, making big eyes at Darcy who's sitting right next to her on the couch as the little girl looks at her mum in awe and then looks over at her dad. "What is it, DD?"
"Minnie!"Darcy exclaims, sliding off of the couch and running towards Harry to get a closer look at the Minnie and Daisy printed on the back of it.
"It is Minnie!"Harry chuckles, setting the toilet down on the floor so Darcy can get a closer look at it. "It's a Minnie potty just for you!" He wiggles his eyebrows at Darcy as she looks at him with big amazed eyes and continues to inspect the toilet.
"Dada it has bow,"Darcy babbles, pointing towards the dark pink bow situated between the Minnie Mouse ears.
"It does have a bow!"Harry nods and smiles, tapping on the bow in Darcy's hair that's holding half of her hair back from her eyes. "It has a bow just like you!"
"I go pee pee?"Darcy asks curiously, trying to put together in her mind what this contraption is supposed to do.
"Yeah, you do go pee pee in it,"Harry nods with a breathy laugh, picking up Darcy into his arms and walking over to sit on the couch next to Camryn who's cradling a breastfeeding Lennon in her arms. His big blue eyes are desperately trying to stay awake as he holds onto his mumma's hand, wanting to continue looking at her, but he's quickly loosing the battle to sleep.
"So Miss DD,"Harry begins, positioning Darcy so that she's facing him and Camryn and sitting on his knees as he bounces them gently and holds onto her hips. "You're gonna learn how to use the big girl potty!"
"No more diapers, for DD,"Camryn smiles, wiggling her eyebrows and tickling her fingers against Darcy's tummy.
"Should we go try it?"Harry asks, raising his eyebrows at Darcy and winking at her as he tickles his fingers into her sides to make her giggle.
"Ummmm,"Darcy hums, puckering her lips thoughtfully as she rests her hands against Harry's chest. "Noooo."
"No?"Harry chuckles, nuzzling his nose against Darcy's and squeezing her little hips. "Why not?!"
"Going on the potty will help you be a big girl, DD,"Camryn tries. She knows her little girl inside and out which means that she knows that Darcy's biggest goal in life currently is to be a "big girl".
"Otayyyy,"Darcy decides, nodding her head as she slides off of the couch and grabs at Harry's hand, following him into the bathroom.
*
"Alright babe,"Harry says, placing the miniature toilet on the floor next to the actual toilet as Darcy stands by Camryn in the doorway, curiously looking at her dad with the most cautious and confused expression ever. "So, you ready to learn how to do this?"
"Go watch daddy,"Camryn encourages Darcy, motioning her head towards Harry. "You got it, babe. Show me how much of a big girl you can be."
Darcy patters over to Harry and watches as he kneels down by the little Minnie toilet. "Alright, cutie, so when you have to go pee pee, you just come in here and sit down on the toilet,"Harry instructs, pointing towards the little toilet.
"You do first, dada,"Darcy says, looking warily at the toilet and thinking that she'd really just rather keep peeing in her diapers.
"Well, I can't sit on that toilet, but I'll sit on the other toilet,"Harry chuckles, walking over to sit on the regular toilet that's positioned right next to the little toilet. He sits on the lid with his jeans still on and smiles at Darcy. "See, it's not bad, you try it now."
Darcy looks warily at the little toilet, but she eventually decides to go for it, sitting down on her little bum as she looks at Harry and Camryn who both give her a round of applause to try and encourage her.
"Good job, baby!"Camryn exclaims with an excited smile. "You look like such a big girl!"
"What do you think, D?"Harry asks, side glancing at Darcy as she looks down at her lap and tries to decipher how she feels about this.
"I don' wike it,"she decides with a stubborn pout, standing up from the toilet and walking over to Camryn, dramatically pouting. "Mama I don' wike it."
"Oh you don't like it,"Camryn coos and tries not to laugh at her little girl's innocence, she picks her up into her arms and hugs her tightly, swinging their bodies gently as she hugs her tight. "It's okay! You'll get used to it!"
"I wike my dipes,"Darcy murmurs, nuzzling her face into Camryn's neck as she pouts dramatically.
"Sadly you can't stay in diapers forever, cute girl,"Camryn giggles gently, swaying her hips to soothe Darcy and rubbing a hand up and down Darcy's back as Harry chuckles and watches his two girls stand in the doorway of the bathroom.
"I feel left out,"Harry pouts dramatically, standing up from the toilet and walking over to his two girls, wrapping his arms around both of them and snuggling into them so that Darcy is sandwiched between Camryn and Harry. "I love my girls."
"What do you think, DD?"Camryn asks, nuzzling her face down to Darcy's that's still resting on Camryn's shoulder. "Do we love dada too?"
"Yeahhh,"Darcy smirks, giggling as Harry rubs his scruffy cheek against hers.
"So DD, when you have to go potty, tell mummy and daddy and we'll take you, okay?"Harry instructs, "and if you make it to the potty without an accident you can have a treat, okay?"
*
"I 'ave to pee pee,"Darcy says, looking up from looking down at her little brother who's doing tummy time on the floor. She's laying right next to him and handing him blocks in between her building a tower out of them.
"You do?"Harry asks, laying on his stomach right next to Cam, both of them are on the opposite side of the tower, helping Darcy build it higher. He pops up off of the floor as soon as the words sink in. "Okay! Thank you for telling me!" He quickly rushes over to Darcy and picks her up in his arms, her body facing outwards as he rushes towards the bathroom, knowing that she doesn't have much control over her bladder yet. "Let's try out your potty!"
Camryn quickly rushes after Harry and Darcy, leaving Lennon to lay on his tummy and suck one of the alphabet blocks innocently.
"'Kay, baby, here you go,"Harry whispers, kneeling down on the floor and pulling Darcy's panties down, setting her on the toilet. She's been going around the house in just panties all day so that it will be easier for her to strip when she has to go to the bathroom and diminishes her chance of having an accident. "Go pee pee."
"I-I don' want to,"Darcy quickly frets, standing up from the toilet as soon as Harry places her on it and looking at it fearfully. "I want my dipe."
"Baby, it's okay, it's not scary, just sit down and try it,"Camryn gently encourages, kneeling down next to Harry as she puts her hand on Darcy's hip.
"Mama, I don't wan' to,"Darcy cries, her eyes welling up with tears as her bottom lip wobbles.
Harry knows he has to think quick because he doesn't know how long Darcy can hold it before he has to clean up the floors, so he makes a quick decision. "Look, daddy will sit on the potty too." Harry sits on the regular toilet with his jeans still on and smiles over at Darcy. "See? It's not scary!"
"Will you sit on the potty like daddy?"Camryn whispers, tucking her lips down to Darcy's ear that's nuzzling into Camryn's neck with her arms thrown around Camryn's neck.
"Here, mama will hug you the whole time,"Camryn barging, picking up Darcy's naked body in her arms and gently placing her on the toilet, scooting her body closer to it so that Darcy can cling onto her the whole time.
"See? It's not too bad,"Camryn whispers, running a hand down Darcy's trembling spine as Darcy continues to hide her face in her mum's neck and strengthens her grip around her neck.
"Mama's right here,"Camryn whispers as Darcy continues to feebly cry, her little tears landing on Camryn's neck. "There's nothing to be afraid of. It's just like going in your diaper."
"No it not,"Darcy cries, shaking her head as she makes the saddest little whimpers. Harry frowns and rests his arms on his legs, interlocking his hands as he watches his two girls. He loves watching Cam be a mum. It's the most natural thing ever for her.
"I know it's a bit scary,"Camryn calmly whispers, continuing to rub her hand soothingly against Darcy's back. "Change is a bit scary, but you're being so brave. I'm so proud of you."
She never would've guessed that going to the bathroom could be so troubling for someone, but it hurts her heart how sad her little girl is, so she'll comfort her no matter how silly the fear really is.
Soon enough, Darcy can't hold it in anymore and begins to pee into the toilet, continuing to sniffle into Camryn's neck as Camryn smiles.
"Oh you did so good, baby,"Camryn whispers with an excited smile once Darcy's all done. "See? That wasn't that bad! You're all done! You're officially a big girl!"
"I didn' wike it,"Darcy mumbles, pulling away from Camryn with the saddest little blue eyes as she looks at her mumma.
"Oh you didn't,"Camryn giggles gently, tucking a curl behind Darcy's ear and using her fingers to brush off some of Darcy's tears. "It's okay. You'll get used to it and I promise you'll like it eventually."
"I'll be right back,"Harry whispers as he walks out of the room, leaving Camryn to continue calming Darcy down and assuring her that she's just fine.
Harry returns a minute later with Lennon in his arms, facing outwards and holding a brown small package in his hands as it chews on it, getting slobber all over it.
"Would someone like some slobbery m&m's as a 'good job' treat?"Harry asks with a smirk, knowing that his little girl loves chocolate, and kneeling down in front of her.
