Temptation of Telaga Residents
First Experience of Taking Care of a Baby

Nina's heart flowered and she could not wait to hold her son, she took an early flight to Semarang accompanied by her assistant Nunik.

Erick was already waiting for Nina's arrival at the airport, after getting off the plane and meeting with Erick, Nina and Nunik rushed into the car.

"We're going straight to Rick's hospital?" asked Nina excitedly.

"Go home, take a shower and change your clothes" Erick said.

"Well, I can't wait to hold my son" whined Nina.

"You just got on a plane, you don't know what virus is on your shirt, you want your child to get a virus?" erick.

"Oh that's ok, fortunately you ngingetin me," said Nina while grinning.

Erick takes Nina home to take a bath and change her clothes, as do Nunik and Erick, after which they return to the hospital.

Erick takes care of the administration, while Nina waits in the nursery, after all Erick comes to Nina in the nursery.

The nurse who was on duty handed Nina's baby to Nina, did not forget she explained the care that must be done, began milking and immunization schedule, Nina listened carefully.

A sense of haru burst into Nina's heart when she first held her son, happy whom she could not describe, lost already the sorrow in her heart when she saw the face of her son who was sleeping in his sleep.

"Here I carry Mbak," said Nunik offered.

"Don't Ma'am, since he was born again I can carry him, later if at home mbak Nunik who take care of," said Nina.

Erick holds Nina's shoulder and takes Nina home, they are like a happy husband and wife holding her child, sometimes Nina looks at Erick with a smile.

Arriving at home, Erick took out his groceries, he had prepared all the equipment for baby Nina.

"When are you shopping for all this?" asked Nina in surprise.

"When you were in Jakarta, I went to the hospital with any nurse I should buy for a baby, so they gave me a note that I already bought it" said Erick.

"Thank you, I haven't even thought of it at all" Nina said shyly, she was too grieved to think about buying the baby's needs.

"Yes, let me wash the clothes first" said Erick.

"It's just me, Mas" Nunik took the baby shirt in Erick's hand and washed it.

"Can I hold Ronald Junior?" pinta Erick's.

"Huh .., mmm this is carrying," Nina handed the baby to Erick.

Erick held Nina's baby and smiled, Nina looked at Erick her heart suddenly turned upside down if it was Ronald, how happy he was to hold her.

"Big fast baby baby, baby girl, will play with Papa" Erick told baby Nina.

"Help ..., Papa?" Nina didn't want Erick to say that.

"So what do you call me, Om?" erick asked he saw the look on Nina's face that looked dislike.

"Somehow," Nina dodged and left Erick with her baby, she felt awkward with Erick's attitude.

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The first night Nina slept at home, it was 24:00 but the baby was still awake, Nina was getting sleepy and the baby whined when put in bed.

"Well, how do you sleep with the baby," Nina began to worry and riled up.

Nina and Nunik take turns holding but they have not managed to put to sleep, the baby continues to whine, Erick who heard the sound of crying baby Nina came out of his room.

"Why is Papa's son at this hour not broken yet?" Erick took the baby from Nunik's sling.

Nunik is stunned to see Erick holding a baby like his own child, as well as Nina he still cannot accept when Erick calls himself papa for his son, but he does not want to argue in front of Nunik, he still can not accept when Erick calls himself papa for his son, but he does not want to argue in front of Nunik, he just grunted annoyedly.

"Bak just rest, must be tired Mama," Erick pinta on Nunik.

Nunik looked at Nina waiting for approval from Nina, Nina nodded and told Nunik to rest, Nunik left Nina and Erick to rest.

"Is milk given?" ask Erick to Nina.

"Already, but still do not want to sleep," said Nina fretted.

"But you're tired of Rick, let me be, too" Nina tries to take her son from Erick's sling.

Erick brushed off Nina's hand and stared intently into Nina's eyes at the sign that her orders could not be refused, Nina unbending her Intent to take her child, she headed to her bed and lay down.

