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Jan. 31st, 2012 09:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fiery_ringYou always expect, when you have a baby, that there'll be that moment when you look down at the tiny person and instantly fall in love.
It's some time after Demeter and Teja have left when Carlotta tentatively goes back to the makeshift cot. She peeps at the little baby sleeping inside, taking in her slightly squashy looking face, her unexpectedly fair hair (apparently she takes after her grandparents), and the way she wrinkles her nose. But she doesn't seem quite... it's hard to think that this little baby is her daughter.
Is life going to stop now she's a Mum? Will her days be endless nappies and her nights full of tears?
Suddenly, Molly starts to wail. Carlotta freezes. What does this mean? Is she hungry? Does she object to the spontaneous cot-in-a-drawer they came up with? She picks up thhe baby and attempts another breast feed. Nope, not hungry. Well, she only just fed, so that's to be expected.
She hears the sound of running footsteps, then Libby bursts in.
"Carlotta! You're back!" She opens her mouth wide. "And you had the baby! Oh she's lovely..." She comes over and strokes the baby's hair gently. "Did she come today? You weren't all on your own were you?"
"No no, my aunt and uncle from the circus came and helped." Carlotta says quickly. "She was a bit of a surprise."
She lets Libby usher the two of them into the house to get Molly introduced to Will's parents. The infant gets passed from one to the other, continuing to fuss, until Carlotta wishes she could just take the kid back to the caravan and go to bed.
After a night of little sleep, Carlotta stands again over the cot of the crying baby. Right. She's tried everything in the book, all the instructions of how to be a mum, and it hasn't worked. Time for instinct.
She gets a sheet, tears it, and fastens Molly securely to her in a sling. Then, she heads out of the caravan and gets up onto Orion, who looks slightly surprised by her passenger. Within five minutes of trotting, Molly is fast asleep.
Carlotta grins tiredly, and looks down at Molly. And then she sees it. The blood of the circus runs through the little one's veins, just like her mum's.
Is life going to stop now she's a Mum? No. The adventure is just beginning.
It's some time after Demeter and Teja have left when Carlotta tentatively goes back to the makeshift cot. She peeps at the little baby sleeping inside, taking in her slightly squashy looking face, her unexpectedly fair hair (apparently she takes after her grandparents), and the way she wrinkles her nose. But she doesn't seem quite... it's hard to think that this little baby is her daughter.
Is life going to stop now she's a Mum? Will her days be endless nappies and her nights full of tears?
Suddenly, Molly starts to wail. Carlotta freezes. What does this mean? Is she hungry? Does she object to the spontaneous cot-in-a-drawer they came up with? She picks up thhe baby and attempts another breast feed. Nope, not hungry. Well, she only just fed, so that's to be expected.
She hears the sound of running footsteps, then Libby bursts in.
"Carlotta! You're back!" She opens her mouth wide. "And you had the baby! Oh she's lovely..." She comes over and strokes the baby's hair gently. "Did she come today? You weren't all on your own were you?"
"No no, my aunt and uncle from the circus came and helped." Carlotta says quickly. "She was a bit of a surprise."
She lets Libby usher the two of them into the house to get Molly introduced to Will's parents. The infant gets passed from one to the other, continuing to fuss, until Carlotta wishes she could just take the kid back to the caravan and go to bed.
After a night of little sleep, Carlotta stands again over the cot of the crying baby. Right. She's tried everything in the book, all the instructions of how to be a mum, and it hasn't worked. Time for instinct.
She gets a sheet, tears it, and fastens Molly securely to her in a sling. Then, she heads out of the caravan and gets up onto Orion, who looks slightly surprised by her passenger. Within five minutes of trotting, Molly is fast asleep.
Carlotta grins tiredly, and looks down at Molly. And then she sees it. The blood of the circus runs through the little one's veins, just like her mum's.
Is life going to stop now she's a Mum? No. The adventure is just beginning.