"Mmmm, appetizing,"Camryn chuckles sarcastically as she watches Lennon continue to suck on the package.
"Here, babe,"Harry smiles, holding Lennon out towards Darcy who sniffles with a little grin playing on her lips. "This is for you. Lennon wanted to tell you good job."
"Fanks Lennie,"Darcy grins, taking the slobbery package out of Lennon's hands and holding it towards Camryn so that she can rip it open.
"Was it worth it babe?"Harry asks as he watches Darcy stick a little red m&m in her mouth as she continues to sit on her tiny potty.
Darcy considers her dad's question for a second as she eats another m&m. "No."
***
Day 2 of Potty Training
"And here's your special waffles, Squish,"Harry announces, placing the princess plate in front of Darcy who's holding a miniature fork in her hand and practically bouncing out of her seat in excitement.
"Yummy!"Darcy hums, sliding one of the pieces of waffle around on her plate and splashing syrup all over the counter.
"Try to be a bit more messy, D,"Camryn sarcastically says, watching Darcy splash more syrup onto the table while she tries to get a piece of waffle onto her fork.
Harry chuckles and wraps his arms around Camryn's waist from behind as she continues to stand and cradle Lennon to her chest who's also eating his breakfast.
"Hi bubba,"Harry coos, peeking over at his wide-eyed son as he rests his chin on Camryn's shoulder. "Are you eating your breakfast?"
"Say dada I'm eating my 5th breakfast! And it's only 8 am!"Camryn giggles, patting Lennon's bum gently as he continues to suck ravenously. By the way he's eating, one would assume that he hasn't eaten all day when really this is the 5th time he's eaten since 3 am.
"He needs 5 breakfasts if he wants to keep those rolls,"Harry coos, taking one of Lennon's chubby legs in between his fingers and playing with the large rolls covering his limb. "Huh chubs?"
"It's a good thing I love you,"Camryn teases, nuzzling her nose down to Lennon's and stealthily using her hand that isn't cradling Lennon's head to impale one of her strawberries with her fork and bring it to her mouth.
"Do you wanna sit?"Harry asks, squeezing his arms a bit around her waist as she winces.
"No,"she whimpers. "And no squeezes unless you want me to be sick all over you. Baby doesn't like when I sit down while I breastfeed in the morning and they don't like your squeezes."
"Sorry, sorry,"Harry quickly frets, loosening his arms around her waist even more and putting a cautious hand on her little but growing baby bump.
One random and very weird pregnancy symptom that Harry and Camryn found out about early on with this pregnancy is that in the mornings, it makes Camryn super nauseous to breastfeed Lennon while sitting down. Once she gets a bit of food in her and moves around a bit, she's able to sit down and feed, but she can't on an empty stomach, which still puzzles them a bit, but they'll take anything they can get since overall this pregnancy has been the easiest in terms of morning sickness.
"It's okay,"Camryn smiles gently, rocking her hips side to side as Lennon begins to get a bit fussy as he continues to eat. He's very territorial of his mum, especially when he's eating. That's their one on one time together and he's not happy at all about his dad trying to barge in on it.
"Oh you're okay, Mister,"Camryn coos with a slight giggle, "are you getting jealous? Am I not paying enough attention to you?"
"Oh I'm so sorry,"Harry sarcastically coos down at his little boy whose big blue eyes are narrowed at his father. "I won't talk to mummy anymore while you're eating. I'll give you two some space."
"You love daddy, though,"Camryn giggles breathily and takes Lennon's hand in hers, rubbing his tiny knuckles gently and bringing his hand up to her lips. "We love daddy! We gotta be so nice to daddy!"
"I so nice to dada!"Darcy butts into the conversation, turning her cheek over her shoulder to look through the wooden barred back of the kitchen chair she's sitting on and cheekily smiling at Harry and Camryn.
"You are so nice to dada,"Camryn giggles with a nod. "You're such a good girl."
"You're my babe, huh?"Harry winks, pointing at Darcy as she points back at him with a proud smirk.
"I can hold him after he's done eating his breakfast,"Harry offers, picking up his own plate with his waffle and pressing a kiss to Camryn's temple before walking to the kitchen table and sitting across from Darcy.
"Okay, awesome,"Camryn replies, dropping another raspberry into her mouth. "He should be done soon."
Harry keeps his eyes trained on Darcy as he eats his breakfast, smiling softly as he watches her little mannerisms and the way her brain works. It's his absolute favorite thing to do: watch her when she doesn't know that anyone is watching her. It allows him to catch all of her little things that she does when she's in Darcy World.
"What?"she asks curiously through a mouthful of syrup and waffle as she catches her daddy looking at her.
"Nothing,"Harry giggles at her little confused expression as she continues to chew. "You're so much like your mama. She always asks 'what?' when I look at her."
"Is daddy lookin' at you, Darcy Loo,"Camryn hums with a grin, making eye contact with Harry who smiles over at her. She knows exactly what he's doing because it's one of her favorite things to do too. It's no secret that they both haven't been able to take their eyes off fo their kids from the day they were born.
Harry continues to quietly giggles as he watches Darcy eat messily. She raises the fork backwards up to her mouth and uses her other sticky palm to rub back some of her brown curls that are falling into her face and getting in the way of her eating. She then moves on to trying to impale a grape with her fork that keeps rolling around on her plate every time she tries, so eventually, with a big dramatic sigh, she picks it up between her fingers and plucks it into her mouth.
"What dada?"Darcy asks again, raising her eyes to find that Harry is still looking at her.
"Nothing, you're just so beautiful,"Harry gushes, resting his chin in his hand as he scrunches his nose at her. "Did you know that?"
Darcy nods, unamused, and goes back to eating. "Mama says."
Harry chuckles and looks up at Camryn who's also giggling.
"Mumma says that you're gorgeous?"Harry chuckles, translating Darcy's little 2 year old talk. She's definitely not one that lacks in confidence, although she does lack in humility a bit. "Mumma's right."
"Someone's gonna need a tubby after breakfast,"Camryn acknowledges as she looks at Darcy comb back the hair from her eyes with a sticky palm, getting syrup all over her hair and down her front, which luckily is bare because Harry and Camryn are continuing to only make her wear panties as the potty training continues.
Harry goes back to eating, wanting to finish before Camryn hands Lennon over to him because Lennon always tries to steal his food.
He looks up a few minutes later to check on Darcy who's been unusually silent and sees that she's stopped eating and is staring straight forward at the wall with a bit of a wrinkle in between her eyebrows.
Harry feels his heart drop as he realizes what's going on. He raises an eyebrow at her and watches her eyebrows continue to furrow. "Are you peeing?"
Darcy looks up at him with an expressionless face, but Harry, having been her dad for 2 1/2 years, knows that it's also laced with a bit of guilt.
"You're peeing aren't you?" He drops his fork and rushes over to her to see all a puddle at the floor and on top of the chair.
"Oh babe,"he whispers with a frown, looking at the floor and then looking at Darcy who has a slight frown on her wobbly lips.
"I sowee dada,"she whispers through her shakily mouth, her eyes welling up with tears.
"It's okay,"Harry assures her, rubbing back the sticky hair from her forehead and looking right into her watery blue eyes. "It's okay, baby. I'm not mad. But next time can you tell me when you have to go pee pee? Remember, you're supposed to tell mummy or daddy."
"Okay,"Darcy whispers, nodding her head as Harry smiles at her, quickly kissing her cheek before picking her up under her armpits and standing her on top of the wooden kitchen chair.
"Alright, let's get these off and then we'll go have a tubby, okay?"Harry explains gently, pulling her little soaked Peppa Pig panties down from her waist and balling them up.
Darcy sniffles and nods her head, a few tears dribbling down her sticky syrup coated cheeks.
"Oh hey, sweetie, don't cry,"Harry whispers, using his thumbs to wipe off her tears from her cheeks. "It's okay. Mumma and daddy aren't mad at you, right mumma?" He looks over at Camryn as Darcy does so also, sniffling slightly.
"Yeah, we're not mad, lovey,"Camryn promises, grinning softly at her little girl. "Accidents happen! And we're still learning, and that's okay! Can you just try to tell mummy and daddy when you have to use your potty next time?"
"Yeah,"Darcy nods, grinning softly at her dad as he sticks his tongue out at her to try and get a smile.
"There's that smile that I love,"Harry gushes proudly, glad that he could get his little girl to smile as he picks her little naked body up and rests her on his hip.
"I'll get the floor,"Camryn offers, walking over to the sink and grabbing a handful of paper towels with her hand that's not cradling Lennon.
"It's fun having kids with you,"Harry jokes, winking at Camryn and slapping her butt gently as he walks by her to make her jump and squeak. "I say we stop at three."