Erick again cradled the baby while humming the prayer, slowly the baby fell asleep in Erick's sling.

Slowly Erick placed the baby Nina in the cradle and brought closer to Nina who was already asleep due to fatigue, Erick looked at the faces of Nina and her slumbering baby before she came out of Nina's room.

She accidentally sleeps in the living room that is located opposite Nina's room, on alert if Nina's baby will cry again.

As Nina's baby whines for milk, Erick quickly makes milk and wakes Nina up.

"Nin .., her son is thirsty," Erick slowly builds Nina up.

Nina was half conscious she was awake and feeling confused, she was not used to having a baby with her.

Erick picks up Nina from the baby box and hands her over to Nina, then she puts her homemade milk bottle on Nina.

Nina gives her baby milk, it turns out this is what it feels like to have a baby, being a mother is not easy, what else is she is far from her parents.

"Are you sleepy?" erick asked Nina, Nina nodded slowly.

Erick immediately took the baby from Nina's hand and held her, not forgetting she made the baby burp after drinking milk like the nurse's message earlier in the hospital.

Nina went back to sleep, she couldn't stand it anymore, after putting Nina's baby to sleep, Erick put the baby back in her bed.

Once every two hours he checked and gave her milk, she no longer woke Nina because she felt sorry to see Nina's face that looked very tired.

The morning prayer woke Nina from her sleep, Nina woke up and did not find her baby in her room, she looked around apparently Erick brought the baby to sleep in her room.

Slowly Nina wakes Erick up for dawn prayers, and moves the baby to her room.

In the morning Erick brought baby Nina to sunbathe before bathing, finished sunbathing Erick handed to Nunik to be bathed, and he rushed to take a bath to prepare to go to his bimbel place.

For three months every night Erick looked after Nina's child patiently, he couldn't bear to let Nina take the trouble of taking care of her son alone, what else is the condition of Nina who gave birth cyclically does not allow her to move much.

Nina several times followed the therapy of relactation in order to give breast milk to her child, finally Nina can give breast milk to her baby, even though it is still interspersed with the help of formula.

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"Where's Oma's grandson?" Pratiwi comes with Ronald's mother without Nina's knowledge.

Nina who was holding her child was shocked and moved when she saw two people who were very respected came suddenly.

"Mama's dog didn't tell me he wanted to come?" nina asked her two mothers.

"Yes we would like to give you a surprise, here is Oma's handsome granddaughter," asked Nina's in-laws.

Nina handed the baby to her in-laws, the woman was moved as she held her granddaughter in her arms.

"Ronald, Ronald's face as a child, he's very similar to Ronald's," the woman's eyes glazed over, she kind of cradled Ronald as a baby.

Nina and Pratiwi look at each other touched, Nina's baby face is very similar to her papa, until all call him Ronald, Nina, Nina also did not mind her baby being called Ronald because it was also the last wish of her late husband.

At night when Erick was sitting on the terrace alone, relaxing looking at the stars, today he is free to take care of baby Nina because Nina's mother and in-law are here.

Mama Ronald approaches Erick, making Erick feel bad and reluctant, she is afraid that Nina's in-laws have misjudged him and think no-no to Nina and herself.

"Kog Aunty hasn't slept at this hour?" ask Erick.

"Since Ronald's gone, Aunt has had a hard time sleeping. Oh yeah Erick, Ronald told a lot about you to Auntie when he was alive, he already thinks of you like his own brother," said Ronald's mom.

"Really Aunt, doesn't Ronald have any brothers?" asked Erick curiously.

"There are but Ronald girls, he used to want to have a younger brother, unfortunately Aunt can not get pregnant anymore because Auntie has a child is also afraid of being at risk" he explained.

"I also consider Ronald more than a Auntie friend, he was very pleasant and also kind, his loss made me very sad," Erick recalled Ronald.

The two of them talked late into the night, talking about Ronald in his lifetime, sometimes to both laugh when remembering funny moments when together with Ronald.

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