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Thursday, three weeks later

Hou Yi had been awake for over an hour. He had spent time simply watching Anna sleep, and when little Jang started to stir, he moved and picked him up quietly comforting him while using the new equipment in their suite to make him a bottle of formula and then feeding it to him.

It was getting easier to be with Jang, as he was getting more and more comfortable with dealing with their loss of little Yi.  Yes, it still hurt, and having spoken to counsellors that Phillipa and Anna urged him to see, he would only ever find it easier to deal with, it would be something he would never get over.  That fact was something that he had only gotten his head around in the last few days.

The paediatrician, when they took Jang in last week for a review, was pleased that he was already starting to meet milestones as would be expected.  He quickly learnt though that he had created a huge problem when he asked the question about it being alright for Jang's feeding to be a mix of formula and breast milk.

Anna quickly responded that Jang would be fed breast milk at this time, before the paediatrician could even get a word in.  She was angry at him that he had even suggested the possibility.  The paediatrician made it clear that while Anna was right, the breast milk, given the circumstances of the birth would be the best for Jang, there was nothing wrong in supplementing that with formula.  He made it clear to them that is was as important that they got their rest and depending on his demands Anna may not have been able to express enough to meet that need while she was sleeping.

Since then, Hou Yi had started to develop a morning routine.  He would quietly get out of bed, leaving Anna sleep make Jang a bottle of formula, and feed him.  Anna had been managing most of the night feedings, but he had seen that she was getting tired and needed help.  Doing this first thing of a morning was one way he could help, but the second was the conversation he was going to have with Anna today, given he would be returning to work from his paternity leave on Monday.

Sitting on the couch, he quietly spoke to Jang while he was taking his bottle, however unbeknown to him Anna had woken and saw the scene in front of her.  While she had an objection to Jang being fed formula, seeing the interactions between Hou Yi and their son, was worth going against her personal feelings.

As she reached just behind the couch that Hou Yi was sitting on she said "I should have taken a photo of this, the two men in my life so quiet together."

"You are not angry?"

Anna, quickly moved around and sat beside Hou Yi before saying "Yi, you know my view about this…"

"But you do not want to argue as long as it is only occasionally.  You do not have to tell me that.  You have said it time and time again." Hou Yi observed Anna's face and said, "Seriously Anna, we have to have a discussion, but." Looking down he realised Jang had finished the bottle, so he said, "How about you finish with Jang, while I tidy my mess and then we have the discussion."

Without giving Anna a chance to argue, he carefully laid Jang in Anna's arms and mover over to where he had spilt powdered formula to clean up.  Yes, they had staff, but this was their retreat from the world, and he wanted to limit their need to enter the building.  Less than ten minutes later, Anna had placed Jang back in his cot, while Hou Yi had selected a fruit juice for each of them from the small refrigerator in the room.

As they sat down, Hou Yi handed one glass of fruit juice to Anna, and before he could say anything Anna said, "What is it you want to talk about?"

Taking a breath, Hou Yi quietly responded "While I do not want to have an argument with you Anna, we need to get serious.  We love Jang, and want to be there for him, but we are both wearing ourselves out, particularly you.  You can get angry, but I have organized for nanny interviews for this afternoon.  Unlike a lot of parents, we can afford the help we need, and we will get it in place.  Importantly that will give you options.  You can return to work when you want, or if you want to do things, you can without having to worry about Jang.  Plus, more importantly you can get sleep of a night-time."

"Yi, I want to care for our children…"

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