"I agree,"Camryn calls after him with a giggle as she watches him carry a naked Darcy on his hip, whispering comforting things in her ear to help her feel better about her accident.
***
Day 3 of Potty Training
"I know, I know you don't want me to stand,"Camryn coos, cradling a nursing Lennon in her arms while she stands by the television and peeks over at Darcy who's sitting on top of the couch and watching a cartoon in her undies as she picks at the dried yogurt around her lips from her breakfast she ate a few minutes ago.
"I know, bub,"Camryn coos with a big exhale as she feels the sick rise in her throat. "I know you don't like when I stand and nurse you, but your little sibling doesn't like when I sit."
"Mama your tummy hurt?"Darcy asks, cautiously looking over at her mum with the most caring eyes. Her dad got her out of bed this morning and warned her that they had to be extra nice to mama because the baby was making her tummy feel icky.
"Yeah, my tummy is hurting a bit,"Camryn rasps, her voice a bit dead from the acid constantly rising in it.
"Dada give you kisses,"Darcy simply responds with a small smile.
Camryn giggles a bit and continues to rock her hips as Lennon nurses, staring up at his mum and not liking that she's giving attention to his big sister. "Yeah, dada does give me kisses to make me feel better, huh?"
Lennon fusses a bit and puts his hand on Camryn's chest, trying to get her attention. "Hi sweetheart,"she chuckles, looking down at him and making a wide-eyed face at him, "was I not paying enough attention to you? Huh? Huh my little bud?"
"Do you have to go potty, baby?"Camryn asks, watching as Darcy taps her fingers against her bare stomach and mindlessly watches Peppa Pig. "You haven't gone in a while."
"No,"Darcy shakes her head and begins to play with her belly button, sticking her fingers in and out of the hole.
"I don't believe you,"Camryn giggles, but she's got her hands too full to try and argue her point with Darcy any more at the moment. She figures that Harry will be done with his shower in enough time to help Darcy go to the bathroom.
"Are you all done?"Camryn coos down at little Lennon who unlatches and begins to nuzzle his face against her chest, wanting to take his morning nap. "C'mere." She repositions Lennon against her chest and he snuggles his cheek into her chest as she bounces and sways up and down the hallway that connects the kitchen and the living room, singing a soft lullaby.
"Mama!"Darcy calls after a couple of minutes, her voice wobbling with tears a bit.
"Shh, Lennie's almost asleep,"Camryn whispers as she walks back down the hall, one hand cradling Lennon's head to her chest as she walks into the living room and sees Darcy with the most guilty face ever looking back at her. "What's wrong, babe?"
"Mama, I sowee,"Darcy whispers, moving over on the couch to show the mess she made all over the cushion of the couch.
"Oh DD, babe,"Camryn sighs, her heart sinking as she realizes that Darcy crapped her panties and now it's smeared all along the couch. "Honey..."
"I sowee mama,"Darcy frets, looking down at the couch and then her undies.
"Baby, why didn't you tell me you had to go potty?"Camryn carefully asks, feeling the sick rise in her throat as she looks at the couch.
They found out very early on when Cam was pregnant with Lennon that when she's having morning sickness, she's off diaper changing duties because she just can't stomach it at all, and with her stomach acting up already this morning, this is just about her worst nightmare.
"Okay, okay, I can do this,"Camryn whispers quietly to herself, laying a sleeping Lennon down on the other couch that sits next to the one Darcy's sitting on and walks over to the mess on the couch.
"'Kay baby, c'mere,"Camryn whispers tightly, holding her hands out for Darcy to climb into.
She gets one whiff and it sends her over the edge. "Stay here,"Camryn tightly whispers, putting the back of her hand against her tight lips and running up the stairs at record speed. She runs barges into the master bedroom, the door banging against the wall as she runs into the steamy bathroom and lets everything go right into the toilet.
"Hey, woah, you okay?"Harry quickly checks, opening the glass shower door and leaning out of it as his hair drips onto the floor, looking at Camryn who's gagging into the toilet again.
"Brilliant,"Camryn sarcastically responds, heaving into the toilet again as she completely loses her breakfast.
Harry quickly steps out of the shower, wrapping a towel around his waist as he kneels down beside Cam and gathers up her hair into his hands, rubbing a gentle hand down her back. Camryn whimpers and grips onto the toilet bowl, her arms trembling as they try to keep her up.
"She...pooped on...the couch,"Camryn shakily whispers in between pants, bringing the back of her trembling hand to her mouth and wiping it.
"Huh?"Harry asks, not sure that he heard Camryn right, and if he did hear Camryn right, he's completely confused about what she's talking about.
"She pooped...on the...couch...and I tried to clean it...up, but...it made me...puke...my...morning sickness,"Camryn states again, resting her temple against Harry's soaking wet chest as her chest continues to heave, his hand rubbing up and down her arm as he holds her.
"Oh bug,"Harry coos with a frown, hugging her tighter against his chest as she continues to take shallow breaths and tries to keep her sick down. "She pooped on the couch?"
"Yeah,"Camryn whimpers. "All over. I don't know how much longer I can do this."
"She just doesn't understand when she needs to go,"Harry sighs, resting his cheek down against Camryn's head, grateful that he has someone who understands exactly how he's feeling and is willing to wallow in despair with him. "I say we keep her in diapers until she's 30."
"I'm in at this point,"Camryn dramatically whines, nuzzling her cheek in further against Harry's chest as her stomach churns ominously. She rubs a hand against her stomach and takes a few deep breaths, "I know, baby, I know you don't like when your sister goes to the bathroom on the couch. I don't either. But, maybe don't make me puke next time."
"I'm gonna puke too when I have to clean that up,"Harry groans, dropping his forehead to Camryn's head.
"This one's all yours,"Camryn whispers, interlocking her fingers through Harry's and using their hands to rub her bump. "I'm pulling the pregnancy card."
"Luckyyyy,"Harry dramatically draws with a chuckle. "I think I'll get pregnant next time."
"Be my guest,"Camryn laughs, turning her face on Harry's chest to gently kiss his damp chest.
"Okay, we should probably go get her before she gets sh** anywhere else,"Harry sighs, pressing one more kiss to Camryn's head.
"I'll get her in the tub after you wipe her down a bit,"Camryn offers, figuring that her stomach will be able to handle that.
"Being parents is so much fun,"Harry jokes with a chuckle, trying to convince himself to go downstairs and clean up everything instead of just staying on the bathroom floor and cuddling his love.
"This is the part I'd show 16 year old Harry and Camryn right before they had sex at the party,"Camryn jokes back, as Harry rubs both of his hands down her bump.
***
Day 5 of Potty Training
"Dada I need potty,"Darcy whines, twisting her legs together as she bounces a bit, looking towards Harry who's laying on the couch with a book in his hand while Darcy was standing in front of the television and dancing along to the Princess and the Frog soundtrack.
He quickly looks up from his book, sitting up at record speed from the couch as he watches her reach for her panties and pull them down to her ankles while still looking at him.
"Okay, okay, not right here,"Harry exclaims, jumping off of the couch and running towards Darcy. "One second baby, hold it in until we get to your potty!"
He picks her up under her arms and holds her outwards to try and save his body from the pee as he runs through the living room with Darcy, her little panities still bundled at her ankles.
"SHES PEEING CAM SHES PEEING!"Harry yells as Darcy begins to pee right onto the floor, leaving a trail as he runs down the wooden floored hallway with her to try and make it to the nearest bathroom. "CAM I NEED YOU TO HELP ME, BABE!"
"I'm feeding Lennon!"Camryn calls from upstairs in their bedroom.
"Well, sh**,"Harry hisses as Darcy continues to pee on the floor as he pushes the bathroom door open with his shoulder. He cringes and looks down at his little girl as he realizes he made a mistake and prays that for once his daughter won't be a parrot and repeat everything he says. "You did not just hear that, okay? You hear me?"
He quickly sets her down on the toilet in just enough time for her to finish going. He has to hold her under her arms to keep her from falling into the toilet since she's so little, but once she's on it, she looks up at him with an innocent smile. "I done, dada."
"Oh you're done now,"Harry can't help but chuckle and shake his head. "Probably so, you made a trail all the way down the hall." He sighs and kisses the top of her curls, resting his forehead there as he wonders how they got here. Just yesterday she was a super tiny newborn who just slept her way through life, and now she's peeing all over his floors. "I never knew such a tiny human could pee so much."
He continues to chuckle quietly as he wipes at Darcy's bum and then sets her on her feet on the floor and kneels in front of her.
"You just need to tell dada a bit earlier, okay?"he instructs gently with a hint of a smile playing on his lips as he taps her little belly button that's sticking out of her bloated belly. "But thank you for telling me. You tried, so thank you. We're getting better at this."
