Harry: 23
Camryn: 23
Darcy: 6
Lennon: 4
Auggie: 3
Bowie: 23 months old (1 month away from turning 2)
Calum: 1 day old
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❤️And thank you so much to GraceSparks0 for requesting a scene in this chapter! You're amazing ❤️
8:00 pm (3 1/2 hours after Calum was born)
"Heyyyy, that's mine!"Camryn whines jokingly, her voice barely coming out of her throat as she eyes Harry with a joking frown, her cheek pressed against the pillow.
"You can't spare me one bite?!"Harry chuckles, lowering the piece of pizza from his mouth that he was feeding to Camryn with the whole rest of the pizza box on his lap. So far she's gone through 5 pieces because, well, she just had a baby. "I haven't eaten at all today."
Camryn jokingly sighs and rolls her eyes, rubbing her hand up and down Calum's back as he snoozes peacefully against her chest, his big cheeks smushed against her bare skin as the hospital blanket covers both of them. "Fineeee."
Harry chuckles and shakes his head, taking another bite from the slice of pepperoni pizza before holding it towards Camryn's mouth and helping her take a bite.
"My classic post-delivery meal,"Camryn hums with a blissed smirk, smiling even wider as Harry chuckles and nods, stealing another bite of the pizza before offering Camryn a bite.
"You have requested pizza after every delivery, huh?"Harry remembers, smirking over at Camryn.
"Oh, that was a dramatic sigh,"Camryn giggles, tucking her chin down to look at the tiny baby smushed against her chest, his fair blonde hair swirling at the top of his head as his fingers grasp against Camryn's chest in his sleep. "You're a dramatic one, my love."
"He's got the cutest pouty lip ever,"Harry chuckles, leaning his head closer to his little baby boy and studying him with beaming eyes. "Those are some lips you got there, mate."
"You're just so precious,"Camryn whispers, tucking her chin down to press soft kisses to the top of the little baby's head, rubbing her hand up and down his back soothingly.
"Your voice sounds so cute,"Harry chuckles, scooting his stool even closer and setting the pizza down on the desk by the bed for a minute so that he can completely focus on Cam and their new little baby, running his palm against Camryn's forehead.
"It's so dead,"Camryn croaks with a smirk, resting her head back against the hospital bed and looking over at Harry with her droopy blue eyes.
"I know, it's really cute though,"Harry grins, his eyes scrunching as he leans over to press a little peck to Camryn's lips before nudging his lips to rest against Calum's forehead softly.
"I don't think my voice has ever been this dead,"Camryn whispers, combing her fingers through Calum's wispy soft blonde swirls.
"It was pretty bad after Lennon's, but I think this takes the prize for the worst one,"Harry grins, continuing to comb his fingers through Camryn's blonde hair, looking over her with the softest and most caring eyes. "How're you doing? Are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah,"Camryn rasps, not wanting to let onto how sore and achey she's actually feeling. She did, after all, just deliver a posterior baby with a huge head. "I'm good. Just really shaky."
"Yeah, the midwives said that the shakes should go away in the next couple of hours,"Harry nods gently, placing his free hand on top of Camryn's that's resting on Calum's back, "are you a bit cold? Do you need a bigger blanket?"
"No,"Camryn shakes her head with a grateful grin, "he's really warm, he's keeping me warm."
Harry nods, inspecting Camryn with caring eyes as he tries to make sure that she's telling him the truth about really being okay and not in much pain. He catches a little whimper escape her mouth as she tries to reposition her body a bit, wanting to sit upwards more since she's been gradually sliding down the bed.
"Hey, hey, let me help you, what do you need?"Harry asks, immediately holding his hands out towards her protectively and looking over her with the most loving eyes. "Are you trying to sit up?"
"Yeah,"Camryn nods, resting her head back against the bed with her eyes clenched as a sharp pain runs through her entire lower half, practically knocking the wind out of her.
Harry stands up from his stool to attempt to help Camryn and looks down at her with a sympathetic frown as he watches her blow out a shaky breath between her lips in response to the pain. "Are you sure you don't need more pain meds?" He runs his fingers through the top of Camryn's hair as she blinks up at him with groggy eyes, neither daring to break eye contact with the other. "I think you're due for another round soon here."
"No, I don't want to be drowsy when the kids get here,"Camryn rasps, shaking her messy hair against the pillow as Harry grins down at her softly.
"You'd fit right in with them,"Harry chuckles, pressing a loving kiss down to Camryn's forehead that's sticky with dried up sweat, "they're gonna be so sleepy."
Harry wraps his arms around Camryn's middle and slowly, as carefully as he can, helps to lift her body up into a straighter sitting position, his heart crumbling and his body cringing as a pained whimper escapes her mouth. "I'm sorry, buggy—"
"No, it's okay,"Camryn assures Harry with a kind grin, nodding up at him reassuringly. "I'm just super sore. It's okay."
"Super sore sounds like we do need some pain meds,"Harry smirks, raising an eyebrow up at Camryn as he towers over her, smiling wider as that sentence courses a raspy giggle from her throat.
"After the kids leave, I promise,"Camryn whispers, raising one of her shaky hands to cup Harry's cheek and rub her thumb against his cheek slightly prickly cheek.
"Fine, but right after I'm getting you those pain meds,"Harry grins, resting his forehead down against hers and pressing his lips gently to her chapped lips.
"You know what you could get me...?"Camryn asks, raising her eyebrows at Harry as he pulls his face away from hers slightly and tucks a strand of her blonde hair behind her ear.
"What?"Harry grins, looking at her with the most proud and loving eyes.
"A fresh heating pack,"Camryn whispers with a grin, wiggling her eyebrows at Harry.
Harry grins with a little snicks and leans in to press another kiss against her lips. "Yes ma'am, coming right up."
"My back feels like I broke it,"Camryn calls with a shaky voice as she watches Harry cross the hospital room, taking a new heating pack off of the counter and bringing it over to Camryn.
"Yeah, the midwives said you probably have some pretty gnarly internal bruising from this guy's big head,"Harry chuckles, leaning down to press a kiss against Calum's head before wrapping one arm behind Camryn's lower back to gently help her body up a bit as he slides the heating pack under her, "how's that? Feel okay?"
"Perfect,"Camryn sighs with a blissed grin, her body relaxing back against the hospital bed, "thank you, baby."
Harry's phone lights up from the nightstand where he left it as he peeks over to read the notification making it light up. "Oh, buddy nana said she just parked the car and that your siblings are coming up to meet you!"
"Oh my goodness,"Camryn coos down at the tiny baby on her chest, bringing one of her hands up to drag her fingertip against Calum's softly knuckles as his palm rests splayed out on her chest. "You're going to get to meet your brothers and sisters! What do you think about that, lovey?"
"He thinks he wants to pout as always,"Harry chuckles, shaking his head as he taps the tip of his thumb against Calum's pouted lower lip as he bends over to press little butterfly kisses to the shell of Calum's ear.
"Oh did that tickle,"Camryn giggles as Calum squirms against her chest with a whimper in response to Harry's lips on his ear, "did daddy tickle you?"
"Sorry, bubby,"Harry giggles, pressing another gentle kiss to Calum's temple. "I'll let you and mumma be."
"Why don't you go and meet them at the front desk so that mum doesn't have to wrangle all of them down the hall by herself,"Camryn suggests, looking up at Harry with her tired big blue eyes.
"Good idea,"Harry hums, positioning one of his hands on the bed by Camryn's head to hold himself up as he leans over her and presses another kiss to her lips. "You'll be okay for a second?"
"Yeah,"Camryn promises with a big grin and slight nod, "go get my other bubbies, I've missed them."
Harry patters out of the room, stretching and yawning as soon as he makes it into the hospital hallway, holding his arms high above his head and resting his head back on the ball of his neck as a whimper leaves his mouth in response to the stretch, his shirt coming up to reveal his lower stomach.
He walks down the hall with his hands in his sweatpants pockets, looking around at all of the other doors in the hallway and listening to the sounds of faint newborn cries in some of them.
