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"Why don't you?" Patti asked. "It's not like we have a shortage of breadwinners in this family of ours."
"I already know what their answer would be. I either go back after 12 weeks, or get fired, and I really like this job. I'll be going back, whether I'm ready or not."
"So now we just need to figure out child care," Patti said. "If we're all going to be working, who takes care of the babies? We talked about hiring a nanny. If so, we need to get started on interviewing."
Toni quickly said, "Let me be your nanny. I want to feel like I'm contributing more to our family than I am. I'm about to get my hours cut, now that the holidays are over. I'm not getting anywhere at the store, and really need to go back to school to finish my marketing degree. If I do it online while watching the babies for you all, I'll be done in a year, and then you can look for a daycare, while I look for a better job."
"Are you sure, Toni?" I asked.
"The only thing I would want more is to be able to breastfeed them," she answered. "I didn't expect to feel jealous that you three can do that and I can't, but I do."
"I wish I had known you felt that way months ago," Henry said. "It's possible to stimulate milk production in a woman who hasn't been pregnant. It's not an uncommon request for women whose baby is being delivered by a surrogate, or in cases where they know when an adoption will go through. It's normally a six month process, though, unless you use some medicines that come with negative side effects. Normally, you'd take some hormones for four months to mimic pregnancy, then stop them and use a breast pump and other stimulation to start the milk production, then use a combination of nursing and pumping to keep growing the milk supply. But that's all timed to be ready to nurse a newborn, not a six-month old. You could go through it if you really want to have the experience, but I wouldn't recommend it for you right now, and the babies won't need the extra milk."
"I want at least one more baby," Patti added. "Maybe you could do it then."
"Maybe," Toni said, clearly a little disappointed.
~~~~~
Author's Note: Next up, the moms prepare to go back to work, changes at Henry's practice, and more.
"Leeny's Man"
- COMMENTS
Leenysmanover 2 years agoAuthorFoxterot7a:
I wanted to write Sandy as the SMARTEST of the bunch, but I'd give Patti the edge on the emotional/intuitive side of things. None of this happens without her. And as you can tell from this chapter, she didn't learn that from her parents.
You did mix up Toni for Tina in this comment, though - Toni's parents are dead. I certainly wanted Tina's parents to have an opposite reaction from Patti's, to help Maria reach the point where she wants to be with Drew.
As for the conversations between Drew, Maria, Sandy and Tina, thank you for the compliment. I think the scene is really pivotal in setting up the future plotlines for Sandy and Maria as both realize they want to love someone who will treat them as their #1 -- and they know that can't be Drew (or Henry). At the same time, Drew and Tina are also capable of feeling that they're not #1, too -- Tina feeling Drew loves Patti more, Drew feeling that way about Tom in Tina's heart (and Maria's), sometimes about Amber in Patti's heart, etc.
Foxterot7aover 2 years agoGreat series. For her age, Sandy has to be one of the most intelligent, knowledgeable, and intuitive woman in this series. Although not as mature nor self-secure, he is at least man enough to plan for and take care of the needs of his child. Maria has not grown emotionally since her relationship with Tom and her sister. Likewise, she has failed self-develop from that relationship. The truly astonishing couple in the chapter was Toni's parents. Their unconditional acceptance of the incestuous relationships and their untarnished acceptance of the babies was wonderous. If anyone was expected to be bent out of shape over this family group, it would be them. Finally, I have never read a better explanation of personal relationships, love and sex than Drew's conversation with Maria and with his mother and Maria and finally Sandy's conservation with Drew's mother and Maria.
TheOldRomanticover 7 years agoA good first chapter of this series, in the third year of the relationship.
The story is complicated a little more, finally, how many women and men will there be in this relationship of multi-love?
I recognize that this is not my favorite genre, but this story keeps my curiosity.
5 * for you.
I apologize for my English (yet), is not my native language.
rnebularover 7 years agoGlad you're back! Nice continuation and look forward to more.
tjb50calover 7 years agobelated Xmas and New years, thank you very much for keeping this series going.
we look forward to many long loving yearly stories
