My Bijou! A Maylor Love Story

Baby! You've Been Had..Part 3

May 1975 

London

Roger's POV

"How is this going to work?"  I ask Brian as we went upstairs with Tigs.  We didn't have a cot yet. Shit!  We barely have anything!  Brian had his Dr. Spock book and had been reading all about babies but he couldn't find anything about sleeping arrangements when you don't have a cot.  He looked deep in thought as we reached the bedroom.

"I guess she can just sleep between us.  That way if she wakes up, she'd have to try to crawl up over one of us and we would wake up.."  he suggested to me.  I guess it will have to do.  We will get a cot first thing tomorrow but we are both wiped out and according to the stuff Brian read, Tigs needs to get to bed.  Brian brought over her baby bag and I sat down with her on the bed while he went in clean up for the night.  I placed her in the middle of the bed and sat next to her.  She was sitting up and watching me.  Her eyes are so big and blue and remind me of my family's eyes.  My mom and sister.  It's strange to see them looking back at me from someone new.  Someone who I guess is mine.  Tigs was holding my fingers and looking at them as she tried to put one in her mouth.  When she got one inside she bit down a little and I could feel the nubs of her teeth as they are coming in.  Then she pressed down pretty hard and it hurt.  

"Ouch!  Careful Tigs.."  I told her as I gently got my finger out of her mouth.  I wiped her slobber on my t-shirt.  Brian made some noise in the bathroom and Tigs looked that way as he was coming through the doorway.  She smiled and I turned to see Brian smiling back at her.

"Hi Tigs.."  he told her was he walked up to the bed.  I could tell she was looking right at him and clearly likes him.  She held up her arms as he sat down next to me.  She leaned forward and almost fell as he caught her and put her in his lap.

"I got her...go get ready..."  he told me as he held her hands inside his own.  He was so natural with her.  If he feels awkward with her it doesn't really show.  I'm still uncomfortable.  Not sure what I should be doing with her from moment to moment.  I feel completely out of my element.  I walked into the bathroom and relieved myself.  I turned and washed my hands as I thought about how well Brian seems to manage her.  He couldn't have picked up all of it from just reading a few chapters of a book.  I finished brushing my teeth and wondered if he had ever watched babies or kids growing up. He didn't have any siblings so I found this peculiar.  I pulled off my shirt and jeans and tossed them in the clothes basket as I headed back to the bedroom.  Brian had scooted up against the headboard and Tigs was in the middle of the bed on her tummy.  She was trying to push herself up and was working to get her legs underneath her.  She was struggling with it but trying.  She peered up at me as I got near her.  Her little mouth was open and she had a curious look on her face.

"The book said that at this age she is building up her strength so she can get ready for walking in a few months.." Brian informed me as he reached over to his nightstand and grabbed his camera.  He popped the lens cap off and aimed the camera at her.  I climbed onto the bed and sat by her.   Brian aimed the camera at me and I smiled as I reached over and picked up Tigs and got her in my arms.  I sat her down in my lap facing Brian and put my arm around her. He smiled at me and adjusted the lens and a took a few shots.  "She looks so much like you babe...she's just beautiful.."  Brian commented to me as he sat the camera back on his nightstand.

"Hang on! Let me take one of you with her.."  I told him.  His face brightened at my suggestion and he grabbed the camera and sat it on the pillow as I handed Tigs to him.  He positioned her the same way I had and I picked up the camera and got them focused in the viewer and snapped a photo after telling them both to smile.  Brian was beaming in the picture and held her little fingers in his.  They both looked happy and cute.   I yawned as I put the camera on my nightstand and Brian put Tigs down and climbed off the bed.  He grabbed her bag and pulled out a diaper and the packet of wipes along with a little mat.