He walks to the front desk of the maternity unit smiling and waving at the midwife sitting there who looks just about as wiped out as he does, her hair falling out of it's messy buns as she finishes er notes for the night and prepares to clock out after a long shift.
"How's your little bubby?"she asks, looking up at Harry with tired but gentle eyes. Every midwife, even if they weren't present in the room, has become quite familiar with the little dramatic baby born in room 27 who has the cutest pouty lip anyone has ever seen.
"He's amazing,"Harry gushes with the proudest dad smile ever, "him and his mumma are getting some cuddles and his nana is bringing his sister and brothers to come and meet him before they go to bed."
"Oh how exciting!"the midwife gushes, holding her hands together under her chin and smiling widely at Harry. "How many other kids do you have?"
"Four,"Harry replies with a smirk, watching the midwife's eyes go wide as she registers the fact that he has four kids and looks so young. He's become very used to this reaction over the years, "one girl and 3 boys...well 4 boys now, I guess!"
"Oh my goodness you have your hands full!"the midwife chuckles, shaking her head in disbelief, "How old are they all?"
"Darcy is our oldest and she's 6, then there's Lennon and he's 4, then we have Auggie who's 3, and Bowie who just got promoted to big brother, he's about to turn two next month,"Harry lists off like a pro. It's become easy for him to just spit all of the kids' ages out in a row considering they get asked that a million times whenever they take all of them out in public.
"Five kids under the age of six,"the midwife asks in disbelief with her eyes growing five sizes as they pop out of her head. "You and your wife are my heroes!"
"Oh it's all her, she deserves all of the credit,"Harry humbly smiles, waving his hand nonchalantly towards the midwife.
Just as he finishes saying that, the elevator dings and the door slides open revealing Anne with the four kids all gathered around her, already dressed in their pajamas in the hopes that they'll fall asleep on the car ride home.
"DADDY!"Darcy squeals, immediately bolting out of the elevator and running towards him. Not only have that not seen him at all today, they haven't seen him in the past three days because of the charity concert he was playing in Spain.
"It's my Darcy!"Harry exclaims quietly to not disturb any of the other patients in their rooms, opening his arms out wide for his little girl as he squats down and she runs towards him, crashing into his body and wrapping her little arms around my neck.
"Oh there's my baby girl,"Harry hums, wrapping his arms just as tight around Darcy and nuzzling his face into her neck, pressing little ticklish kisses there that make her squeal and giggle, dropping her cheek to her shoulder.
"D-D-Daddy!"Auggie squeaks through his pacifier that he has been reluctant to give up, and honestly Camryn and Harry couldn't care less. They're not big on the idea of taking away their kids' comfort items, so they mostly let them go at their own speed of when they give up things like sucking on a pacifier and nursing.
"Oh and my Auggie Bear is here too?!"Harry gushes, dropping his jaw in fake surprise as he holds his arm out for his little bleach blonde son and hugs him tightly to his chest, pressing kisses down to the top of his head.
"Hi daddy!"Lennon exclaims, running up to Harry and joining in on the family bear hug.
"Oh hey mate,"Harry smiles widely, also wrapping his arms around Lennon and leaning in to press a kiss to his forehead. "I love you! Mumma's been so excited to see all of you!"
"You've got one more here, daddy,"Anne grins, walking up to Harry with an extremely tired looking Bowie on her hip with his cheek pressed against her shoulder as he grips onto his light blue blanket that he takes everywhere, sucking on his pacifier as he groggily looks at Harry.
"Oh hey, my love,"Harry grins, standing up from his squat and making grabby hands towards Bowie as Anne passes him off. "There's my Bowie. Hi lovey, I missed you while I was gone."
He hugs his little boy close, nuzzling soft kisses to his warm forehead as he sways his hips soothingly. "You're a big brother now, buddy! How awesome is that? Do you want to go and meet him? And see mummy?"
"Mama,"Bowie lisps through his full lips as he continues to suck on his pacifier, nuzzling his head in closer to Harry's warm neck.
"Yeah, let's go see mumma, huh guys?"Harry asks, raising his eyebrows at his three oldest bubbling kids standing below him in their pjs as they bounce up and down and nod eagerly, standing by his side as they walk down the hall towards Camryn's hospital room.
Harry opens the door, peeking his head through with a big smile as he catches Camryn's face light up at the sight of him because she knows her babies are soon to follow. "Are you and Cal ready for some visitors?"
"Cal's been waiting his whole life to meet his little visitors,"Camryn giggles, winking at Harry as he breathily chuckles and pushes open the door, allowing the three kids to stumble in. "Go say hi to mumma, guys!"
"Oh there's my babies!"Camryn rasps, smiling widely at her three little kids as they patter over to her with the biggest smiles she's ever seen coating their features. "Hello my love bugs!"
"Mumma! You had the baby!"Darcy beams, gripping onto the edges of Camryn's hospital bed as she goes on her tippy toes to try and get a better look at Calum who is still squished up against Camryn's bare chest.
"I did! Do you see him? Isn't he the cutest?"Camryn gushes, smiling at all of their little faces as they inspect their little brother in complete awe.
"M-M-Mummy, f-f-fingers,"Auggie lisps through his pacifier with a big smile, pointing his finger towards the baby's tiny little fingers that are grasping at Camryn's bare chest.
"Yeah, he has the tiniest fingers ever, huh?"Camryn bubbles, nodding her head at Auggie. "Gosh, I missed you four so much. Do you want to come closer?"
"Careful, careful, go slow,"Harry warns, holding a protective hand out as he watches Lennon and Darcy immediately begin to climb up onto the bed. "Be gentle with mumma."
He grabs Auggie in his free arm and helps to lift him up onto the bed since he was a bit too short to climb up there on his own, plopping Bowie down right next to them.
"Oh hello, bubby,"Camryn whispers with a big grin as Lennon lays his cheek down on Camryn's shoulder, sitting right next to her on the bed and reaching to interlock his tiny chubby fingers with hers, picking her palm up that was resting on the bed. He places their interlocked hands in his la and snuggles his cheek deeper into Camryn's shoulder.
"Hi lovey, I missed you,"Camryn whispers, dropping a kiss to Lennon's head and squeezing his hand that's interlocked with hers. "How was your day? Did you do okay with Uncle Lou? No chest ouchies?"
"I has a chest ouchie but it's all better,"Lennon explains through his full little lips, looking up at Camryn with the exact same green eyes that Harry has.
"Oh you did have chest ouchies,"Camryn frowns, her heart breaking at the thought of Lennon having a panic attack because she had to leave, but sadly it's a common reoccurrence on the rare times when Camryn leaves the kids.
Camryn pouts sympathetically and rests her cheek on to of Lennon's head as she looks over at Anne and Harry who look over at her a bit guiltily since they both knew that he has a panic attack, but refrained from telling her.
"Did you guys know?"Camryn asks, not accusatory at all, more so just wanting to make sure he got the right help that he needed.
"Yeah,"Anne admits with a sad nod and a little apologetic smile. "Lou texted me to tell me and ask what he should do. You were already so anxious and in so much pain that I knew it would just be worse if you knew."
"Don't worry, I FaceTimed with him and Lou,"Harry promises, squeezing Camryn's thigh gently that's covered with the blanket and reflecting back on his phone call with a very anxious and tear-filled Lennon while he was sitting at the airport and waiting for his plane to arrive.
"Did daddy help you feel better?"Camryn asks softly, nudging her face closer to Lennon's as he silently nods and puckers his lips to press against Camryn's.
"H-H-Hi m-m-mumma,"Auggie butts in with his little grin so wide that it peeks out of his pacifier, nudging his face closer to hers as he kneels in front of her on the bed, trying to get her attention.
"Oh there's my Auggie Bear,"Camryn giggles, scrunching her nose at Auggie as his face hovers mere centimeters away from hers. "Can mumma have kisses? I missed you so much!" Camryn puckers her lips as Auggie takes his little pacifier out of his mouth to press a gentle kiss to Camryn's lips before immediately returning the pacifier to his mouth.
