The house should be quiet by now. Laurel should be sleeping and Sara and Ava would be wrapping up work or resting but today was different. Laurel couldn't sleep. She was in a terrible mood the entire day. She wouldn't let Sara put her down, she won't feed on her bottle and breast feeding lasted two seconds before she unlatched herself from her mommy.

Sara didn't know what to do. Ava was away for time bureau business so she was alone all day with Laurel. The little girl, who was usually quiet and behaved, cried and threw tantrums.  The shorter blonde did everything. She tried to loosen her clothes thinking she was hot, fed her a bottle, checked her diaper and took her for a walk but nothing worked. Laurel was still uneasy.

Ava arrived with a tired Sara, Laurel resting her head in the crook of her wife's neck. The little girl looked like she just stopped crying. Sara was gently rocking her, smoothing her head in the process.

"What's wrong? What happened to my little princess?" Ava kissed her daughter's head and looked for answers in Sara's eyes.

"She has been uneasy the entire day. I did everything. She wouldn't let go of me" Sara's arm hurt from carrying the growing Laurel, six months old and a pretty heavy baby.

The taller blonde placed her suitcase on the table and took Laurel. She gave the little girl a kiss. "Rest. I'll take over"

Sara knew Ava was tired from bureau business and she was grateful for her taking Laurel. She herself had a long day and she badly needed the break. Her back ached from standing so long and her arm felt numb. She headed to their room passing by Laurel's nursery. Ava was talking to the little girl, something about her giving mommy a hard time. She slowly closed the door of the nursery and headed to the shower.

The hot water relieved the tension in her muscles. Her worries however, couldn't be helped by just water. She couldn't stop wondering what might have caused the behavioral change of her little girl.

While she was changing, She heard Ava call out "Sara, can you come here for a second babe" with worry in her voice

She might overreacted a little bit. She put her clothes on faster than she should and walked briskly towards the nursery.

  "Why what's wrong?" She asked when she arrived at the door. Ava had a frown on her face. She took a hand to the little girl's forehead.

"I think she has a fever" Sara stepped closer to her wife and daughter. Ava was rocking her gently and she was almost asleep. The shorter blonde felt her daughter's forehead.

"She is burning up" Laurel had never been sick before but they always kept medicine just in case. The night was tiring for the family. Laurel slept for a few hours only to wake up again crying. The fever medication worked and her temperature decreased a bit. Sara and Ava still had no clue as to why she is easily irritated. They tried to feed her again but Laurel only suckled once on the bottle and pushed it away.

The next day Laurel behaved the same. She was easily irritated and wouldn't feed. She doesn't have a fever anymore but her stool discharge was unusual. Sara and Ava took the day off to observe the change in her behavior. Their worries grew. The little girl wasn't feeding since yesterday and they were concerned that she may be starving.

They couldn't rely on them medicating her so they finally decided it was best to take her to the doctor. He did a couple of tests on the little girl while they waited anxiously.

"Well, everything is normal" the doctor started. The wives were confused.

"What do you mean? She hasn't been feeding, clearly she isn't okay right?" Ava's voice was laced with concern. She was thinking instinctively not rationally.

"Well, she is teething. Her gums are swollen that's why she has been behaving badly and hasn't been feeding. " Both Sara and Ava realized it the moment the doctor replied. "It's normal for babies to have fever or discharge that is not normal for them because they haven't been eating. I'll prescribe a medication to make it easier for her to feed and ease the pain of her gums."

The little girl seemed to respond well to the medication. She was slowly feeding and slept at night. Sara and Ava finally saw two teeth emerging from her lower gum.

"I didn't think we would freak out over her teething" Sara said while making a bottle for Laurel.

Ava sat in the living room changing the little girl's diaper. Laurel comfortably lathered drool over her silicone teether.

"Teething is the least of our concerns. We have to be prepared for things like this in the future" Ava replied.

"Yeah, shots, first boo boo, injuries, the cold" Sara sat behind Ava. She placed her chin on her shoulder and hugged her from behind. Laurel gurgled as she bit through her toy.

"It's not going to be easy" Ava replied. "She is your child after all" she kissed Sara's cheeks.

***
Dani's teething was easier just because they had the idea of what to do. Dani had a way with pain. She was more resilient in her teething than Laurel ever was. Yes, there was the occasional fever and unusual discharge but she had been pretty okay with things. She wasn't crying much like Laurel but she had the same difficulty of sleeping.

After growing two on her upper gum she began growing on her lower one. Sara still breast fed at this point to ensure that their daughter received proper nutrition and since Dani grew teeth, Sara wanted to fully switch on formulas but Dani hated bottles. She was stubborn and didn't want to feed on them.

"Who can blame her? Mommy's boobies are much better" Ava joked while preparing Sara pajamas for bedtime.

"Ava!" she rolled her eyes. She winced in pain when Dani latched on to her. She bit her the last time she fed and Sara's nipples have been sore ever since. Dani liked biting. Maybe because she liked exploring what she could do to her new pair of teeth or it eased her swollen gum.

"What? It's not like Dani understands. It is true though. I can speak from experience" Ava smirked. When she saw Sara's face she grew concerned. "Have you tried switching her?"

"Yup this is her switched" she tries her best to change Dani's position from left to right to ease the pain everyday she breastfed.

"Yeah, I can't have a turn with those anymore" Ava frowned and sat beside her wife.

Since Dani was born they haven't had the time together. They developed a new routine that revolved around the girls. They were too busy with breakfast, cooking meals for them and the girls, Ava working and Sara becoming a fully pledged housewife after her break in legending. At night Ava finishes extra paperwork, Sara checks on the legends and after that they were too tired to do other things.

"I hate biting" Sara groaned.

Ava nipped on one of her exposed shoulder. "Yeah? Well I seem to recall otherwise." She licked and kissed where she bit.

"Aves" Sara protested. As much as she wanted to give in she was too tired to actually do anything.

"Dani is already asleep, Laurel too. It's been a while since we had time for each other." Ava gently took the little girl from her wife's arm. She gave her a light kiss on her hand. "I'll be right back."

Then Ava was nowhere to be found. Sara got rid of her clothes and hopped in the shower. The hot water cascaded down her back and gently massaged out the tight knots forming. The water felt amazing she let herself linger in the feeling and took her time.

Minutes later Ava's hot lips burned through the heat. The taller blonde trailed kisses from her neck down to her shoulders. "I thought you already took a shower" Sara whispered.

"You know what they say, its better when you do it again with a beautiful blonde this time around" Ava alternated kissing and biting. She turned Sara around so that she was facing her.

She kissed lower to her collarbone down to the top of her breast which elicited soft moans from her wife. Ava was careful to avoid the tender spots. She kissed the valley of her breasts until she reached Sara's core. It wasn't long until Sara was whimpering and moaning her name as she reached her climax.

"See. Told you, you liked biting" Ava smirked.

"This one, I like this one" Sara kissed her passionately. They finally had the time for themselves and they didn't waste any second of it.