Chapter 194
Although little Yoyo performed a magical operation on herself, it does not affect her status as a very healthy, lively and strong baby.
The first month after her birth can be said to be the most well-behaved period of her life. She ate and slept, and slept and ate, neither moving around nor causing trouble. This gave Jiang Zhinian the illusion that she had given birth to a caring and well-behaved baby.
It was only after she finished her confinement that she realized she was too naive.
After the confinement nanny left, there was a three-day gap before the nanny came on duty. Shi Ye had suggested that he could take a few more days off to accompany Jiang Zhinian through the adaptation period and wait for the nanny to take up the job, but the happy life during the confinement period made Jiang Zhinian relax his vigilance, thinking that he could definitely take care of such a well-behaved baby.
She even boasted that "it doesn't matter if I don't hire a nanny, I can handle it." This confidence made Shi Ye stop trying to persuade her and just smiled mysteriously.
After Shi Ye went out for work, the two-month-old baby Yoyo also started whimpering in bed. Jiang Zhinian looked at the feeding records and realized that she must be hungry, so she held the baby in the bed, lay beside her and started feeding her.
Not long after feeding, the baby closed her eyes again in a daze. Jiang Zhinian then carefully placed her in her crib, and considerately rolled a pink flowered bath towel into a cylindrical shape, placing one end behind the baby and the other end between her legs, allowing her to hold her in her arms.
Generally, the curtains are not drawn when sleeping during the day. This is also the method taught by the confinement nanny. She said that this can help the baby develop a sense of day and night and get used to sleeping when there is light during the day.
After Jiang Zhinian and the others fell asleep, they tiptoed out of the room and prepared to find some fruit for themselves. They installed a small surveillance camera at the head of the crib so that they could see the baby's situation in real time even in other rooms.
As soon as she walked into the kitchen, she heard the baby crying.
Jiang Zhinian's first reaction was a bit of surprise. The baby in confinement not only looked like a kitten, but even his cry was childish, not much louder than a cat's meow.
I didn’t expect that she would cry so vigorously today even though she had just finished the confinement period.
Jiang Zhinian ran back to the room, wondering if she was crying because she had peed or pooped, but after checking for a long time, she found that it was neither.
Jiang Zhinian held the baby in his arms and coaxed him for a while. Soon, the baby stopped crying and continued to sleep.
Jiang Zhinian breathed a sigh of relief and was about to put the baby back on the bed, but as soon as she touched the bed, the baby immediately opened his eyes and cried out, as if there were thorns on the bed that pricked her.
She cried and looked at Jiang Zhinian with her beautiful eyes full of tears. Her little mouth was pouting and smacking, which made Jiang Zhinian see the immense guilt.
She realized that the baby didn't want to leave her arms.
When this realization first came to her mind, she was full of tenderness and maternal love. She held the baby in her arms with a sweet feeling of being needed, and coaxed her to sleep while walking.
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When Shi Ye brought lunch back at noon, he saw Jiang Zhinian, who looked like she had lost all hope in life.
"What happened?" Shi Ye put down the lunch box, washed his hands and changed his outer clothes before going to take the little Yoyo from her arms. "What bad things did she do to make you so tired?"
Jiang Zhinian collapsed on the sofa with shaking arms. Looking at the little rascal in Shi Ye's arms, he said speechlessly, "Our angel baby is gone."
Shi Ye smiled and said, "Did you find out that she is a high-needs baby?"
Jiang Zhinian nodded with tears in her eyes, then realized: "You know?"
"There were actually some signs during the confinement period." It was just that Jiang Zhinian was artificially separated from the baby at that time. Except for feeding, she didn't even hold the baby.
"That's it."
"The nanny won't be here for another two days."
Jiang Zhinian raised his head and looked at Shi Ye eagerly.
"Need help?"
Jiang Zhinian hesitated for a moment and nodded. Although this would delay Shi Ye's career a little, she had learned the concept of expressing her difficulties correctly and seeking help from other family members when appropriate. Therefore, she no longer thought that she and her child would be a burden or stumbling block to Shi Ye as before.
Shi Ye teased the child and said teasingly, "Who swore so confidently this morning that they would be absolutely fine?"
Jiang Zhinian blushed, but still pointed at himself honestly: "It's me."
"Do you know you're wrong?"
"Okay, got it."
"But I don't see you asking for help."
Jiang Zhinian gritted her teeth. She found that ever since she and Shi Ye had a mutual understanding, this man's evil taste for bullying had become more and more outrageous. Before, he would restrain himself a little when the confinement nanny was around, but now that the confinement nanny left, he started to get even worse.
No wonder he was determined not to hire a nanny before.
After Jiang Zhinian thought it through, she said to him with a bit of temper, "Please."
"I'm reluctant..."
Jiang Zhinian jumped up and hugged Shi Ye's waist from behind: "Please, help me, the baby needs daddy."
Shi Ye tilted his head slightly and asked her, "What about you? Do you need me too?"
Jiang Zhinian heard the teasing in his words, buried her face in his back, and nodded: "Yes, I need you too."
Shi Ye turned around and kissed Jiang Zhinian's lips through the little baby in his arms: "I asked for leave when I went to the hospital this morning."
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Because of Shi Ye's joining, Jiang Zhinian felt much more relaxed throughout the afternoon.
Because of his innate physical advantages, the man seemed to be able to hold Yoyo, a high-demand baby, very easily. Shi Ye was seen holding the baby in one hand and holding his iPad with the other hand to read his paper with ease, and he didn't look tired at all.
Seeing the child who was whining and not playing in the morning sleeping soundly in Shi Ye's arms, Jiang Zhinian also felt warm in his heart.
"It's strange, why is she so... well-behaved when you hold her."
"Two to three months is the time when babies have flatulence. It's normal for them to feel uncomfortable. At the same time, they are also adapting to the world. They may feel scared and uneasy, and need their parents' hugs and comfort."
Jiang Zhinian sat aside, watching Shi Ye walking around the house with Youyou like she was holding a kitten or puppy, moving freely, and couldn't help but laugh: "Shi Ye, she seems to like you very much."
Shi Ye paused while turning the page, lowered his head to look at Yoyo on his arm, and smiled faintly: "Really?"
Thanks to Jiang Zhinian's hard work in feeding, the baby has grown from being skinny at birth to being plump and full of flesh. His arms and calves are segmented and he looks so cute.
Jiang Zhinian walked over to Shi Ye and gently hugged his neck: "Of course, the baby and I, we both love you."
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