"Mumma, why are you shaking?"Darcy quietly asks with a bit of concern coating her voice, but more so curiosity, her interest in pregnancy and birth already starting even as young as she is.
"Sometimes right after you have a baby you just get a bit shaky because you're body is really tired and a bit confused about what just happened and trying to get back to normal,"Camryn tries to explain, knowing that Darcy has absolutely no idea what the word "hormones" means, so it's no use trying to explain it to her with the actual terms.
"Oh,"Darcy nods with a little grin, her eyes peeking at her little brother. "But you're okay?"
"I'm more than okay. I'm so happy that all of you are here,"Camryn smiles widely, winking at Darcy to make her giggle slightly before peeking over at Bowie who's slumping against Auggie's side, looking like he's two seconds away from succumbing to his half-lidded eyes.
"Oh look at that tired boy we have, daddy,"Camryn giggles, holding her shaking hand up from Calum's back since her other one is still interlocked in Lennon's and motioning for Bowie to come forward.
"I know, he had such a busy day playing with Uncle Lou,"Harry grins, picking Bowie up into his arms and walking him around to Camryn's other side that the kids aren't on, leaning their bodies down towards Camryn. He plucks Bowie's pacifier out from between his lips quickly to allow Camryn to press a little kiss to his lips before he returns the pacifier to Bowie who snuggles against Harry's chest.
"How're you doing, little man?"Camryn asks, grinning up at Bowie as she rests her head back against the bed. "What do you think about this guy, huh? Do you know who this is?" She takes her hand off of Calum's back and points towards him, raising her eyes at Bowie who doesn't respond and instead just snuggles in deeper to Harry's chest.
"Who is that, buddy?"Harry asks, tucking his lips down to the top of Bowie's head and pointing towards the snoozing baby on her chest. "Is that the baby that was in mummy's tummy? Your baby brother? Is that Calum?"
"It's the baby that was in my tummy,"Camryn explains, smiling as she watches Bowie look over her with confused eyes, trying to comprehend in his little mind that his world just got flipped upside down forever. "It's baby Calum. Do you remember giving him kisses while he was in my tummy?"
"Mummy, can I hold Calum?"Darcy asks, practically bouncing up and down on her knees at the thought. She's a total baby lover and will be begging Camryn and Harry to have another baby in just a few short weeks most likely.
"Of course you can!"Camryn nods with a huge smile, changing her glance between Darcy and Harry. "Daddy, will you help DD hold Calum since I'm still a little shaky."
"Yeah, of course,"Harry nods with a huge smile, plopping Bowie down right next to Camryn before carefully reaching to take Calum off of Camryn's chest as he whimpers and fusses, his face screwing up at the feeling of being taken away from his mumma.
"Oh I know, daddy's so mean,"Harry coos with a little chuckle as he holds his little boy to his chest and sways his hips soothingly, dropping his lips to the top of Calum's head so that he knows he's still there. "I know it. I do. I'm sorry I took you away from mummy, but we're going to meet big sister Darcy!" Harry looks over at Darcy who's already jumping down from the bed and rushing over to one of the chairs in the corner of the room that Anne's setting for her, placing a little pillow under her arm to help support Calum's head and prevent Darcy's arm from getting tired.
"Let's go meet your big sister, buddy, you're going to love her,"Harry grins, pressing delicate kisses to the top of Calum's head who has begun to calm down a bit.
"Alright sweet girl, are you ready? Do you remember how to hold a baby? It's been a while since Bowie was this little,"Harry grins, kneeling down in front of Darcy and holding Calum in both of his hands.
"I remember,"Darcy nods confidently, holding both of her palms up towards the sky, her little legs kicking against the chair in anticipation.
"Alright, Squishy, meet your newest baby brother,"Harry coos, setting a squirming Calum down in Darcy's arms as she squeaks and smiles widely, her little feet picking up in excitement as they kick against the chair.
"Oh look at him, he's so happy with you,"Harry coos, tucking his finger into Calum's blanket to uncover his little chin and grinning up at Darcy who's smiling down at her little brother. "He loves you, DD."
"M-M-M-Mumma, I h-h-h-hold b-b-b-b-b-baby?"Auggie asks, looking up at Camryn with big curious blue eyes.
"Yeah, you can go hold the baby, of course,"Camryn nods with a huge smile, pointing towards where Harry is kneeling. "Go by daddy, he'll help you."
Auggie nods and climbs down from the bed a bit ungracefully as he patters over to Harry and stands patiently by him, anxiously awaiting his turn to hold his baby brother.
"Do you want to hold Calum too, lovey?"Camryn asks, looking down at Lennon who's still snuggled to her side protectively. "I promise I'll stay right here and be here when you're done. I think you should go meet him."
"No,"Lennon whispers, snuggling his face in deeper to Camryn's neck. "I want to stay with you, mummy."
"Will you at least go try and hold him?"Camryn barters wanting nothing more than to see all of her babies fawn and love on their new little brother. "For mumma? I promise I'll be right here when you're done."
"C'mon, bud, Calum's telling daddy that he wants to meet you,"Harry grins, motioning for Lennon to come and join them as he looks over his shoulder and smiles at his oldest boy.
"Oh you should go meet him if he wants to meet you,"Camryn encourages, raising her eyebrows at Lennon and squeezing his hand. "He wants to see how awesome of a big brother you are."
"Bawe?"Bowie asks, looking up at Camryn with his big brown eyes as he keeps his blanket thrown over his shoulder, his cheek pressed down against it.
"The baby?"Camryn clarifies with an encouraging nod as Lennon slowly climbs down from the bed and patters over to Harry and his siblings. "Do you want to go and meet the baby too? That would make mummy so happy."
"C'mere, my love,"Anne hums, holding her arms out for Bowie as he reaches upwards towards her. "Let's go meet your baby brother.
"Alright Augs, are you ready?"Harry grins, holding Calum in both of his hands as Auggie and Darcy switch spots on the chair.
"Uh huh,"Auggie murmurs through his pacifier with big eyes and an even bigger smirk.
"Alright buddy, hold your arms out...good job, just like that,"Harry hums, nodding his head encouragingly as he lays Calum down on top of Auggie's arms, making sure the pillow is supporting his head well enough. "Oh look at you mister! You're holding him all by yourself! Mummy, look at how much of a big boy Auggie is!"
"Oh my goodness, you are my big strong boy, huh?"Camryn bubbles with a big teary smile as she rests her head back against the bed and watches each of the kids meet Calum, her bed positioned in the perfect spot to allow her to see everything.
After a few minutes Auggie tells Harry that his arms are getting tired and that he's "all done, daddy", so he quickly changes spots with Lennon.
"Alright big brother, Lennon,"Harry smiles, watching Lennon grin and look at the baby with his arms out wide, anxiously awaiting his little brother. "Meet Calum, buddy."
"Daddy, he's heavy,"Lennon giggles, looking down at his squirming little brother in his arms who's currently sticking out his tongue towards his balled up fist.
"He is pretty heavy, huh?"Harry chuckles, nodding his head at Lennon. "He's the second biggest one of you bunch! Right behind you, Mister Lennon."
"Daddy, he has Auggie hair,"Lennon grins, motioning his head down towards Calum's generous dusting of blonde swirls.
"He does have Auggie hair!"Harry grins and nods encouragingly. "He has blonde hair just like Auggie and mumma, but his hair is a bit darker than Auggie's, huh?"
After Lennon is done with his turn comes the last of the Styles kids to meet their new baby brother.
"Alright Mister Bow,"Harry grins, holding Calum in his hands as he looks at Bowie who looks even tinnier now that he's sitting in the big relining chair, his legs unable to bend over the edge and just sticking straight out as he grips onto his blanket and sucks on his pacifier, not quite sure what's going on or what to make of all of this. "Are you ready to hold your baby brother, lovey? You're a big brother just like Auggie and Lennon are your big brothers!"
