Zhao Jiujiu sat down with the fourth child in her arms and said to Gu Lingyu, "You should learn too, so you don't even know how to change a diaper."
As she spoke, she expertly removed the diaper from the fourth child, saying, "See, I told you the fourth child had pooped."
Gu Lingyu took the diaper with disgust, crumpled it up, and threw it into the trash can.
After gently wiping the fourth child's bottom with a tissue, Zhao Jiujiu continued to share her experience: "Girls are more delicate. When you change their diapers after they poop, don't just wipe their bottoms. You also need to check their little genitals, otherwise those delicate little flowers can easily get dirty and red from poop."
As she spoke, she demonstrated to Gu Lingyu with her hands.
Although Gu Lingyu found it troublesome, she still listened carefully.
Daiying watched from the side and looked at her with newfound respect, "I didn't expect that you, who gave birth to only boys, would have such a knack for taking care of girls."
Zhao Jiujiu raised an eyebrow, "Of course! Girls are so delicate, how can I, as their great-aunt, not follow suit?"
After their diapers were changed, the fourth child stopped crying and started looking at them with his eyes open.
The little boy's well-behaved appearance was so endearing that Zhao Jiujiu liked him very much. "Si Mao's personality is just like Qiu Qiu's. Qiu Qiu was just as obedient when she was little."
Upon hearing this, Gu Lingyu quickly moved closer. "Was Qiuqiu like this when she was little? Auntie, take another look. Does Simao look like Qiuqiu?"
“You can’t tell from their appearance now.” Zhao Jiujiu looked them over for a few moments, then looked at her again. “The second and third sons must have inherited your personalities.”
Gu Lingyu disagreed, saying, "I must have been quite well-behaved when I was little."
Daiying laughed from the side, "Ayu is lively, but she's a bit of a simpleton. She's not as clever as Ermao or Sanmao."
Zhao Jiujiu gave a soft hum and then lowered her head to tease the fourth child in her arms.
No matter how she tried to amuse him, the fourth brother just stared at her expressionlessly, as if to say, "I'm just quietly watching you foolish humans put on a show," unlike the second and third brothers who had such expressive faces.
After Zhao Jiujiu teased him for a long time, the fourth brother finally moved his little mouth, then yawned and closed his eyes to sleep again.
"..." Zhao Jiujiu tapped her little nose, "Go to sleep, little lazy cat."
Seeing that the baby was asleep, Gu Lingyu immediately picked him up and went inside to watch over her partner as he slept.
Chapter 79 Grandfather
Although it was a premature birth without any preparation, everything went smoothly. Shen Wuqiu did not have heavy bleeding after giving birth, the baby was small, and the perineal tear was not too bad, with no particular redness or inflammation.
Based on Shen Wuqiu's postpartum condition, she could have been discharged from the hospital early on the third day after giving birth.
However, considering that Da Mao would have to stay in the incubator for a few more days, Shen Wuqiu decided to stay at the hospital.
It wasn't convenient for the whole family to stay at the hospital, so Mr. Shen and the other men went back first. Zhao Jiujiu and the others, of course, couldn't leave; they had to stay at the hospital to help take care of the little ones.
Don't be fooled by the fact that these newborn babies seem to be all about eating and sleeping; when it comes to actually taking care of them, these little devils are a real handful.
Especially at night, the second and third children would put on a fierce competition to see who could make the most of the time. One of them would say they were hungry, the other needed to poop, or they would simply stay awake with their eyes open. She wouldn't sleep, and she wouldn't let anyone next to her sleep either. If no one was playing with her, she would just pout and wail.
Fortunately, the third child, this troublesome little devil, wasn't as troublesome as the second child when it came to drinking milk. After fussing and trying Shen Wuqiu's milk once, she was able to drink goat milk well afterward.
Of course, the most well-behaved is the fourth one. Whether she's hungry or needs to poop, she never screams or cries. At most, she'll whine a little to get the adults' attention. She's also not picky about milk at all. She'll eat whatever you give her—goat milk, rice cereal, her mother's breast milk, and even warm water.
Furthermore, the fourth sister has another adorable trait: she can keep her eyes open and look at the world after eating her fill during the day, and as long as she's full and her bottom is dry at night, she can sleep quietly, regardless of the loud voices of her second or third sister.
Unlike her two older sisters, who would start wailing within ten seconds of one of them crying, she was completely different.
Because of this, Shen Wuqiu couldn't help but wonder, "Aunt Dai, Aunt, do you think the fourth child's hearing is not very sensitive? Look at the second and third children, as soon as one of them cries, the other immediately wakes up, but the fourth child seems to be unable to hear anything at all."
On this point, Zhao Jiujiu also expressed her doubts, "Si Mao is indeed not sensitive to the sounds around her. When she wakes up during the day, we all try to amuse her, and she just watches quietly without any reaction."