***
Day 6 of Potty Training
"I can't go dada,"Darcy complains, sitting on her little toilet with her chin in her hands as she bends in half, looking at her dad who's standing in front of her and watching her carefully.
"Well, we should probably go one more time before we go night night,"Harry smiles, leaning against the wall and watching as Darcy dramatically sighs, completely bored since she's been sitting on the toilet for 5 minutes with no form of entertainment.
"What would help you go, hmm?"Harry asks, looking down at his little girl and giggling quietly about how cute and dramatic she is. He loves when his kids are little snuggly babies, but he's also learning that he loves the toddler stage too because it they're super funny and gain their own little personalities. Besides, everything is cuter when a little kid is doing it, even if that thing is sitting on a toilet.
Darcy shrugs and continues to look down at her little purple painted toenails that Camryn did a few days ago on their girl's day.
"What about a potty dance? Would that help you go?"Harry asks, raising his eyebrows at Darcy who looks up at Harry with a smile, rapidly nodding as she thinks about how much she wants to know what a potty dance looks like.
"Alright, let's get some music up in here." Harry pulls his phone out of his pocket and smiles cheekily when he scrolls through his playlist of songs that Darcy likes. "Should we do the song that you and mummy love so much?" Darcy giggles and nods, smiling widely at her dad.
Harry sets his phone down on the bathroom counter and grabs Camryn's hair brush as he turns his back to Darcy, ready to put on the best show of his life.
He turns around and points to Darcy as the first verse begins to play, singing into his "microphone"
We clawed, we chained, our hearts in vain
We jumped, never asking why
We kissed, I fell under your spell
A love no one could deny
Darcy giggles cheekily and watches with eager eyes as Harry does a little spin and then points at Darcy again, putting on his most dramatic face, as the next verse starts.
Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I can't live a lie, running for my life
I will always want you
He drops to his knees dramatically, crawling to Darcy and reaching towards her with his free hand as he sings to her and she laughs loudly.
I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me
He rubs his finger tips along Darcy's cheeks and cups her chin while looking at her as he sings the next lyrics:
I put you high up in the sky
And now, you're not coming down
It slowly turned, you let me burn
And now, we're ashes on the ground
He dramatically lays down on his back on the ground reaching up in the air towards Darcy as he flings his head back dramatically, putting on a total show for his little girl because hearing her giggle is his favorite sound.
Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I can't live a lie, running for my life
I will always want you
He grabs Darcy's hand, bringing it closer to his body as she giggles, watching her dad continue to lay on the floor and batt his eyelashes:
I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck me
"Sing it DD,"Harry exclaims, holding the hairbrush towards Darcy and smiling widely with an encouraging nod as Darcy begins to sing the lyrics in her own little pronunciation:
I dame in wike a decking bawl
Yeah, I just close my eyes and swung
'eft me cwashin' in a blazin' fall
All 'oo ever did was wreck me
Yeah, 'oo, 'oo wreck me
He brings the microphone back to his lips as he grabs onto her shoulder with his hand, shaking her a bit to make her giggle:
I never meant to start a war
I just wanted you to let me in
And instead of using force
I guess I should've let you win
I never meant to start a war
I just wanted you to let me in
I guess I should've let you win
Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
He stands up to make his finish more dramatic and points towards Darcy:
I came in like a wrecking ball
Yeah, I just closed my eyes and swung
Left me crashing in a blazing fall
All you ever did was wreck me
Yeah, you, you wreck me
He kneels down again in front of Darcy and takes her little hand, kissing it and then looking into her eyes to sing the last lyrics as she giggles:
Yeah, you, you wreck me
"Dada do da spit! Do da spit!"Darcy chants as she claps her hands together, bouncing up and down on the toilet.
"Do the spit?"Harry chuckles, walking over to the sink. "You want the whale?"
"Yeah! Yeah!"Darcy chants as Harry puts his mouth under the faucet and gets a mouthful of water before sitting down on the floor in front of Darcy's toilet. He falls to the ground and arches his back, doing his classic whale spit as he does, which makes Darcy burst out into the cutest toddler giggles of all time.
"I loved that Mister,"Camryn giggles, making Harry jump because he didn't realize that she was standing in the doorway for more than half of his little show.
He turns his head to look over his shoulder and fake pouts. "That was for Darcy's eyes only."
"I got my own little Miley Cyrus,"Camryn teases, leaning against the doorway of the bathroom and smirking over at her husband who is just the best dad she could've ever hoped for her kids to have.
"I thought you were putting Lennon to bed,"Harry grumbles, standing up shyly and glancing over at Camryn.
"I was, and then I heard you two having a dance party without me and got jealous,"Camryn chuckles, walking closer to Harry and making over exaggerated kissing noises at him to try and wipe the pout off of his face. She gathers his cheeks up in his hands as he refuses to look at her, kissing his lips that don't move an ounce in response to the kiss, still pouting fakely.
"Go back to Lennie,"Harry mumbles, deepening his fake pout.
"Ooo feisty, Styles,"Camryn whispers with a giggle, pressing another kiss to his lips before starting to walk out of the bathroom. "Don't have too much fun without me, you two."
Harry kneels down in front of Darcy again and puts his hands on her knees as her chest continues to sputter with leftover quiet giggles. "Did it work? Did dada course the pee out of you?"
Darcy smirks with a giggle and nods, pointing down to the toilet to show that she laughed so hard she peed. His little plan worked.
***
Day 8 of Potty Training
"Will you watch Lennie while I finish the dishes?"Camryn asks, laying a squirming Lennon down on his little play mat that has toys hanging from a bar above him that he loves to reach for and suck on. She also knows that Darcy loves to "babysit" Lennon because she loves to feel like she's a big girl and is trusted with that responsibility.
"Yeah, mummy,"Darcy smiles eagerly, crawling closer to Lennon on the floor and sitting next to his head, grabbing one of the dangling toys, a little stuffed giraffe, and bringing it closer to Lennon's mouth for him to suck on.
"Thank you, sweetheart,"Camryn smiles, kissing the top of Darcy's hair that she pulled into two pig tails this morning. "You're such a good helper."
Darcy lays down next to Lennon on the mat, using her tiny palms to scoot Lennon over a bit to make room while he continues to contently chew on his giraffe. She positions her body right next to his and looks up at the little dangling toys, grabbing the stuffed monkey to play with.
"Wook Lennie, it a monkey!"she babbles, holding the monkey towards Lennon who reaches a slobbery palm towards the monkey.
"No, my monkey,"Darcy shakes her head, pulling the monkey away from him which makes the chubby little baby whimper a bit, his eyebrows pulling together in pure distaste. "You have giraffe, Lennie."
"Lennie, I big girl,"Darcy babbles on. One of her favorite things to do is talk to her little brother because unlike talking to people older than her, he never butts in, so she just gets to say all that she wants uninterrupted. "No more dipes." She points to Lennon's diaper, the edges of it sticking out of his onesie against his little chubby legs.
She looks down at her own undies, a purple pair with Sleeping Beauty on them that she's already had to change 3 times today. If there's one thing Camryn and Harry have learned about Darcy it's that she doesn't mind going to her potty, she's just really bad at telling them that she needs to go potty. So, their days constantly consist of asking Darcy every five minutes if she "needs to go pee pee?" to which she almost always says no, and then a few minutes later will soil another pair of underwear.
She points to them and talks to Lennon again who's still trying to eat the giraffe in his chubby palms. "Lennie, I big girl. I has big girl panties."
She turns on her side to look at her little brother who also turns his cheek against the mat to look at her when he feels the sudden movement.
She grins at him and pats his chubby cheek as a bit of drool runs down his chin. "It okay that you wear dipes. Babies wear dipes, mama says."
Lennon gurgles at Darcy, a small smile forming at his lips as his sister continues to look at him and pat his chubby cheek that wiggles every time she does.
"Lennie, I use big girl potty,"Darcy informs him with a proud smirk. "I big girl. You baby and mama has baby in her tummy!"
She's starting to become a bit better at understanding the feeling of when she needs to pee, but she's definitely not mastered it yet which is her biggest defeat.
And, just like many times before, she realizes too late that she had to go to the bathroom.
"Mama?"she calls, her voice wobbling a bit as she continues to look at her little brother who's still staring at her and demolishing the poor giraffe.
"Yes, baby?"Camryn calls over the sink water as she continues to wash the dishes from breakfast in the kitchen.
"Lennie peed!"Darcy replies, looking over at her little brother and putting her finger to her lips to tell him to keep the secret between them.
"What?"Camryn calls back, a hint of confusion in her voice as she washes off her hands on the dish towel and begins to walk into the living room.
"Lennie peed!"Darcy repeats as she catches sight of her mum pattering into the living room.
The first thing Camryn's eyes are met with is a Darcy's soaked panties as she continues to lay on her side facing Lennon. The baby mat that they're both laying on also has a wet spot from where Darcy is laying.