Harry gently places Calum in Bowie's arms, keeping a supporting hand under Bowie's arm that's holding Calum and smiling widely. "Oh look at you, mate! You're a pro! He loves you already!"
"Bawe,"Bowie lisps, taking his hand that was supposed to be under Calum's bum and using it to point at Calum's stomach.
"Yeah, is that the baby? It's your baby, huh? Your baby came to see you,"Harry gushes, smiling widely at Bowie as he watches him try to take in all of his little brothers features.
"Bawe night night,"Bowie lisps, tapping on Calum's little forehead with his finger.
"Yeah, the baby is going night night, huh?"Harry nods encouragingly with a little chuckle, "Babies go night night lots."
"Baby blankey,"Bowie states, tapping on Calum's hospital blanket that's swaddled around him.
"Yeah, the baby has a blanket just like you, huh?"Harry nods, trying to comprehend how they ever made it here because he could've sworn that just yesterday he had a sleeping newborn Bowie against his chest. "The baby is a lot like you, huh? Are you two going to be best mates?"
"Thanks for bringing them, mum,"Camryn grins, one of her arms around Lennon and the other around Darcy as they cuddle into her sides, Auggie still standing by Harry and Bowie and taking in his little brother, completely fascinated by the little squirming creature.
"Oh of course,"Anne beams, rubbing her hand across Camryn's forehead. "How're you feeling? How's your back?"
"It's a bit sore,"Camryn admits with a smile, "but it's okay. It'll be better in the next few days I'm sure."
"Who do we for sure need to get to S-L-E-E-P before we put them in the car?"Anne asks.
Normally Harry and Camryn would've just waited until they came home tomorrow morning to introduce the kids to Calum, but they both knew that both Bowie and Lennon would never be able to go down tonight if it weren't for Camryn to put them to bed. Even Harry doesn't do the trick with those two since Bowie has never gone a night without nursing himself to sleep and Lennon can't go to sleep without Camryn laying right next to him.
"I've got two babes that for sure need to be A-S-L-E-E-P or they won't ever go D-O-W-N for you,"Camryn explains, shooting a glance at Bowie and one at Lennon. "B-O-W has never gone to sleep without being breastfed, so we need to do that to get him down and L-E-N will stay up all night if I'm not there to put him to bed."
"Perfect,"Anne nods, grinning over at Harry as he takes Calum out of Bowie's tired arms and cuddles him to his chest.
"Should we start going night night, mummy?"Harry asks, walking over to the light switch to turn it off as Camryn nods.
"I think we should,"Camryn nods with a smile, looking over at Bowie who's toddling over to Anne with his blue blanket dragging on the floor. "Bowie, do you want to nurse?"
Bowie sleepily nods as Anne brings him over to Camryn's bed, trying to figure out how to do this since her arms are already occupied with Lennon and Darcy.
"Can daddy have snuggles with Auggie and Darcy?"Harry suggests, realizing that Bowie and Lennon need to be Camryn's main priority since they're the two that need her the most.
Darcy grins and nods, a daddy's girl through and through as she presses one more kiss to Camryn's puckered lips and then climbs down from the bed, rushing over to Harry who still has Calum in his arms.
"Alright, my love,"Camryn hums, reaching to pull down the hospital blanket to reveal her chest, "there you go, c'mere, let's go night nights."
Bowie immediately crawls towards Camryn on the bed and latches himself onto her boob, laying chest to chest with her which is not nearly as painful as she was guessing it would be right after birth.
"Bug, is he okay laying like that? It's not hurting your stomach too much?"Harry worriedly checks. He's always extra protective over her postpartum. In fact, the protectiveness that he has over her the entire pregnancy only heightens in postpartum.
"Yeah, he's all good,"Camryn assures Harry with a sleepy nod, her fingers trailing up and down Bowie's back as he loudly sucks and snuffles. "It doesn't hurt at all, he's pretty light."
Harry nods and passed Calum off to Anne so that the can cuddle both Auggie and Darcy in his arms, laying back in the reclining chair with both of them on his chest, Auggie's little palm against Harry's chest and Darcy's placed over top of it protectively.
"Hi buddy,"Camryn whispers, looking down at Lennon who's looking up at her with sleepy eyes, laying on his side and cuddling into Camryn's side. "Are you so sleepy?"
Lennon blearily nods, cuddling his cheek up to Camryn's chest as his green eyes begin to close sleepily, "yeah mumma."
She closes her eyes and rests her head back against the bed, absolutely utterly exhausted from the long day she's had today as both of her hands run through her boys' hair, dozing off to the sound of Bowie comforting himself against her chest, his little lips smacking and sucking and swallowing loudly.
Before she knows it, she feels Lennon latch onto her other boob, not taking any pull from it, just resting there since it always was one of his biggest comforts, and after the day of change and anxiety that he had toady—she doesn't even question it.
"Are we starting this again, bubby?"Camryn jokes, looking down at Lennon who's practically asleep now that he can comfort himself against Camryn's chest. "Okay, mummy's okay with that. Whatever you need to feel better."
***
(the next morning)
"Hello hello!"Harry greets, holding onto Camryn's waist with one of his arms and holding onto the little baby carseat with his other hand. "We're home!"
"Mummy!"Darcy's little voice exclaims as the play room door upstairs swings open with little Darcy bolting out of it and running down stairs.
"Hi baby! Careful,"Camryn giggles watching Darcy rush down the stairs and immediately run to Camryn to carefully wrap her arms around Camryn's waist before going to bend down in front of the carseat her dad is carrying and peeking in at her little brother who's bundled up in multiple blankets since it's snowing outside.
"Hey guys,"Harry chuckles, watching as his three little boys trickle out of the playroom and rush down the stairs, all immediately going to their mumma and fawning over her. "What am I? Chopped liver, huh?"
"Go give daddy hugs too,"Camryn whispers with a little grin down at her three little boys who are all tightly holding onto her.
"Oh thank you, mate,"Harry giggles as Auggie wraps his arms around Harry's legs and snuggles in. "I missed you all! Were you good for nana?"
"They were perfect,"Anne grins as she walks down the stairs to greet Harry and Camryn. "Absolutely perfect."
"Daddy, Uncle Liam and Aunt Gemma brought us doughnuts for breakfast!"Lennon grins, looking up at his dad after giving Harry's legs a hug.
"They did?!"Harry asks with a bit of a jaw drop. "No way! That's so nice of them! Were they yummy?"
"R-R-Really y-y-y-yummy,"Auggie grins, the remnants of chocolate on the corner of his mouth proving his point.
"Should we go get mummy sat down on the couch?"Harry suggests, raising his eyebrows at the kids who all nod and walk towards the couch, being little helpers as Camryn and Harry quietly chuckle.
He successfully, and very slowly, gets Camryn over to the couch and sets her down before setting Calum's carseat on the floor and squatting down in front of him.
"Oh hello grumpy mister,"Harry chuckles as he pulls back the sun visor from above Calum and begins to take the blankets off of him so that he can get to the buckles. "That pouty lip always makes you look angry."
"D-D-Daddy, h-h-he's c-c-c-cold,"Auggie worries, kneeling down next to his new baby brother and watching with a concerned furrow in his brow as Harry continues to take off the blankets.
"Oh don't worry, buddy, we'll wrap him back up after we get him out of the carseat, okay?"Harry assures his little boy with a gentle smirk, his heart bursting with pride at how protective Auggie is over his new baby brother.
Auggie nods and watches with protective eyes as Harry unbuckles a fussy Calum from the carseat, shushing down at him as he supports his neck with his fingers and holds him up in front of his face.
"Oh hi grumpy boy,"Harry coos, looking at Calum's scrunched up and chubby face, his chin tucked to his chest to make a double chin. "Are you hungry? Is that your I'm hungry cry?"
"I think it is, daddy,"Camryn nods, grinning as she shrugs off her coat and pulls up Harry's long sleeved shirt that she's wearing to reveal her boob, "gimme him."
