#new parent

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Giving birth to daughters 15 years apart is kind of like time traveling...When my first was born, I was still highly ambitious in a way that felt like I never had enough time to accomplish everything I wanted to do in life...

But the birth of the second brought a strong visceral nostalgia and a deeper understanding of the mother Theresa quote: "If you want to change the world, go home and love your family"...

Ok so I had a baby and completely wasn't able to do anything creative while pregnant because my brain was not the main event for my body for a bit, and I couldn't take my adhd meds because they can negatively impact foetuses but holy heck did I miss them, and then when I had bebe she would not sleep so I became a shallow husk of a human, and now bebe is actually sleeping I have capacity again, and oh man I still miss my adhd meds but I can't take them as I'm breastfeeding and that apparently is also a big no no, and I finally am feeling like a person again but I still can't write although I am singing again finally, and just humaning is impossible when you're a milk machine for a small tiny just barely human so.

I've had this AU idea bouncing around my head for a while but needed help fleshing out a few ideas

Y/N is an autoshop mechanic who had to take on the role of legal guardian for their two godsons Kirby and Kenny, after their dear friends (the boys' parents) died in a horrible accident.

While struggling to learn how to be a parent alongside mourning their friends Y/N finds themselves in need of a babysitter to watch the boys so they can pick up more work so money isn't so tight.

Here's a drawing of a sleeping ref I found on Insta by @mellon-soup that grew into some new parent Drericka fluff. I wasn't able to find the pose on here, so I am reposting with credit.