Finding Bailey

Once Nelson had dressed Bailey, he headed downstairs with Bailey to finish cooking breakfast. He walked in to see all three boys cooking and setting the table for breakfast. Nelson handed Blair Bailey and went to the fridge to grab out some yoghurt for her. He then cut up some banana and took a scoop of scrambled eggs placing it on a plate for Bailey to try.

Nelson sat down next to Blair who was pulling faces at his sister and she studied his face. Nelson opened the yoghurt and attempted to feed Bailey some. Bailey didn't like the texture of the yoghurt at all and gagged on it. She had never tasted anything like it. "I don't think she likes that" Blair stated. "She is still getting use to textures, I'll try a little more" Nelson replied scooping up some more yoghurt. Bailey moved before the spoon got to her mouth, she wanted to know what she was going to put in her mouth.

Bailey opened her mouth seeing the white stuff thinking it was milk but again gagged on the yoghurt. It clearly wasn't milk. "Yeh that's a big no" Brax stated sitting down opposite his sister. "It's just new, give her time" Nelson commented. Nelson gave Bailey the spoon which still had some yoghurt on it. Bailey put the spoon to her mouth sucking the top. Her eyes got wide when she tasted the yoghurt. She liked the flavour on the spoon. When the flavour was gone she dropped the spoon on the table. "Do you want more princess?" Nelson asked before dipping the spoon into the yoghurt again and handing the spoon to Bailey.

This was repeated several times until the yoghurt was gone. "Miss independent doesn't like to be fed by the looks of things" Nelson stated while chuckling. Bodie served his dad some food and then placed the plate in front of Bailey that had some food on it for her. Nelson had explained to his sons the importance of Bailey being included in meals times so she got use to food being a staple in life. She had already missed out on this experience so it was up to them to show Bailey what a normal food experience was.

Bailey squashed the eggs in her hands, it was important for her to feel the food as well as taste it. She then brought her hand to her mouth but immediately spat the eggs out. She didn't like the taste of them at all. Bailey held her hand up to Blair and stuck her tongue out. Bailey wanted the egg off her hands as she didn't like the taste. Blair didn't know what his sister was doing.

Nelson grabbed some paper towel and wiped Bailey's hand cleaning the egg off. "I don't think she likes the egg" Bodie stated laughing at his sister. Once the egg was off her hands Bailey smiled up at Nelson as if to say thanks. Blair scooped up the rest off the eggs off Bailey's plate leaving the banana for his sister to eat.

Bailey picked up the banana squashing it in her hand and then looked at her hand. She turned her hand every which way before slowly bringing it to her mouth and putting her tongue out to touch the banana. She didn't want to accidentally taste the yucky stuff that she had just had. Once she realised it was something she liked, Bailey sucked the banana off her hand.

Once all the banana was gone, Nelson handed Bailey a piece of toast to suck on. "Dad, Kevin said no carbs" Brax stated worrying about his sister having a piece of toast. "Relax she has had food, this is just for her to suck on" Nelson stated waving his son off. Every one finished there breakfast and Bailey was happy sucking on her toast, she didn't want to let it go.

Nelson managed to convince Bailey to let go of the soggy toast. He picked Bailey up and cleaned her hands and face. Once she was clean everyone headed into the lounge room again. Nelson sat Bailey on the floor and scattered some toys around the lounge room so Bailey would have to reach for them or attempt to crawl. Nelson sat opposite Bailey so she could still see him.

Bailey was babbling away to the toys attempting reach them. Blair, and Bodie were sitting on the floor with her. They were talking with there sister like they were having a proper conversation. Brax had gone up to have a shower and get dressed for the day.

When Brax came back down he sat behind his sister moving the cushions away. He was waving toys in front of her. Bailey was babbling louder when the toys got close to her face. She was attempting to grab the toys as well. Bailey was waving her arms around getting theatrical with her arms while she babbled. Nelson couldn't help but laugh at her. "Dada" Bailey called out and then continued with her story. Nelson nodded along with Bailey like he understood exactly what she was saying.

Bailey started to pull on her ear and rub her eyes. She had been up for close to three hours and was getting tired. Bailey started to whimper because none of her brothers were noticing she was tired. Nelson sat back waiting till one of his sons noticed the change in Bailey. "Dad why is she getting upset?" Bodie asked. "She is getting tired, she is pulling her ears and rubbing her eyes. You need to watch the signs before she gets to a point where she is over tired" Nelson explained.

Bodie jumped up and took his sister. He changed Bailey's nappy while Blair went to the kitchen to make a bottle. He had gotten good at making bottles for his sister. He knew what temperature they needed to be without checking with his dad. Once the bottle was made Blair handed it to Bodie who was snuggling Bailey to his chest. Bodie fed Bailey her bottle and then burped her. Bailey fell asleep on Bodie's chest holding onto the collar of his shirt.