In fact, she not only suspected that the fourth child had hearing problems, but she even suspected that the fourth child was a bit silly because of her obedient appearance. Yesterday, she saw with her own eyes that the cat did not act like a mother at all, and secretly made faces at her little daughter. She was about to go up and scold her, but found that the fourth child was completely unmoved.
Her agreement only made Shen Wuqiu more worried, and she hurriedly had the doctor examine her.
Daiying, who had already had her granddaughter examined, knew the child was fine, but she could understand a mother's anxiety. In the human world, human authority was more convincing, so she didn't say anything and let the doctor perform the unnecessary examination.
After the doctor's examination, they were given a positive answer: the fourth child was perfectly normal and had no problems whatsoever.
After hearing their reasons for their doubts, the doctor joked with them, "If the fourth child had to find something wrong with him, it would be that he's too obedient."
As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison.
After being tormented for three nights in a row, Zhao Jiujiu felt like she was about to have a nervous breakdown.
In addition, once the initial novelty wore off, she, who had been used to a life of luxury for many years, began to show signs of fatigue and couldn't help but complain: "Er Mao and San Mao are too good at making things difficult for people."
Aside from being too exhausted to get a decent night's sleep on the day of delivery, Shen Wuqiu hadn't slept well these past two nights. Looking at her second child sleeping soundly beside her, she yawned, "I think the second child's sleep schedule is all messed up. Look how well she sleeps during the day."
Gu Lingyu, who was already annoyed with the second son, quickly added, "She's the most troublesome one. Sanmao is all because of her. She bothers us, so we bother her. We don't let her sleep during the day."
As she spoke, she picked up the second child and pinched her nose with her hand.
Despite her complaints, Zhao Jiujiu was worried that the baby might be too rough, so she quickly picked up the second child and said, "This is ridiculous. The baby is so small and has such delicate skin."
Gu Lingyu didn't take it to heart, "I know what I'm doing."
Zhao Jiujiu said irritably, "I think you just find it troublesome and are afraid of bothering me at night."
That's unfair. "I'm not afraid of her making a fuss. It's her making a fuss that's causing trouble for Qiuqiu. The doctor said that Qiuqiu needs to rest. How could Er Mao, that unfilial daughter, want Qiuqiu to rest?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the second child in Zhao Jiujiu's arms started crying again. Zhao Jiujiu quickly hugged her and patted her gently twice. After a while, she calmed down.
After appeasing the second child, she scolded Gu Lingyu, "I told you you have no patience. How old is Er Mao? What does such a tiny child know?"
Gu Lingyu said with dissatisfaction, "The more they know, the more they will take advantage of Qiuqiu and ask her for milk."
Zhao Jiujiu was both amused and exasperated: "Isn't this just a child's nature?"
Gu Lingyu didn't care, "Er Mao must have done it on purpose."
Zhao Jiujiu poked her, "So that's why you have such a big problem with Er Mao."
Gu Lingyu retorted stubbornly, "No, it's because she's naughty. Didn't Auntie say she's troublesome?"
Zhao Jiujiu tossed the second child to her, saying, "No matter how much trouble he causes, isn't he still your child?"
Gu Lingyu complained, but still steadily took the child and said fiercely to her sleeping daughter, "If you keep bothering Qiuqiu like this tonight, I'll spank you."
The second child smacked his lips and went back to sleep.
Gu Lingyu looked at her small lips, and then smiled, "Er Mao's lips look like her sister's."
Zhao Jiujiu leaned over to take a look. "Children grow so fast, their appearance changes every day, but if you look closely, those little lips really do look a bit like Qiuqiu's."
Hearing their words, Shen Wuqiu also became curious, "Let me see. It'll be good for me to see what my lips look like."
Gu Lingyu immediately picked up the baby and carried him over. Perhaps it was because of the milky scent on her, but as soon as he got close to her, the baby started whimpering again.
Shen Wuqiu naturally took the child from Gu Lingyu's hands, and only after the child calmed down did she carefully examine the appearance of the second child.
Just as Zhao Jiujiu said, children change every day. Only three days had passed, and that wrinkled little red face had become much prettier. However, the features all looked small and incredibly soft.
As Shen Wuqiu looked at the child, she couldn't help but lower her head and kiss the child's forehead before looking at the second child's lips. The lower lip looked thin, but the upper lip line was very distinct, and the philtrum was slightly protruding, which was indeed somewhat like her M-shaped lips.
The baby's lips had no lip lines at all; they were a delicate pink, incredibly cute.
After looking them over, Shen Wuqiu praised, "The second brother's lips are prettier than mine."
The doting husband Gu Lingyu immediately retorted, "Yours is clearly prettier. Er Mao's lower lip isn't as full as yours, and it's not as pretty as yours."