"Mumma's right here, I promise,"Harry coos, pressing his lips against Calum's red and angry cheek. "See? Here she is. She didn't leave you."
"Oh hello, Mister,"Camryn grins, cradling Calum close to her chest as he immediately begins to nuzzle his mouth against her chest, searching for her nipple.
"Hey, slow down, it's okay,"Camryn softly giggles, using her hand that's not cradling Calum to grab her boob as help Calum's mouth find her nipple. "See? There it is, you're okay."
"The baby's eating, mumma?"Lennon questions with a curious gaze as he snuggles closer to Camryn on the couch and looks over at his baby brother who's rapidly sucking at her breast.
"Yeah, he is eating, huh? Babies eat lots when they're little,"Camryn explains, looking over at Lennon and Darcy who are sitting right next to each other and both curiously peering over at their little brother in their mum's arms.
"Why?"Darcy asks, so curious about everything that has to do with babies and birth and pregnancy.
"Because they're growing lots,"Camryn explains, combing her fingers through Calum's blonde swirls. "They're always hungry and sleepy."
"Binki,"Bowie babbles, kneeling on the other side of Camryn by Calum's head and taking his pacifier out of his mouth to offer it towards his little baby brother.
"Oh are you trying to give him your binki?"Camryn giggles, looking at the saliva covered pacifier in Bowie's hand that he's holding right above Calum's mouth that's still latched onto her nipple. "That's so nice of you, but he has some of his own, so you can keep sucking on yours. But thank you Mister. You're such a good big brother."
"Yeah, bud, Calum has his own binkis, see?"Harry grins, holding up a little pacifier from Calum's carseat that fell out of his mouth on the way in.
"Blankie,"Bowie offers, putting the pacifier back in his mouth before holding up his blue blanket and laying it on top of Calum's head.
"Oh thank you,"Camryn grins with a little giggle, picking the blue blanket off of Calum's head and grinning over at Bowie who's proudly looking at his work. "That's so nice of you, but we put blankies over the baby's tummy, not his head, okay?"
She looks over at Harry who's chuckling and shaking his head, sitting on the floor in front of Camryn who has all of the kids cuddled around her. "Remind me to never leave him alone with Cal, 'kay?"Camryn jokes, winking at Harry.
"He has the right intentions,"Harry chuckles, winking back at Camryn.
"No, bawe,"Bowie whines with a pout peeking out of his pacifier as he takes the blanket that Camryn handed back to him and reaches to lay it over Calum.
"Here, let mumma help,"Camryn softly smiles, using her free hand to help Bowie cover Calum's little body with the blanket. "Oh he looks so snuggly! He loves the blanket, baby. Thank you."
"Bawe,"Bowie lisps, patting his palm down on top of Calum's head.
"Yeah, is that your baby? You're such a good big brother,"Camryn grins, nudging her face closer to Bowie's. "Can you give the baby kisses?"
Bowie leans his head down and plonks his pacifier covered mouth on top of Calum's forehead, the plastic part hitting right against his skin and making him whimper and squirm against Camryn's boob.
"Oh bonk,"Camryn cringes with a little chuckle, her hand immediately protectively going over Calum's forehead and running her fingers against it, "we should probably take your binki out before you give kisses, huh?"
"Mumma,"Lennon asks, looking up at Camryn with curious green eyes.
"Yeah lovey?"Camryn asks, raising her eyebrows up at Lennon as he puckers his lips thoughtfully.
"Do you still have a baby in your belly,"Lennon asks, tapping his pointer finger against Camryn's bare stomach that's shown under her pulled up shirt.
"Nooo, I don't still have a baby in my belly, the baby's right here,"Camryn shakes her head with a smile, not quite understanding what Lennon is referring to, "Calum was in my belly."
"But you still have a big tummy,"Lennon innocently says, looking at Camryn's stomach that's still swollen with loose skin since she's only 1 day postpartum.
Camryn can't help but laugh as she shakes her head and looks down lovingly at her innocent little boy, "you really know the way to a girl's heart, bud."
"Mummy's belly doesn't go back down too fast because it got really stretched out when Calum was in there,"Harry explains, smirking at his son, "but look at her, isn't mummy still so pretty?"
Lennon looks up at Camryn, listening to his dad's words and agreeing to them because he believes that his mum puts the sun in the sky. "Yeah."
"Oh thanks lovey,"Camryn giggles, leaning down to press a kiss to the top of Lennon's curls who is snuggling his cheek against her bicep again.
"Mummy, I think you're so pretty too!"Darcy grins widely, looking up at Camryn with admiring big blue eyes.
"You're the best baby girl ever, did you know that,"Camryn grins, scrunching her nose at Darcy as she giggles gently.
***
2 hours later
"DD, are you sure you don't want to come with me and the boys to play in the snow?"Harry asks, zipping up his big black winter coat as he puts a beanie on and puts the hood over it.
"No, I want to stay with mummy and Calum,"Darcy replies with a little grin, snuggling up closer to Camryn as they lay with Calum in Camryn and Harry's bed.
"Go have fun with the boys,"Camryn smiles, cupping the back of Calum's head with her hand as her eyes glaze over Darcy who's curled up right next to her on the bed with her cheek on Camryn's shoulder and her hand on Calum's back that's peacefully rising and falling as his big green eyes glance around the room and look at his big sister.
"Alright,"Harry nods, walking over to the side of the bed and combing his palm through the top of Camryn's head before dropping a kiss to her forehead and keeping his lips there for a second. "Just call me if you need me. I have my phone in my pocket."
"I will,"Camryn promises as she puckers her lips up at Harry. He bends down and places a gentle kiss against her lips before placing a kiss against the back of Calum's head and then leaning over Camryn's body to press one to Darcy's head.
"Take good care of mummy while I'm gone, okay?"Harry grins, tucking a brown curl behind Darcy's ear as she nods up at her dad with a very serious look.
"I will,"Darcy promises, taking her little job very seriously and reaching to bring the hem of the blanket tighter around Camryn's body.
"Don't let them eat too much snow,"Camryn calls with a smirk as she watches Harry open up the bedroom door and chuckle, turning his head over his shoulder to look at her.
"Only the yellow snow, I promise,"Harry teases, winking at Camryn before closing the door and walking to go gather up the boys.
"Look at him look at you, D,"Camryn rasps through her still dead voice as she grins down her her youngest little baby on her chest and her biggest baby cuddling next to her.
"He's got Lennie eyes,"Darcy whispers, nudging her head closer to Claum's so that they'er face to face and staring at each other.
"They do, huh? You know who's eyes those are?"she looks over at Darcy with raised eyebrows as Darcy shakes her head and reaches out to run her fingertip over Calum's knuckles that are splayed out against Camryn's bare chest. "Those are daddy's eyes."
"Mummy, can you have another baby?"Darcy asks, peeking up at Camryn with a curious glance.
"Um..."Camryn giggles, widening her eyes and looking down at Darcy. "I'm not sure, baby. Let's just enjoy the baby we have now, huh?"
"I want another one too, though,"Darcy replies with a little grin. "Then we could both hold the babies at the same time."
"Well that's a good point,"Camryn giggles, leaning down to press a kiss against the top of Darcy's head.
"How did the baby get out?"Darcy asks, offering her little finger to Calum who immediately grips it with his wrinkly palm which courses out a big smile from Darcy.
"Umm..."Camryn cringes, chuckling uncomfortably and biting down on her bottom lip. She's never been one to shield birth from her children, it's a natural thing and she treats it as such, but she also knows that it can be quite scary to think about, so she wants to prevent that as much as possible. "Well...there are two ways babies can come out. They either come out of your vagina or doctors cut them out of your tummy."
"Did the doctors cut Calum out of your tummy?"Darcy asks curiously, not at all phased by any of this.
"No, the doctors didn't cut him out of my tummy. I pushed him out. I pushed all of you out, the doctors have never cut any of you out of my tummy,"Camryn replies, keeping her eyes fixed on Darcy's curious little face as she nods and tries to comprehend everything.