"Lennie peed, huh?"Camryn questions, smiling a bit to herself at Darcy's lie. It's one of the few lies Darcy's ever told and she can't help but chuckle at the innocent of it. Hopefully she always remains this bad of a liar, Camryn thinks, it will help with the teen years.
"Yeah,"Darcy sticks true to her lie and sits up on the mat, pointing towards Lennon who's innocently, smashing the stuffed giraffe against his face.
Camryn sits down on the floor across from Darcy, matching Darcy's position and folding her legs into a pretzel as their knees touch. "Sweetie, your undies are wet." She grins softly to let Darcy know that it's okay and then tucks a strand of hair behind Darcy's ear that fell out of her pig tail. "How'd that happen, huh?"
Darcy thinks for a minute before she answers and then comes up with a surprisingly good lie for a 2 1/2 year old to make up on the spot: "Lennie peed on me."
It takes everything in Camryn to hold back her giggles as she listens to her little girl lie right to her face. "Oh did he?"
"Uh huh,"Darcy insists, squeezing the skin of her bare tummy in between two of her fingers anxiously, hoping that her mum will believe her and not get mad.
"Are you telling mummy the truth?"Camryn gently asks, looking at Darcy right in her big blue eyes and raising an eyebrow at her.
Darcy looks down at her lap sheepishly and shakes her head, unable to hold onto the lie anymore, she's too good of a kid. "I went pee pee."
"You had an accident?"Camryn asks softly, reaching out to grab Darcy's little palm and rubbing her thumb against Darcy's knuckles. "That's okay! It's okay to have accidents. Do you think next time you feel like you have to go pee pee you could tell mama? Remember, dada and I have talked to you about telling us that you have to go pee pee."
"Yeah,"Darcy nods, looking up at her mum with guilt ridden eyes.
"It's okay, baby,"Camryn assures her little girl, holding her arms out for Darcy to climb into Camryn's lap, soiled underwear and all. She hugs Darcy tightly to her chest, rocking side to side gently as Darcy rests against Camryn's slightly protruding baby bump. "I love you. Should we go get cleaned up and pick out a new pair of undies?"
***
Day 9 of Potty Training
"Darcy Loo!"Zayn exclaims loudly, throwing his arms out wide as he watches Harry walk through Louis' apartment door with Darcy on his hip.
"ZZ!"Darcy exclaims with a huge smile, waving at Zayn.
"There's my girl!"Liam exclaims, walking in from the kitchen with a can of soda in his hands.
"Miam!"Darcy smiles widely, reaching towards her very obviously favorite uncle. Harry sets her down on the floor so that she can run towards Liam as he picks her up into his arms and spins her around, pressing kisses to her cheek.
"Hey!"Louis greets, walking into the living room with Niall by his side. "Where's Cam and Lennie?"
"We had a rough night with Len last night,"Harry explains with an exhausted yawn, collapsing onto the couch next to Niall and Zayn. "He was teething pretty bad, but he only wanted Cam so I couldn't really help much. And then for some reason her morning sickness was pretty bad this morning so she decided to sit this one out."
"I thought her morning sickness wasn't as bad with this pregnancy?"Zayn asks, his brows furrowing a bit in confusion.
"It's not,"Harry confirms as he rests his head back against the couch. "It's not even close to as bad as she had with Darcy and it's not even as bad as Len's. She's really only puked like 10 times in the past 14 weeks which isn't bad at all, but for some reason this morning it just hit her so bad."
"Poor thing,"Niall frowns sympathetically as all of the boys watch with amused smiles as Liam throws Darcy up into the air and then catches her again.
"DD, did you tell Uncle Liam that you're a big girl now?"Harry asks, raising his eyebrows at Darcy because all Darcy could babble about from her carseat on the way to Louis' place was that she couldn't wait to tell her uncles about how she's a big girl now that uses the potty."
"I use da potty!"Darcy exclaims with a super big proud smile as she looks at Liam from her place on his hip.
"You what?"Liam dramatically asks, dropping his jaw in awe. "You use the potty now?! No more diapers?!"
"No, dipes are for babies like Lennie,"Darcy explains to her uncle, her hand gently placed on his chest as he leans in to kiss her temple.
"That's so awesome, Princess,"Liam congratulates her, squeezing her tightly in his arms.
"Speaking of that,"Harry says, sitting forward on the couch and looking at Darcy, realizing that she hasn't gone to the bathroom since they were at their house. "DD, do you need to use the potty?"
"Do you want to go use the potty real quick and then we can play some more?"Liam asks, nuzzling his forehead against Darcy's.
"No, I don't,"Darcy assures her father and Uncle with a proud grin.
"Can we try?"Harry asks, tilting his head at Darcy and puckering his lips because he doesn't believe her for a second that she doesn't have to go, and anytime he says that they're just going to "try" she always ends up going pee.
"No, daddy,"Darcy shakes her head, wanting to prove to her uncles that she's a big girl and doesn't need her dad to persuade her to use the toilet.
Harry concedes, not having the energy to fight with his stubborn little girl this afternoon. They get settled into Louis' living room with Harry, Niall, and Liam all playing a video game, sitting forward on the couch with their chests folded over their legs as they anxiously watch the television and shout at it a few times.
"Oh look, DD,"Louis says, hugging his arms around her stomach as she sits on his lap, his back against the couch as he sits on the floor. "Daddy is about to win!"
"Go dada! Go!"Darcy cheers as Niall curses under his breath and bumps his shoulder against Harry in a bit of anger for passing him in Mario Cart.
It takes Louis a second to realize what's going on, but he's grown up with enough little siblings to know what it means when a potty training toddler is sitting on your lap and it suddenly feels warm.
"Haz?"Louis asks, resting his chin against the top of Darcy's head as he rocks their bodies side to side. She's yet to notice that she had an accident because she was so focused on the television that she didn't even recognize the signs.
"Yeah?"Harry asks tightly, turning his body with the controller as if that will make any of a difference on the video game, his eyes still completely glued to the television.
"Why is my lap wet?"Louis asks, watching as Harry's eyes go wide and he finally takes his eyes away from the television to look at his little girl who's still oblivious to the fact that she had an accident and staring at the television.
"Shoot!"Harry exclaims, jumping up from the couch and dropping his controller onto it, rushing towards Louis and Darcy and kneeling down in front of her. He looks down at her little pink leggings, and sure enough some of the fabric is soiled and a darker color. "DD, you're supposed to tell daddy when you have to go pee pee, remember?"
Darcy furrows her eyebrows, still completely oblivious to the fact that her pants are now wet. She looks down at her lap and suddenly realizes which causes her breathing to hitch and her eyes to water, she didn't mean to have an accident.
"I didn't know!"she feebly cries, her lips wobbling with tears. "Dada I sowee!"
"Oh sweetheart,"Harry frowns, realizing that she had absolutely no idea what was going on and feeling his heart sink. This one isn't her fault. "C'mere, baby." He reaches to pick her up off of Louis' lap and hugs her tight to his chest, cradling the back of her head which is buried into his shoulder as he sways his hips soothingly, shushing her. He quickly grabs the little bag that Camryn packed with a couple extra changes of panties and clothes and slings it over his shoulder as he rubs Darcy's back and walks out of the room and down the hall towards the bathroom.
"It's okay, baby,"he quietly shushes, pressing kisses to her temple as he continues to rock his hips and she continues to cry, absolutely mortified. This is the first time she's ever had an accident around anyone other than her parents. "It's okay. Dada's got you."
He carefully sets her down on the white tile floor of Louis' bathroom, pulling down her soiled leggings and panties and balling them up to shove in the plastic bag that Cam packed since she was expecting there to be an accident since they've still yet to make it a full day without an accident.
He picks Darcy up under her arms and plops her down on the toilet, kneeling down in front of her as she continues to pitifully sniffle and wipe at her swollen eyes.
"You're okay, baby,"Harry whispers, using the pads of his thumbs to wipe under her red eyes and catch some of the tears falling there. "It was just an accident."
"I—I want mama,"Darcy stutters through a sniffle, her little chest hitching with air as she tries to focus on the feeling of her dad's palms rubbing her knees.
"You want mama?"Harry asks with a gentle smile. "Okay, do you want to call mama? We can get new panties on and then we can call mama." Darcy agrees with a sniffle and a nod and lets Harry pick her up from the toilet.
He quickly uses a bit of toilet paper to clean up her bum and then slides on the fresh little panties up her legs.
"Ooo, look at who we have here,"Harry coos in an attempt to make Darcy feel better, "look, it's Rapunzel! You love Rapunzel, huh?" Darcy grins softly and sniffles, looking down at the little character on her new undies.
"'Kay, put your hands on my shoulders,"Harry instructs, holding a pair of black leggings in front of Darcy to step into. "Good job, now step in with your other leg."
