Fallin' All In You; Shawn Mendes

Fifty-Two

Shawn started to pull it up slowly, teasingly. But it all came to a stop when we heard a cry. A cry from the baby monitor. Shawn stopped moving and put his hands on the counter top on each side of me trapping me. He dropped his head and I can see him breathing heavily.

"I got her." I said.

He moved away allowing me to get off the counter. I walked away from him and the kitchen. I made my way upstairs and to the nursery.

"Hi my princess, what's wrong?" I asked her trying to see if she'd stop when she heard my voice.

But nothing, she kept crying. Normally she stopped crying when Shawn and I started talking. She wasn't a very fussy baby, she hardly cried. I took Melody out of her crib and checked to see if she needed a diaper change but nothing.

In fact all I felt was that she was warm. I also seen that she kept trying to put her hand in her mouth. I moved her hand out of her mouth and seen her teeth were coming in. She only had one before she turned one, now a few others were poking through. I remember hearing that baby's tend to start teething when their teeth come in. This makes them fussy due to the discomfort and pain. That would explain why she didn't stop crying.

"Shhh it's okay we'll get your toy." I tell her trying to get her to stop crying.

I walked out of the room and back downstairs where I seen Shawn finishing up cleaning. He looked over and was confused when he seen Melody crying. Like I said she's never like this, she's a good baby.

"What's wrong?" Shawn asked concern evident in his face.

I walked to the fridge and took the teething toy from it. I gave the ring to her and she put it in her mouth. It was pretty cool but she kept it in her mouth. Her crying lessened and soon she just looked puffy. Her eyes were puffy from crying and they were red along with her nose.

"She's teething, it's hurting her." I told him as he walked over towards us.

Shawn pouted, "My poor baby."

She reached for him and he took her from me. I sighed knowing that the ring will soon get warm and she'll be hurting again. When Shawn held her she leaned her little head against his neck as she teethed on the ring. Melody was tired but her teeth were hurting her too much to let her sleep.

"She feels kind of warm." Shawn told me as he rocked her and rubbed her back.

I nodded, "I know I tried to change her but she was too fussy."

"Can dada take off your clothes baby?" Shawn asked.

Melody still laid against him but she nodded her little head. She was becoming more observant and learning fast. She knows yes, no, and mama now but that's about it. She knows what dada means but she hasn't called him that yet.

"Okay lets get you out of these clothes mama." Shawn whispered to her before he walked past me and back upstairs.

I grabbed my phone and looked for other things I could do to help her. I knew motherhood wouldn't be easy and that there's a lot of things to look out for. Especially teething, but it was a natural thing that happens and not very much you could do about it. Which made me feel useless because it was obvious my baby was in pain.

I read that children's Tylenol or Motrin could help her. But I didn't want to give her that just yet. I wanted to see if the ring will work or it even said to rub her gums. After reading all this I went upstairs and seen both of them in our room. Shawn put her in a white T-shirt and left her in her diaper.

"We don't have any children's Tylenol or Motrin for her. So all we have is the ring and our fingers. It said to clean our hands and gently rub her gums, that the pressure could help with the pain." I told him as I sat down next to the mom on the bed.

"I could run to the store and buy some." Shawn offered.

I shook my head, "If she doesn't sleep we will but right now let's try the ring and rubbing her gums."

Shawn just nodded as he looked back down at our sick baby. She wasn't looking at anything particular but she was awake and still teething. Melody looked completely tired but she doesn't want to sleep.

"You have work tomorrow, let me hold her." I told him.

I sat up to look at her, "Hi love wanna come with mama?" I asked.

She nodded and I reached over to grab her. The funny thing about her being able to now know what yes and no. Is that she still hasn't shown favoritism, she'll go to either of us if we ask her. I held onto her and rubbed her back.

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. you'll never know dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away." I sang to her soothingly.

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It was now two in the morning. Melody and I have not fallen asleep. When the teething ring stopped to work I took her back to the nursery. I didn't want shawn to wake, so I sat on the rocking chair. I tried the idea of rubbing her gums and it worked but soon I grew tired.

"Shh, I know baby. I know it hurts." I whispered as I rocked her.

I even took her temperature and seen she had a slight fever. Hence why she was just wearing a T-shirt and her diaper. I rested my eyes but I was still conscious to be rocking her and making a shushing noise.

I'm not sure how long I had been like that. Soon I was woken up by lips against my forehead.

"Peyton, love." Shawn whispered.

I opened my eyes and adjusted to the light. I groaned as I sat up a little trying not to wake Melody up. That's when I realized both of us managed to fall asleep.

"What time is it?" I asked him.

"It's five, how long have you been up?" Shawn asked as he bent down so he was face to face with me.

I shook my head, "I don't know. I think I must've fallen asleep a few minutes before three."

Shawn nodded before carefully taking Melody from me. She was deep in sleep that she didn't even wake up when he held her. Shawn put her back in her crib as I stood up and stretched.

"Shouldn't you be at work?" I asked with a yawn.

He shook his head, "I called in, I'm going to take care of Melody. You get some good sleep." Shawn told me as he wrapped his arms around me and kissed me.

I then walked over of the room and towards my bedroom. I laid in bed and finally was able to get a good nights sleep.

Despite it being in the morning.

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This was the first of many times Melody would be sick. But that doesn't mean the stress gets any easier. You love your kids a ton and to see them in pain it takes a toll on you. It hurts you and all you want to do is make them feel better.

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