"Does it hurt lots when babies come out?"Darcy asks, her finger still being held by Calum.
"Yeah, it does hurt lots when babies come out,"Camryn nods honestly, "but it's so worth it because I love my babies so so much."
"Is it scary to have babies?"Darcy asks, her mind spinning with questions, more popping up in her brain as she continues to talk with Camryn.
"Um, it can be a little scary,"Camryn decides, puckering her lips and trying to think of the best way to describe everything to a six year old, "just because it hurts lots and you want to make sure the baby is okay. But it's a good scary."
"Were you scared, mummy?"Darcy asks concernedly, her little eyebrows pulling together.
"Um, yeah, I was a bit scared to have Calum, but daddy does such a good job at making me feel safe,"Camryn explains with a soft grin, shushing down at little Calum who begins to fuss softly against her chest, her hand rubbing up and down his back.
"Can I have babies when I'm older?"Darcy asks, rubbing her finger against Calum's soft and chubby cheek as his eyes get heavier and heavier, but he's desperately trying to stay awake so that he can keep looking at his big sister.
"You can definitely have babies when you're older if that's what you want,"Camryn smiles, nodding her head and trying not to think about the fact that one day her baby girl will be big enough to have kids of her own. Surely she shouldn't be allowed to get that big. "But you have to be way older and bigger, okay?"
"Like how old?"Darcy asks with curious big blue eyes.
"Um, like 30, okay?"Camryn decides with a little giggle, tipping her chin down to press a kiss to the top of Calum's head.
"That's old,"Darcy widens her eyes. She doesn't think she knows anyone who's older than 30. "That's like how old nana is."
"I'm gonna tell her you said that, she'll like that,"Camryn laughs, reaching her arm over to tuck a curl behind Darcy's ear lovingly. "You have to be that big, okay?" Promise me?"
"I promise,"Darcy nods, snuggling her cheek down against Camryn's shoulder again, "and my babies can have a daddy like daddy."
"Yeah, your babies will have a daddy, huh?"Camryn nods with a big smile, tickling her fingers up and down Calum's back. "But you have to promise that you'll pick a very nice guy to have babies with, okay? Someone who's nice to my DD because you're too special to get anything less."
"Okay,"Darcy agrees, nuzzling her face into Camryn's neck and kissing the skin there, "I want to have babies just like you."
"Well I think you'd be a great mummy, DD,"Camryn says honestly. She's never met a little kid that's better with kids than Darcy is. She's seriously a natural with newborns and young kids.
"Can I play doctor, mummy?"Darcy asks, sitting up on top of the bed and reaching towards the foot of the bed where her little doctor set is placed. "I can give you and Calum a check up."
"Oh, that sounds awesome,"Camryn nods with a big smile, "make sure we're healthy, okay?"
"'Kay,"Darcy hums, pulling out the little otoscope to check Calum and Camryn's ears. She kneels down in front of Calum, biting down on her tongue gently as she places the little plastic tool in Calum's ear gently and looks in it as he squirms on Camryn's chest with a little whimper.
"Oh it's okay, Doctor Darcy is just making sure your ears look okay,"Camryn coos, pressing kisses to the top of Calum's head.
"Calum your ears look okay,"Darcy decides before using her little fingers to brush Camryn's blonde hair away from her ears and sticking the tool in her ear as well.
"How do my ears look?"Camryn asks with a little giggle.
"Shhhh, no movin',"Darcy commands sternly, shaking her head at Camryn.
"Oh sorry,"Camryn whispers quietly, biting her bottom lip to try and prevent herself from laughing.
"They look okay,"Darcy proclaims, reaching for the stethoscope in her bag and putting the knobs in her ears before placing it on Calum's back. "He's breathing good, mummy."
"Oh is he? Good,"Camryn grins, turning her cheek on the pillow to look at Darcy with a tired grin. "What about me? How's my heart?"
Darcy puts the stethoscope on Camryn's chest and bites down on her tongue as she listens quietly before nodding with a proud grin. "It sounds good, mummy. It's going thump thump."
"Oh good, I was worried about that,"Camryn jokes with a little smirk. "You're an awesome doctor, baby."
"Can I have snuggles now?"Darcy asks, holding her hands towards Calum.
"Of course you can, lay down right next to me, okay?"Camryn grins, watching as Darcy lays down on her back right next to Camryn. "Do you want to take your shirt off? You can do some skin to skin with Calum?"
"Yeah,"Darcy nods eagerly, ripping her shirt off over her head and tossing it to the side as she holds her arms out expectantly for Calum.
Camryn carefully pulls Calum away from her chest and lays him onto her chest, his little cheek and ear pressed against Darcy's skin as she tucks her chin to look at him and giggles, patting her palms against his bare back.
"Oh look at you,"Camryn coos, pulling the blanket up to Calum's shoulders to cover both of their little bodies. "You're such a good big sister. Calum loves snuggling with you."
"Yeah, he does,"Darcy grins confidently, pressing a gentle kiss to the top of Calum's head as Camryn slowly turns on her side to be able to snuggle closer to her oldest baby and her youngest, resting her cheek down on Darcy's shoulder and peering down at her little boy.
"You can go night night, mummy,"Darcy whispers, noticing how her mum's eyes are drooping heavily from her lack of sleep from the past few days. "I'll be Calum's mummy while you're asleep."
***
5:30 pm
"Alright, alright, guys eat your dinner,"Harry calls, shaking his head with a chuckle as he listens to the kids' little conversations back and forth as they sit at the kitchen table with their chicken noddle soup bowls in front of them. He loves listening to their little conversations and he loves that they're all so fascinated with talking to each other, but if he doesn't constantly remind them to eat while they have their conversations, they'll be at the table all night.
He goes back to scooping his own bowl of soup from the huge tubiware container that Anne made for them to use as meals for the next week.
"Daddyyyy, Bowie said poo poo,"Lennon tattles, pouting over at Harry who looks up from scooping his soup to look at Bowie who's pouting his bottom lip out at his brother from his little seat, death glaring his older brother for telling on him.
"Hey, Bowie no potty talk,"Harry parents, taking a bite of his soup as his phone alarm goes off.
"What's that daddy?"Darcy asks curiously, looking over at Harry who immediately reaches for the pill bottle on the counter, far from the little kids' reach.
"It's an alarm telling me it's time to give mummy her medicine,"Harry explains, pouring two pain pills into his hand. "I'll be right back, okay? Keep eating your dinner."
Harry quickly walks up the stairs and straight to the master bedroom, carefully pushing open the door and finding Camryn asleep with Calum on her chest, both of them completely knocked out. He hates to wake her up, he really does, but he knows that if he doesn't give her her pain meds on time she'll just be in even more pain when she wakes up.
He walks over to the side of the bed and kneels down beside her, combing his fingers through her blonde hair, her cheek pressing against the pillow and facing him.
"Hi bug,"Harry whispers, continuing to comb his fingers through Camryn's hair to try and rouse her gently as he nudges his face closer to hers. "Sweetheart? Can you wake up a little? I need to give you your pain meds really quick."
Camryn whimpers sleepily and turns her head to the other side to try and escape Harry's voice, her mind still completely fogged with sleep.
Harry chuckles breathily and continues to comb his fingers through her hair, "I know, I know you don't want to wake up, I'm sorry. I promise you can go right back to sleep if you swallow the pills."
Camryn sleepily blinks open her eyes, blearily looking over at Harry with one of her hands resting protectively on Calum's back.
"There's my girl,"Harry whispers with a soft grin, nudging his face closer to hers and pressing a soft kiss to her chapped lips. "Can you take your pain meds really quick? I don't want your back to start playing up."
Camryn sleepily nods and opens up her mouth as Harry drops the pills into her mouth, reaching for her water bottle and putting the straw to her lips to help her swallow them down.
'Good job,"Harry whispers, pressing another kiss to Camryn's forehead and continuing to run his fingers through her hair. "You can go back to sleep, sweetheart. Enjoy your rest, okay? I love you."
