Total control

With wide eyes Jenny looked at Jason who had grabbed her hand out of the blue. Jason explained his abrupt stop to Jenny's actions as he said, "Sam is a boy honey. Boys always lose a little extra after the pressure of the diaper is released, remember? So, keep it on for a bit longer before you take it away."

Jenny was startled by Jason's suddenness but was relieved he had managed to act so fast, otherwise she would currently be covered in urine. In her nervousness she had almost forgotten but Jason was right. They had learned during one of their classes about this little phenomenon and she was about to experience it first hand. After this near mishap, they managed to change their first live diaper. With their flawless cooperation, the first change went smoothly and took the edge off for the rest of the day. To keep things fair, they decided to take turns on who would be tasked with the actual changing and who with the entertaining and stabilising. With the number of changes such a small baby required of one every two hours, they would be experts by the time Nick and Elizabeth would be back to pick him up.

Once the first crisis seemed to be averted, the second and third weren't far off. With each cry, they went over the steps in the most logical order to find out what the cause could be. An hour and a half into the adventure, Sam had found another reason to cry, this time because he needed to be fed. As the next challenge was warming up the breastmilk without making it so hot that it would burn little Sam's mouth. Jason carefully warmed the milk up using Elizabeth's step by step instructions and then he tested the temperature on the back of his hand. All according to protocol. Even double checking the temperature on the back of Jenny's hand, who was waiting in the living room with baby Sam in her arms, just to be safe. She was rocking Sam back and forth while he continued to cry softly. When Jenny gave her 'okay', she handed Sam over to him for the feeding, because her arms had gotten quite tired from all the rocking and carrying she had done before.

After burping him and soothing him back to sleep, Jenny and Jason felt they had total control over the situation. They had gotten through all three daily stages of taking care of a newborn and had passed them with flying colours. Allowing even Jenny to regain and keep her cool from her initial panicking state. Thirty minutes after their first feeding and burping, they were sitting side by side on the very sofa where they had had their first diaper change, looking with warm and loving eyes at the adorable little creature in their hands. But just when they wanted to put him down in the Maxi-Cosi and finally take care of their own eating needs, Sam started to get fussy and restless. He got close to waking up and crying the moment they tried to place him down.

But the two of them refused to let anything stop them and decided to just roll with the punches this day was dealing them. After their second attempt at placing him in the seat he had been sleeping in before, Jason said, "Okay, if he doesn't want to be placed down, just hold on to him and take him with you into the dinner room. I'll prepare our lunch and you can keep an eye on him while I do." Agreeing that Jason's solution was the best solution for now, Jenny nodded as she followed him towards the other room. Once lunch was ready and served, Sam had fallen asleep deep and became heavier to hold by the minute. With there being no way that Jenny could hold him in one arm and eat with the other, they decided to get creative in order to have their planned lunch. Jenny asked Jason to get her one of Sam's blankets. When he returned from the living room, she asked him, "Okay, now fold it in two to make it thicker and place it on the table." Once the blanket was in place, Jenny carefully got out of her seat with some assistance from Jason and placed the baby down as carefully as she could on their make shift bed.

With Sam being deeper asleep than before with the Maxi-Cosi, he didn't protest too much once he was placed down. Not wanting to risk his waking up just when they were about to eat, Jenny quickly started softly stroking his belly as she shushed him. When Sam felt Jenny's touch, while smelling the familiar scent coming from his blanket, he soon stopped his protests all together and went back to his peaceful slumber. Jenny let out a deep breath, before they both burst out laughing the moment their eyes met. Calling out a "Shh" to each other almost simultaneously before another laughter burst out, this time softly to prevent little Sam from waking and disturbing their little lunch that they had well earned.

Having finally found a moment to themselves, Jason went in for what felt like his first kiss of the day. But no sooner had his lips reached Jenny's or little Sam woke from his slumber and spoiled their fun. The moment he heard the soft cries, Jason dropped his head. While his hand was still holding onto Jenny's face and the other one had slipped down to her lower arm, Jenny let out a soft chuckle as she said, "Duty calls."