“Shhh, I just got her asleep.” He whispered, shushing his partner as he heard the door of the nursery creak open. In his arms he held onto his daughter, slowly rocking her in his arms with a quiet hum.

The two have been taking turns, one stays awake with the baby while the other gets some needed rest. This time, He was the one staying awake with the baby, while his partner rested and so forth. No one gave a manual of how to raise a cranky baby.

“Did you sleep well?” He asked quietly, looking up with a small smile, the eye-bags underneath his eyes were apparent. "It didn't seem like you stayed out for too long."