"Love you,"Camryn murmurs, practically already falling back asleep as Harry presses one more kiss to her forehead, his hand cupping her cheek before he stand sup and quietly exits the room,
"Daddy! Bowie pooped!"Darcy exclaims as soon as Harry walks into the kitchen, his heart sinking to his stomach as he takes in the scene in front of him.
Bowie is standing in the middle of the kitchen, squatting down with his diaper in his hand with a pile of poop in between his feet as he looks up at Harry with wide eyes, realizing that he's been caught.
"Bowie, mate, what?"Harry asks in complete confusion about what's happening here. He didn't even know Bowie knew how to take his diaper off? "Buddy, what did you do?"
"D-D-Daddy, it's y-y-yucky!"Auggie frowns, his face crumpling up in distaste as he looks at his little brother with disapproving eyes.
"Yeah, it is yucky, why'd you do this, huh bud?"Harry questions, taking the diaper out of Bowie's hands that's completely clean because, well, it all made it onto the floor. He balls up the diaper and throws it into the trash before picking up Bowie, who's naked from the waist down, into his hands and holding him away from his body so that he doesn't get any of the poop on him.
"No one touch the poop, do you hear me?"Harry calls, looking behind his shoulder at his three oldest kids who nod their heads in agreement with turned up faces.
Add that to the list of things that he never thought would leave his mouth until he became a dad.
"Bow, what was that all about, mate?"Harry sighs as he holds Bowie out in front of him and carries him up the stairs to the master bedroom to give him a bath. "Is this your way of telling mummy and daddy that you don't want to have a little baby in the house, huh? Have you not been getting enough attention?"
"Dada no tubbie!"Bowie whines, kicking his little legs and trying to squirm from Harry's grip.
"Yes tubby,"Harry insists, tightening his grip on Bowie. "If you didn't want a tubbie you should've gone poo in your diaper."
"Hey, no whining, we're gonna have to wait out here until you stop whining because mumma is sleeping,"Harry whispers, stopping in front of the master bedroom door as Bowie continues to throw his little tantrum, kicking his legs and whining as he tries to break free of Harry's grip.
"Bowie, shhh, you're gonna wake up mama,"Harry whispers sternly, continuing to hold his little boy in front of him.
"MAMA!"Bowie screams, reaching towards the door in absolute despair. He knows his mumma is right through that door and he wants nothing but her at the current moment.
"Bowie, shhh, calm down, bud,"Harry calmly whispers, feeling the anxiety rise up in his throat as Bowie's screams get louder.
"What's going on out here, huh?"Camryn asks, opening the door with a gentle smile as she looks at Bowie who's still kicking and screaming as Harry holds onto him.
"What're you doing out of bed?"Harry asks with a frown, looking at Camryn with the most protective eyes. He's always so protective of her the first few days after birth which is so sweet, but she can admit that it can get a bit annoying at times.
"I heard my little man asking for me,"Camryn grins, folding her arms across her upper stomach so that they're gently resting on her stomach that's still formed in a deflated bump, well really it's not that deflated yet, it still looks practically the same as when Calum was nestled in there.
"Someone's having an 'I don't want to be a big brother rebellion',"Harry explains with a sigh, watching as Camryn's eyes soften. Every single one of their kids at one point of another has had this a few days after their little sibling is born. It's hard to be the baby and have all of your mumma's attention on you and then suddenly this little creature comes into your life and rips that away from you. "He took off his diaper and popped on the kitchen floor."
"Oh bud, you know we don't take our diapers off,"Camryn shakes her head sternly but with gentle eyes, reaching out to hold onto Bowie's little palm and soothingly rub her thumb over his knuckles. "That's not what big boys do, right?"
Bowie feebly looks at Camryn with the guiltiest eyes ever as he bats his eyelashes cutely to try and get himself out of trouble.
"I'll put him in the bath,"Camryn offers, reaching her hands out for him as Harry shakes his head.
"Woah, nope you're not holding him for at least another day,"Harry shakes his head protectively, bringing Bowie's body closer to his own. "I don't want you lifting him yet, baby."
"Sweetheart, I'm fine,"Camryn rolls her eyes with a little giggle, patting a palm against Harry's chest. "I'm high on pain meds, I can pick him up. I'm walking so good, look at me." She turns around and walks three steps, trying not to waddle as much as possible before turning around and walking back over to Harry. "See?"
"You're walking great, bug, but I still don't want you holding him,"Harry shakes his head, "you can give him a bath if you really want to, but I'll put him in there."
Camryn concedes with a dramatic sigh, rolling her eyes jokingly before motioning for Harry to follow her into the bathroom.
"He's still snoozin', huh?"Harry asks, looking over at little Calum who's laying on his back in the bed, his arms splayed out wide and his head turned to the side as his little tummy rises and falls.
"Yeah, he's such a good sleeper already,"Camryn nods with a big smile. "He had a little dinner a few minutes ago."
"Oh good,"Harry hums as he watches Camryn carefully bend over and turn on the bathtub faucet, putting her fingers under the water to check its temperature. She turns her head over her shoulder to look at Harry, "do you think you could help me take a shower tonight? I feel so gross and I smell like hospital and baby spit up."
"Of course,"Harry chuckles with a nod, smiling at Camryn's scrunched up face. "I'll take Calum downstairs with the rest of us so that Bow can have some mummy time."
Camryn nods as she watches Harry plop Bowie down in the tub before turning around to Camryn and blowing a breath between his lips and widening his eyes.
"Long day, huh?"Camryn jokes, wrapping her arms around Harry's waist and tilting her face up to press a kiss to his lips as he wraps his arms around her.
"Really long day,"Harry murmurs against her lips with a little laugh, "but it's worth it, poop and all."
Camryn giggles and breaks away from Harry walking over to sit on top of the toilet lid as she watches Bowie splash around in the water, "what do you say to dada since he has to go and clean up your mess, mister?"
Bowie looks up from splashing water with his hands and looks over at Harry with water dripping down his face, his dark brown hair slightly wet from all of the splashing, "sowee dada."
*
"Alright my clean boy,"Camryn hums, ruffling the towel over Bowie's dripping brown hair as he giggles and swats it away with his hands. "Should we have some cuddles? Do you need some cuddles?" Bowie grins and nods up at Camryn, sitting in his fresh diaper as Camryn crawls back into bed slowly, hissing as she moves a bit too fast and an ache runs through her body.
She lays back against the bed, holding her arms out for Bowie as she helps him gently climb on top of her and lay down, chest to chest as he palms her breast with his little hands and brings her nipple to his mouth immediately.
"There we are,"Camryn hums, combing her fingers through Bowie's damp brown hair and relaxing at the feeling of her baby boy against her, resting her head back against the pillow. "There's my Bowie. You're such a good boy. Mumma loves you."
She pulls the covers up to cover Bowie's back and make him nice and cozy.
"Ow! No biting, babe,"Camryn hisses, putting her hand down in between Bowie's mouth and her breast to unlatch him quickly. He looks up at her with innocent eyes even though he knows exactly what he just did. "I know you're mad at me for making you a big brother, but you don't have to take it out on my boobs."
She massages her nipple with her palm, her face scrunched up as it throbs a bit before she looks back at her baby boy. "No biting, okay? That really hurts mummy. Do you promise to not bite?"
Bowie nods and rests his chest down against Camryn's, latching on again and ferociously sucking again, this time not biting her.
"It's okay that you're having a hard time,"Camryn murmurs, continuing to comb her fingers through Bowie's damp hair. "I completely understand. All of your siblings have also had a hard time adjusting when a new baby comes around."
"I promise I love you just the same, okay?"Camryn hums, pressing her lips down against Bowie's head as she breathes in his soapy and fresh scent. "And you'll like Calum soon enough. Lennon and Auggie didn't like you much when you were born, but you three are best buds now, huh?"
"Oh thank you,"Camryn grins, nuzzling her cheek against Bowie's blue blankey that he offered up to her. "Thank you, lovey. You love your blankey, huh? Did you know that nana made you that when you were just like baby Calum?"