Feeling a little embarrassed in front of her elders, Shen Wuqiu secretly glared at her.
Gu Lingyu pouted, took the second child from her arms, and put him in the small bed next to her. Seeing that the fourth child was already awake and had his eyes open, she lay down in front of her and teased him.
The fourth sister was the slowest to open her eyes among the three sisters, but now her eyes are the most bright. Her pupils are darker than those of her older sisters, truly like black lacquer, and they look particularly bright.
Unfortunately, this little girl seems quite aloof and not nearly as lively as her two older sisters.
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Around noon, Song Jue and Shen Wujun arrived with Shen Wuqiu's maternal grandparents, along with Su Yunzhi.
Mr. Shen was overjoyed to suddenly have four granddaughters. The very next morning, he called his few remaining relatives to share the good news.
Mr. Song, Shen Wuqiu's maternal grandfather, has not been in good health for many years. When he heard that his only granddaughter had given birth, he was overjoyed and insisted on coming to the hospital to see her.
Song Jue couldn't refuse him, so she had no choice but to personally pick up the elderly couple and bring them to the hospital.
Since their elders' elders were coming, Mr. Shen and the other younger relatives naturally had to accompany them, so it was another large family gathering.
When they arrived, the babies had just woken up. The second and third babies were howling loudly. The people in the ward were busy comforting them and preparing milk. They were all in a flurry of activity and didn't have time to exchange pleasantries when they saw the old man arrive.
However, everyone came for the children. Seeing such lively kids, Grandpa Song was overjoyed and insisted on holding the fourth child in Zhao Jiujiu's arms, saying, "Come and let me hold him."
Seeing him trembling as he leaned on his cane, Zhao Jiujiu didn't dare entrust the child to him. Instead, she handed the child to Su Yunzhi and pulled him to sit down on a chair nearby. "You're so old, just sit still. Your great-granddaughter won't run away."
The old man became more stubborn as he got older, but he didn't dare to be willful in front of his daughter-in-law, Zhao Jiujiu. After sitting down in the chair, he craned his neck and looked longingly in the direction of the fourth son, "The child is so pretty."
"Of course, look who gave birth to these children." After comforting him and sitting down, Zhao Jiujiu quickly went to help Daiying make formula. The second child was drinking breast milk, while the third child was howling at the top of his lungs.
Su Yunzhi only saw the child at this moment. Although she was not her own granddaughter, women can never resist children. She smiled and teased the fourth child, loving her dearly.
After Zhao Jiujiu brought the baby bottle over, she wouldn't let Zhao Jiujiu feed her, saying, "Aunt Wuqiu, let me do it."
Zhao Jiujiu hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse. She handed the bottle to her, saying, "Si Mao has a good appetite and is hungry now. She eats a little too quickly. Don't tilt the bottle too much when you feed her."
Su Yunzhi didn't find her nagging and carefully fed Simao milk as she instructed.
As soon as the fourth child latched onto the nipple, he puckered his face and sucked away, quickly emptying the 100 milliliters of milk.
Su Yunzhi watched with great satisfaction, "Si Mao looks so small, but he has such a strong sucking strength."
Zhao Jiujiu: "She has it much easier than her older sisters when it comes to breastfeeding. Her third sister has to feed her the same amount of milk until it gets cold."
After feeding, Su Yunzhi adjusted her holding position slightly and skillfully patted the fourth child, who was full, to help him burp.
Zhao Jiujiu kept an eye on her, so she felt comfortable entrusting the fourth son to her before going to entertain the old man.
After being busy for half an hour, the little ones finally settled down after eating their fill. Perhaps because they saw so many people and it was so lively, the little ones didn't go to sleep right away after eating, but kept their round eyes wide open and watching.
The old man looked at this child, touched that child, and was overjoyed to see these bright and lovely children. He asked Shen Wuqiu, "Have the children's names been chosen yet?"
"Not yet," Shen Wuqiu said truthfully. "I've only chosen nicknames. I plan to use Jiji, Xiangxiang, Ruru, and Yiyi as nicknames for now."
The old man was very perceptive; he immediately understood, "It means good fortune and auspiciousness?"
Shen Wuqiu nodded, then thought for a moment and said, "But everyone calls him Da Mao, Er Mao, and Ji Mao. Dad said to use Ji Xiang Ru Yi as his formal name."
The old man leaned on his cane and pondered for a moment before saying, "A nickname like Da Mao is fine. Although it doesn't sound very nice, it's a girl's name, so we need to use a humble one to balance it out. As for a formal name, how about Grandpa helps you come up with a few?"
Shen Wuqiu glanced at Daiying and the others. After all, the children were also part of the Gu family, and she felt that making decisions on her own was disrespectful.