He shimmies the little leggings up to Darcy's waist and makes grabby hands towards her as she climbs into his lap and sits on it sideways with her little cheek against Harry's chest.
"Should we call mama now?"Harry whispers, leaning his back against the cabinet as he cradles his little girl in his arms and clicks on Camryn's contact.
"Oh hi,"Camryn greets with a huge smile as soon as she answers the call and sees both Harry and Darcy cuddling on the floor. She feels her heart sink a bit as she notices Darcy's red rimmed eyes as she continues to press her cheek against Harry's chest. "How're you two?"
"We had a bit of an accident,"Harry explains to Camryn who immediately frowns a bit as she realizes why Darcy is acting so sad. "It really wasn't her fault, though. I should've been checking up on her more frequently and she got a bit distracted by the tv."
"Oh that's okay,"Camryn smiles widely as Darcy looks at her mumma through the phone who has a sleeping Lennon placed against her chest, his chubby cheek smushed adorably. "Accidents happen, it's okay, sweet girl."
"She was wanting you,"Harry grins, looking at Camryn who coos at his statement and leans in closer to the camera to get a closer look at Darcy.
"I love you, sweetheart,"Camryn whispers, kissing the air in Darcy's direction. "Were you having so much with your uncles?"
"Tell mummy about what you were doing,"Harry persuades, snuggling his little girl even closer and feeling his heart crumble at her silence. She's never silent and he hates how embarrassed she is.
"We...we...playing games,"Darcy sniffles, looking at her mum with a slight grin.
"You were playing games!"Camryn excitedly repeats, dropping her jaw with a bit of drama to make Darcy feel better. "Were you winning?"
"Dada was,"Darcy sweetly replies with a teary smile.
"Dada was?"Camryn giggles, leaning in closer to the camera. "Hey DD, c'mere, I wanna tell you a secret, but dada can't hear it." Darcy leans closer to the phone, pressing her ear against it as Camryn mock whispers into her ear. "Beat dada in the games, okay? Mummy wants you to win."
"Hey! I heard that!"Harry chuckles with fake offense written all over his features. He squeezes Darcy's tummy a bit and nuzzles his face into her neck to make her giggle.
"You two are silly,"Camryn giggles, watching as Darcy tries to push Harry's face away so that his stubbly cheeks won't tickle her anymore. "Have so much fun with your uncles, okay Little Miss?"
"Otay,"Darcy nods, saying Camryn's favorite word that she says.
Camryn giggles at Darcy's little pronunciation and smiles widely with her cheeks burning. "I love you so freakin' much. Have fun!"
"Say bye bye mummy,"Harry coos, waving his hand in front of the camera as he snuggles his cheek against Darcy's.
"Ba bye mama!"Darcy coos, blowing Camryn a kiss just as Harry blows her a kiss to and winks before ending the call.
"Hey baby girl,"Louis greets as Harry walks down the hall with Darcy on his hip.
Harry sets Darcy down who runs to Louis, who has since changed his pants, and stands in front of him as he sits on the floor.
"I sowee,"Darcy apologizes, looking down sheepishly.
"Oh hey, it's okay, babe,"Louis assures his little niece, grabbing her hips and pulling her into his lap, squeezing her tightly and kissing her little head.
He presses his lips against her ear in a mock whisper, "you wanna know a secret?"
Darcy smiles widely up at him and nods as all of the boys sit quietly, wanting to hear the secret too.
"Uncle Niall still has accidents too,"Louis teasingly whispers which makes Darcy burst out into the cutest innocent giggles.
***
Day 11 of Potty Training
"Darcy Anne, you're gonna be the death of me,"Camryn jokingly groans, standing in the bathroom stall with little Darcy sat on top of the toilet.
"Babe, just go pee,"Gemma laughs at how funny this is that the little girl just refuses to go to the bathroom in public since it's not her own toilet at home.
"Noooo,"Darcy whines, bunching her dress up in her hands so that it doesn't go in the toilet water as she leans forward on the toilet, staring up at her mum and aunt who are watching her with the most exhausted faces.
They're at an interview and Camryn and the kids have to make an appearance with Harry in a few minutes, so Camryn decided that it would be best to take Darcy to the bathroom quickly before the interview starts. They've been standing in this bathroom stall for 20 minutes while Darcy refuses to use the bathroom.
"Honey, you've gotta go pee so you don't have an accident,"Camryn explains gently as she sways her hips, trying to keep Lennon calm who strapped onto her chest in the baby wrap.
"I don't have tooooo,"Darcy drawls, swinging her legs so that her feet hit against the toilet.
"DD, just go pee,"Camryn sighs exasperated, banging the back of her head against the stall as Gemma rubs at her eyes with the heels of her palms.
"What would make you go pee, D?"Gemma asks, looking down at her little niece whose curly brown hair is pulled up into two little space buns on the top of her head.
Darcy shrugs and continues to swing her feet, looking between her mum and Gemma as they both try to come up with an idea.
"What about ice cream?"Camryn asks, continuing to bounce her body to soothe Lennon. "If mumma buys you an ice cream will you go pee?"
Darcy thinks about this offer for a second, pursing her lips and pinching her eyebrows together. "Otayyyy."
"Thank you,"Camryn sighs gratefully, holding her hand up towards Gemma who gives her a high five with a relieved smile. "Hurry, we gotta go do the interview with dada soon."
"Are you gonna announce it today,"Gemma asks, motioning her head towards Camryn's stomach that's completely covered with a flowy dress so that no one will be able to see the baby bump under it.
"Nah, we're gonna wait until we get the gender ultrasound,"Camryn responds, rubbing her hand up and down Lennon's back as he continues to smush his cheek against Camryn's chest. "You can't tell, right?" Camryn turns to the side as Gemma inspects her bump that's pretty much completely hidden under the dress.
"No, you can't tell at all,"Gemma assures Camryn, shaking her head. "Just keep Lennon in front of your stomach and you're all good."
"You, little miss,"Gemma says, squatting down in front of the toilet and placing her hands on Darcy's knees as Darcy smiles at her aunt cheekily. "Need to go to the bathroom. C'mon. Chop chop."
"I tryinggggg,"Darcy drawls sassily, eyeing her aunt. She always falls into a sassy nature when she's with Gemma since Gemma is always sassy with her. It's like their love language and Camryn and Harry both find it hilarious.
"Okay, Miss attitude,"Gemma teases, scrunching her nose as Darcy and bringing her face closer to Darcy's. "I don't like that tone."
"Don't wike dat tone,"Darcy mocks in her little voice, scrunching her nose back at Gemma and bringing her face even closer to challenge her aunt.
"It's a good thing you're stinkin' cute,"Gemma says, fixing Darcy's little barrie that Anne and her found in a store and just couldn't bare to pass up. "You're so much like your dad it's scary."
"Tell me about it,"Camryn chuckles, grabbing onto Lennon's little bare feet that are hanging by her hips and squeezing them in her hands. "I always say trying to reason with D is like trying to reason with a 2 year old Haz."
Just after Camryn says that, both her and Gemma hear a trickle of water and feel their faces light up as they look at Darcy with huge smiles.
"That's my girl!"Camryn cheers, throwing a thumbs up at Darcy. "Good job, babe! You're officially a big girl now that you've used a public potty!"
"You're all grown up,"Gemma dramatically coos, wiping away a few fake tears and fake sniffling to make Camryn and Darcy both giggle.
"I gotta get Lennon dressed since he blew out of his other outfit, will you wipe her,"Camryn asks, beginning to unwrap Lennon from her chest to reveal his bare little body since she didn't dare put him in the only other clean outfit she packed in case he blew out again.
"Of course,"Gemma nods as she squats down in front of Darcy again and breaks off a few pieces of toilet paper before beginning to wipe Darcy's bum.
"Okay, baby boy,"Camryn coos, kissing her little baby's neck as she holds him above the changing table across from the sinks as his little legs kick in the air. "Should we get all dressed up for the interview?" She lays Lennon down on the plastic changing table and begins to slide on his shirt, over his huge head that he inherited from Harry and was the primary cause of her waddle that she had for 3 weeks after giving birth.
"This is only like your third interview!"Camryn coos, rubbing her fingers against his bare and bloated belly before sliding on his jumper. "You were so tiny the last time we did an interview. And now look at you! You're practically as big as your sister!"
She bends her head down to nuzzle against his neck, blowing a few raspberries there to successfully get one of his cute baby giggles. "Oh is that so silly! You're so big, buddy! Stop growing up, mummy doesn't like it!"
"Alright, missy, c'mere, let me help you wash your hands,"Gemma says, picking Darcy up in her arms so that she's tall enough to reach the sink and helping her lean over it as she softly washes her hands.
"Alright, are we all ready?"Camryn asks, picking Lennon back up into her arms and standing in front of the mirror, using it to help her comb through Lennon's hair with her fingers, trying to get his little brown swirls formed just right. "Should we go see daddy?"