"Bawe,"Bowie murmurs, his lips still around Camryn's nipple as he continues to suck.
"Yeah, baby,"Camryn grins, pressing her lips down on top of Bowie's damp head. "I promise you'll like your baby brother soon enough."
***
8:00 pm
"Someone is ready for night night snuggles, mummy,"Harry hums with a big grin as he holds Lennon in his arms and looks at Camryn sat up against the headboard of the bed with Calum sucking at her chest while she sips at the tea Harry made her.
"Oh hi, lovey,"Camryn grins widely, "c'mere, come and have some snuggles with Calum and me."
"The rest of the monkeys are asleep,"Harry yawns, plopping Lennon down next to Camryn and sliding into bed right next to him, laying on his side and looking at three of his six loves laying next to him. "DD wanted me to tell you that she gets to hold the baby as soon as she wakes up."
Camryn giggles and nods, setting her tea on the nightstand as she rubs her fingertip down Calum's cheek as he continues to suck hungrily at her breast. "We better soak up all the cuddles we can get with him tonight, daddy because she's gonna steal him from us."
"Next time we need to have twins so she can take care of one,"Harry yawns widely with a little smirk, resting his palm on top of Lennon's stomach as Lennon rests his temple against Camryn's bicep, their hands interlocked as Camryn's thumb rubs against his knuckles.
"Next time? Excuse me? Did you not hear me while I was in labor?"Camryn asks with a scandalized smirk playing on her face as she looks over at Harry with raised eyebrows. "H-E-L-L no, my love. Never touching me again, remember?"
"I thought you forgave me the second you saw him,"Harry jokingly pouts, rubbing his fingers against Lennon's bloated stomach.
"Well, maybe,"Camryn concedes with a little grin as she looks down at Calum, his big eyes beginning to sleepily fall closed as he continues to suck at her breast, one of his wrinkly palms pressing against her skin.
"Mummy, look at his toes,"Lennon whispers, dragging his fingertips along his little brother's toes.
"Yeah, he has the tiniest cutest toes, huh?"Camryn grins, "daddy loves to munch on his toes."
"That's silly daddy,"Lennon grins, turning his cheek on the pillow to look over at Harry who's nuzzling his face into Lennon's neck as he falls in and out of sleep.
"It is silly, huh?"Harry chuckles breathily, pressing a kiss to Lennon's neck as he keeps his eyes closed, "they're just delicious, though, I can't help it. But your toes are stinky. I can't eat your toes."
"My toes aren't stinky,"Lennon exclaims scandalized with a giggle, looking at his dad with a big grin.
"I think they are,"Harry chuckles, pressing his lips against Lennon's neck and pretending to munch on his neck to tickle him.
"You have a silly daddy, Lennie,"Camryn grins, looking down at her little boys giggling and loving on each other, Lennon's little palms trying to push Harry's face away as Harry continues to ticklishly munch on Lennon's neck.
"Hey baby, will you burp him while I go to the bathroom real quick,"Camryn asks as Calum unlatches from Camryn's boob in his sleep, peacefully breathing with his little face pressed against her chest. "I'm about two seconds from peeing our bed."
"Two seconds and one sneeze away?"Harry asks with a little laugh as he holds his hands out towards Calum and shushes him quietly as he lays him against his chest.
"You know me too well,"Camryn smirks, slowly climbing off of the bed as she shuffles around the bed and towards the bathroom.
"I help you, mummy,"Lennon offers, climbing off of the bed and walking after Camryn.
"Oh thanks, buddy, but I don't really need help to go to the bathroom,"Camryn chuckles, looking back at Lennon who doesn't look like he's going to give up that easy, situating himself right next to Camryn as she continues to walk.
"She's lying to you mate,"Harry mock whispers, looking right at Lennon, "she does. She had to hold my hand this morning while she went to the potty."
"Cuz it burns, okay?"Camryn rolls her eyes, walking into the bathroom as Lennon follows her because she doesn't feel like fighting him off right now.
"I can hold your hand, mummy,"Lennon offers, holding his hand out towards Camryn as she sits on the toilet, recalling what his dad just told him.
"Thanks baby,"Camryn giggles, putting her hand in Lennon's. "Let's not make this one of your core memories, yeah? We can forget about this one, 'kay?"
***
9:30 pm
"You're too beautiful, mate, look at you,"Harry whispers in awe as he sits back against the headboard, a newly fed Calum resting against his thighs as he yawns widely to make his double chin appear.
"Oh big yawn, such a big boy,"Camryn coos, laying down on her side as she admires Harry fawning over their newborn little baby. She loves watching Harry with the kids at all ages, but there's something special about watching him with newborns.
"You're a little chunk-a-monk like your big brother Lennon was, huh?"Harry coos, tickling his fingertips up Lennon's bloated belly and over his big cheeks as he pouts at Harry.
"Gosh, that little lip kills me,"Camryn giggles, reaching up to tap her finger against Calum's lower lip that's always pouted.
"Yeah, I love that little lip,"Harry agrees with a big smile, trickling his finger up to right above Calum's little blonde eyebrow, rubbing his finger against the little mark there, "and I love this little beauty mark. It's just like the one D has above her lip."
"Gosh I just want to kiss those cheeks,"Harry murmurs, tucking his lips down against Calum's chubby cheek and pressing as many kisses as he can before Calum gets annoyed and whines.
"Oh is daddy disturbing you?"Camryn giggles, reaching her hand up to offer her finger to her little boy who immediately wraps his wrinkly palm against her finger. "Say 'daddy, too many kisses'."
"Oh no, never too many kisses,"Harry coos, holding Calum's other hand in his and admiring his baby boy with the most amazed eyes. "How did we create you, huh?"
"We're 5 for 5 on the kids getting your nose,"Camryn grins, flicking her eyes up to Harry to watch him break out into a smile and dab his finger against the tip of Calum's nose.
"He looks so much like you, though,"Harry grins, pressing a kiss to Calum's warm forehead. "We're 5 for 5 for them getting your big eyes."
"How do we keep making such perfect little humans,"Camryn gushes, rubbing her finger against Calum's knuckles. "I just don't get it."
"It's probably because you're pretty perfect,"Harry flirts, grinning down at Camryn as she rolls her eyes but blushes.
"You can't get any for 6 more weeks,"Camryn jokes, winking up at Harry as he chuckles and shakes his head.
"I can't compliment you without you automatically thinking I was trying to get something?"Harry asks, pretending to be scandalized even though she was completely head on about what he was trying to do.
"Was I right or was I right?"Camryn asks, puckering her lips up at Harry.
"I'm not gonna answer that,"Harry jokingly answers, leaning down to press a kiss to Camryn's lips. "Thanks for giving him to me, buggy."
"Thanks for making him with me, baby,"Camryn returns with a big grin, her hand cupping Harry's cheek.
"Yeah, you're welcome,"Harry smirks, "you did so good yesterday, sweetheart. I'm so freakin' proud of you. You were an absolute rockstar."
"I don't think my back will ever be the same, but it was worth it,"Camryn grins widely with a little chuckle as she presses a kiss to Harry's arm. "It was so worth it."
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AHHHHH NEWBORN BABY LOVE AHHHH
I freakin love writing about newborn babies so much I CANNOT
Whenever I imagine Bowie with his blue blanket (that he carries around everywhere until he's 6 and still sleeps with well into adulthood lol) I always think of Linus from Charlie Brown🥺🥺
Okay question, for next weeks chapter, if you could pick an age for the kids to be, what age would you want it to be about? Or year? It doesn't have to include all 6 of them either, just like what age would you like to hear more about ☺️
Auggie's new novella chapter will be out this week!! sorry to keep you all waiting for so long lol buttttt you're gonna hate me after and wish I never posted it sooooo
I hope you're all doing amazing and had a good week!! I'm always here to talk if you need to❤️
I LOVE YOU ALL MORE THAN I LOVE "CHERRY" (which is a lot cuz that's my favorite HS song)
MWAH
-Mel❤️