"Daddy!"Darcy exclaims, grabbing Camryn's hand as Cam holds Lennon in her other arm, his little body facing outwards as he sucks on one of his hands that he just found.
They make their way backstage before they're stopped by a stage producer who puts a microphone on Camryn and a microphone on Darcy too (which she loves because it makes her feel like such a big girl).
"Alright, we'll have you on in three...two...one,"the stage manager counts down before he motions for Camryn to walk on stage just as the boys are exiting the stage from the other direction.
"And here we have Harry's wonderful family,"the show host, Rebecca, smiles widely, watching as Camryn walks on stage with Lennon still facing outwards in her arms and Darcy gripping onto her other hand, her little feet skipping across the stage.
"Daddy daddy! I used the potty!"Darcy exclaims, breaking her hand free from Camryn's and running across the stage. She earns a bit of a laugh from the audience as Harry chuckles also, smiling widely at his baby girl and making grabby hands towards her as he continues to sit on the couch.
"You did?"he asks with a chuckle as she collides into his arms, wrapping her up tightly as he sits her on his lap. "You're such a big girl!" He looks up at the two hosts and smirks at them, "we've been potty training for the past two weeks."
"Oh I remember those days,"Rebecca laughs before waving at Darcy who cheekily smiles at her and waves back. It's easy to tell that Darcy has grown up as the daughter of one of the world's most famous mega stars because she's so comfortable and charismatic in interviews even at her young age. "And hello Camryn! You look beautiful! It's so nice to see you again!"
"Thank you so much!"Camryn bubbles, she's become increasingly more comfortable being in the spotlight compared to when One Direction first started gaining popularity, especially since she does her podcast, that's really opened her up to public speaking and has eased some of her anxiety. "It's nice to see you too! It's been a long time!"
"It has been! The last time both you and harry were on our show it was right after you'd given birth to Darcy, right?"Rebecca asks, her smile radiating as she watches Harry smile and put his hand on Camryn's thigh as she leans into him a bit, strategically placing Lennon on her lap in front of her stomach.
"Right, yeah,"Harry responds with a nod, rubbing his fingers against Camryn's thigh soothingly, "it was just a few weeks after Darcy was born. This was our first ever interview with her."
"That's right!"Rebecca smiles, "she was so tiny! I remember just looking at her and thinking 'that is the tiniest baby I've ever seen!'"
"Yeah, she was super small,"Camryn gushes, looking down at Darcy who's laying back against Harry's chest and grinning politely at the host. "Only 5 pounds, unlike this guy right here." She bounces Lennon on her lap a bit who smiles, tilting his head up at his mum to look at her.
"Oh yes, we need to talk about this little man right here,"Rebecca coos, folding over in her seat a bit to get on eye level with Lennon who smiles his dimply smile at her as he continues to munch on his fingers. "Mr. Lennon! He is just adorable. How old is he now?"
"He's 5 months,"Camryn smiles, continuing to bounce Lennon in her lap to keep him soothed. "And he's a chunk ball."
"Oh he is!"Rebecca smiles, making a face at the chubby baby. "I love his little arm rolls! How much is he weighing?"
"At his last check up last week he was 23 pounds,"Camryn chuckles, leaning down to kiss the top of Lennon's head. "Which is gigantic for a 5 month old baby. Darcy wasn't 23 pounds until she was like a year and a half."
"Oh my gosh,"Rebecca gasps, looking between Camryn and Harry who both smile and chuckle, nodding at her amazement. "That is a big baby! How much did he weigh when he was born?"
"Almost 11 pounds,"Harry responds with wide eyes, wrapping his arm around Camryn and kissing her temple. "Cam's incredible, basically.
"You're my hero,"Rebecca giggles, shaking her head at Camryn. "And what do we think, are we two and done? Or do you want more?"
Camryn and Harry nervously laugh, trying not to give anything away as Harry anxiously coughs into his hand and tightens his arm around Camryn's shoulder.
"I dunno!"Harry responds, saving Camryn from having to try and lie. She's a terrible liar and her face gives away everything. "Maybe there will be more in the future, who knows? We'd definitely be open to it."
"Okay, and I have a few questions from fans if you wouldn't mind answering them...?"Rebecca asks, looking between Camryn and Harry who both politely nod their heads and smile. "Alright Iloveharry on twitter asks:
'Camryn, we've all deemed this era of Harry's hair as the Prince Era since he's letting it grow out, and I personally love it. Are you a fan of it?'"
"Yeah, babe,"Harry teases, turning his head towards Camryn and raising his eyebrows at her, "are you a fan of it?"
"I love it!"Camryn replies honestly, reaching out to grab a curl and twirl it around her finger while smiling at Harry who smiles back. "I love his curls and I think he looks super good with longer hair. Darcy likes it too because I can do the same hairstyles on both of them."
"Oh my goodness, do you do the same hairstyles on them?"Rebecca asks with an interested chuckle.
"I do,"Camryn giggles with a nod, repositioning Lennon on her lap. "DD loves to match with him, so whatever hair she wears around the house, I do for him too. We've done braids and pig tails and space buns and ponytails..."
"The space buns were my favorite,"Harry chuckles, winking over at Camryn. "What were your favorite DD? What hair do you like to have daddy match you with?"
"Ummmm Peppa tails!"Darcy exclaims, looking up at Harry with a big smile as he laughs and nods his head at her.
"Peppa tails,"Harry clarifies for the host and all of the people watching. "That's what she calls pig tails."
"Oh how cute,"Rebecca gushes.
LouisLover: Harry, on insta you posted that you were potty training Darcy, how's that going?
"Um, it's definitely going,"Harry jokes, snuggling his arms tighter around Darcy. "Going good or bad? It depends on the day really."
"Depends on the hour,"Camryn jokes, smirking over at Harry.
"Yeah, that's true, but she's trying her best, and she's definitely getting better, right babe?" He looks down at Darcy who smiles proudly up at him and nods.
TomlinsonToday: Camryn, what's your favorite memory with the kids?
"Oh man, my favorite memory with these munchkins..."Camryn hums, rolling her eyes up to the ceiling as she thinks. "I'd have to say it's probably right after I had Lennon, we were still in the hospital and Darcy came to see him. She just ran right up to him and was so excited and watching her face light up as she held him for the first time was so fun to see."
"And Harry, I'll direct the same question to you,"Rebecca smiles, crossing her legs as she awaits Harry's answer.
"Hmmm, okay, well Cam stole my favorite memory, so I guess I'll have to choose a different one..."Harry jokes, squeezing his arm tighter around her. "I think it's been really fun as Lennon gets older and more expressive to watch him and Darcy interact. She loves to get on the floor with him and hand him toys...I love watching them just be little best friends."
OneDirectionObsession: Darcy, what's your favorite thing to do?
"What's your favorite thing to do, DD?"Camryn asks, looking over at Darcy who's playing with Harry's fingers as they interlock over her little tummy.
"I wike go to park,"Darcy quietly answers with a small smile at Rebecca. "And swingsss..."
"Yeah, we go to the park all the time, huh DD?"Harry chuckles, rubbing his thumbs against her tummy gently.
"Dada,"Darcy whispers, turning her head over her shoulder to look back at him as Rebecca and Camryn both watch the encounter, wondering what's going on in Darcy's little mind.
"Yeah babe?"Harry asks, leaning his head down towards hers so that she can whisper into his ear.
"I 'ave go pee pee,"Darcy whispers, her little lips grazing upon Harry's ear.
"You do?"Harry whispers back, "okay, thank you for telling me, sweet girl." Harry quickly looks over at Camryn and mouths "pee" while motioning his head down at Darcy on his lap.
"I'll take her,"Camryn quietly whispers, switching kids quickly with Harry as she puts Darcy on her hip and quickly rushes off the stage.
"Bathroom break,"Harry chuckles, looking over at Rebecca as he kisses Lennon's cheek, snuggling him on his lap.
"Hey, she told you, so that's a good thing,"Rebecca smirks.
"That's true,"Harry chuckles. "She's getting better at that."
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Day 15 of Potty Training
He wakes up to a tiny palm tapping against his cheek. It's a normal wake up call that he's gotten used to over his year of having a toddler.
"Hi baby,"Harry rasps, barely opening his eyes to see his little girl looking at him with droopy eyes that she's knuckling at in her little Sleeping Beauty nightgown.
They don't even need to talk because this happens every morning since Darcy started sleeping in her "big girl" bed. She wakes up at about 6 am and stumbles into Harry and Camryn's room half asleep. Then she quietly wakes up Harry and climbs into bed, snuggling up with her parents and falling back asleep until around 8:30. She's a really good sleeper, and she loves to sleep, but she doesn't like to sleep alone, so she's often in search of snuggles.
He lifts up the covers on his side to allow Darcy to climb up into them, wiggling her body onto the bed and turning onto her side as she snuggles into his chest, her little nose hitting against his bare chest.
"I love you,"Harry whispers sleepily, his voice gruff and deep as he bows his head to lean against the top of her head, quickly turning it over his shoulder to make sure Camryn's still asleep. Which she is, with her palm resting on her cheek and her knees pulled up to her chest, bumping against her protruding belly as he mouth gapes open. Little Lennon is still asleep in his little bassinet besides Camryn's bed side.
"Dada I go pee pee,"Darcy whispers sleepily, nuzzling her nose deeper into Harry's chest.
Harry grins and kisses the top of her head, hugging his arms tighter around his little girl. "That's okay, you're wearing a pull-up. You're allowed to go pee pee in those."
He can't imagine trying to potty train Darcy during the day as well as the night all at the same time. It seems like torture to him. So, they're waiting to begin their night potty training until she's mastered daytime potty training, which she has yet to do.
And then, as he's snuggling his little girl and breathing in the scent of her strawberry shampoo, he thinks of a solution to all of their potty training troubles, and he wonders why he didn't think of it sooner. It's one of his favorite tactics as a parent, so he's surprised it hadn't come up sooner.
Bribery.
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Day 15 of Potty Training
"Oh, hi, Mr. Lennon,"Harry coos with baby Lennon laying against Harry's thighs as he sits against the headboard of the bed. Camryn is sitting right next to Harry with her head on his shoulder as Darcy sits on Camryn's lap, resting her cheek against her mum's chest with her little legs straddling Camryn's hips, in the mood for lots of snuggles which Camryn and Harry never complain about. They love lazy snuggly days.
"Oh big smile, hello,"Harry chuckles, rubbing his fingertip along Lennon's chubby cheek as the little baby gummily smiles up at his dad, showing his dimples on both cheeks. "You're so handsome, Mister! I love you! Daddy loves you so much!"
"Should dada give kisses to Lennon?"Harry coos, falling into his baby voice easily, as he brings his head closer to Lennon's chubby body. "Does Lennie want kisses?" Harry nuzzles his face into Lennon's neck and presses kisses all along his son's soft skin as Lennon giggles and grabs onto Harry's curls with his palms.
"Oh is daddy getting you, baby boy?"Camryn giggles, combing her fingers through Darcy's curls as she slowly rocks their bodies side to side.
"Mama, I have to go pee pee,"Darcy whispers, pulling her cheek away from Camryn's chest and looking up at her with droopy and tired eyes.
"Oh you do?"Camryn asks, quickly jumping out of the bed while holding Darcy in her arms and rushing towards the master bathroom that doesn't have Darcy's toilet, but she figures she can just hold Darcy on top of the regular toilet. "Thank you so much for telling me! Good job, Squish! You want your treat that daddy promised you, huh?"
Harry used his favorite tactic of bribery to promise that if Darcy could go a full day without having an accident, he'd take her to the toy store and she could pick out any toy that she wanted.
Camryn sets Darcy down on the toilet seat, keeping her hands under Darcy's arms to make sure that Darcy doesn't fall in and smiles widely as Darcy pees into the toilet. Darcy looks up at Camryn with a huge proud smile on her face, knowing that she's one step closer to getting a new toy.
"Daddy!"Camryn calls, turning her head over her shoulder to glance out of the open bathroom door as Harry looks towards the open door, still sitting on the bed with Lennon on his thighs.
"Yeah?"Harry calls back with a big smile, looking at Camryn holding Darcy over the toilet.
"Little Miss just got one step closer to getting new toy,"Camryn proudly states, quickly wiping Darcy's bum, pulling her panties up and settling her back on her hip with a proud kiss to the cheek.
"Yay! Good job, Squishy! I'm so proud of you!"Harry gushes, holding his hand up for Darcy to give him a high five as Camryn walks Darcy back into the bedroom and holds her towards Harry so she can give him a high five. "That's my girl! What toy are you gonna get, huh?"
"A doll!"Darcy exclaims excitedly, bouncing up and down on Camryn's hip.
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Day 16 of Potty Training
A full day.
Finally, after 2 and 1/2 weeks of potty training, his little girl made it a full day without an accident.
Yesterday was one of the best days of his life. It was an ending to having pee all over his floors.
"Are you still wanting to get a doll, cutie?"Harry asks, holding onto Darcy's tiny palm as they walk through the front doors of the toy store.
She skips across the floor, her little converse squeaking against the tile floors of the store as she turns her head in every direction, trying to soak everything in.
"I dink so,"Darcy nods, smiling widely as Harry directs her towards the doll aisle that has every kind of doll a little kid could ever want.
"You 'dink' so, huh?"Harry chuckles, squeezing her palm and making a mental note to write down all of the funny pronunciation of words that Darcy says. He realizes that one day she won't say all of those cute things and she'll speak perfectly, and honestly, in a weird way, that makes him really sad.
"Lennie wike dat,"Darcy observes, pointing towards a little stuffed elephant that's on the bottom row of one of the shelves by all of the stuffed animals.
"Oh Lennie would like that, huh?"Harry agrees with a huge smile, squatting down next to Darcy as she picks up the elephant and observes it carefully, twisting it in different directions in her hands. "I'll have to bring Lennie here when he goes on the potty too, huh?"
"Yeah,"Darcy nods with a grin, hugging the elephant tightly to her chest before setting it back down on the shelf, "but he's a babwe dada."
"You're right, he's just a baby,"Harry chuckles, standing up and taking Darcy's hand again as they continue to walk down the isles. "It will be a while before he's big enough to go on the potty like you."
"Yeah, cuz I so big,"Darcy agrees, continuing to twist her head in different directions as she gets distracted by seemingly every toy, making Harry stop every two seconds to look at them.
"Oooooo,"Darcy squeals, breaking free of Harry's hand and running down the aisle, her eyes set on a blonde doll on the middle shelf that looks like the prettiest doll she's ever seen. "Dada woke!"
"Ooo look at that,"Harry plays along with a smile, taking the doll off of the shelf since it's just a bit too high for Darcy to reach and handing the box to Darcy so that she can inspect it closer. He squats down next to her and watches as she marvels at the little doll.
"Look at her hair,"Harry gushes, loving to see his little girl excited. "It's so pretty, huh?"
Darcy nods dramatically and continues to look at the doll with wide eyes. "And her wittle hands,"Darcy coos, putting on her baby voice that's one of Camryn and Harry's favorite things she does. She's listened to her mum and dad use baby voices with her little brother that she too adopted one and now uses it when talking to her little brother.
"What do you think, Squishy? Is that the one?"Harry asks, watching as Darcy, turns the box in every which way in her hands to inspect it closer.
"Yeah,"she finally decides with a huge smile, squealing as she hugs her doll tightly to her chest.
"Alright, let's go buy it, cute girl,"Harry smiles, picking Darcy up into his arms and hugging her tightly as they walk to the check out line.
"Are you excited to go home and show mummy?"Harry asks, holding Darcy in his arms as they walk in the parking lot towards the car as she holds the box in her hands. She refused to let the cashier put it in a bag because she wanted to be able to hold it on the way home.
"Yeah!"Darcy excitedly nods, refusing to take her eyes off of the doll.
"I'm so proud of you, Squishy,"Harry coos, pressing a few kisses to Darcy's cheek. "You're such a big girl. I love you."
He rests his chin on top of her head as she snuggles her cheek into the crook of his neck, tracing her little fingers against the dolls plastic face. "Just please don't pee on my floors anymore."
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Who knew I could ever write 14,000 words about potty training...
I'm so sorry you had to read that😂 I promise D is the only kid I will write about potty training bahaha
I know I said I was gonna dedicate a chapter to Auggie for his birthday, but I was having major writer's block when it came to that, so I figured it was best to not force a chapter and to just write what was calling to me, so hopefully this was okay :)
And she's pregnant with Auggie in this one so technically he's in the chapter ;)
On July 7th Auggie would've turned 7🥺 our little boy is growing up!!!
To all of my English football (or soccer as we call it here lol) readers out there, I hope this chapter helped to ease your sorrows! My American self was watching the game and I feel for ya'll lol.
I mean, how could you not cheer for England when they have Mason Mount on their team like WOOFFF okay BAHAHA sorry I'll go crush on guys twice my age somewhere else
ALSO I'm currently writing Bowie and Morgan's next chapter (which should be out in a couple of days) and YA'LL. THE. FLUFF. Lemme tell you!!! I'm so excited for you all to read it!!!!
I "WOVE 'OO" (as DD would say) guys!!!
MWAH
-Mel ❤️
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Also, I have a LOTTTT of requests right now from people so I'm sorry if I don't get to yours right away, I promise I haven't forgotten about you! I will get to all of them! 💕