Bedlam!! Was the best way to describe the first few weeks after the births! Their mates had all decided that since they became pregnant in their animal forms. They would spend the last few weeks of their pregnancies in animal form. That way the children could be born in their animal form as well. Making childbirth much easier and allowing Shane to deliver them all.
Shane stood in the doorway of the nursery. He marvelled at the beautiful sleeping kittens and pups snuggled in a pile on the thick mattress on the floor. Since they all preferred to sleep together in their animal forms the cribs had been removed. The four boys belonging to Zoe and Zane all looked like their mother in human form but took after their dad in their animal form as they were all wolves. Zachary, Zeke, Zoran and Zafar all one side of the mattress.
Then there were the girls which for some reason, were the spitting image of their dads in human form but were Cheetahs in their animal form. This filled their dads with immense pleasure. Tasman and Brandon's little girl Tacit, Tad, and TiVo. Were just as stunningly beautiful as Allison and Carl's girls Ada, Adela and Alida sleeping snuggled together in the middle of the mattress.
Then there were his little men. They were a mix of both in animal form, mountain lion with Cheetah markings. They were beautiful and his pride and joy. Maret was thrilled that they looked more like him in human form although their hair and eyes were definitely their mother's. Mitcham, Montego, Meyer and Myles were peacefully sleeping on the other side of the girls. Even in sleep the boys protected the girls.
Being in animal form most of the time made looking after them a lot less time consuming. When they were hungry they would run to their moms. They would shift and lay on the floor while the kids fed. If one of the mates had to go out. They knew to go to any of the other moms to suckle. When they get older they would be told to shift to human to learn to walk. At that point they would also be taught to speak verbally instead of mentally. So when they go to school they would be on equal footing with the other students.
The sound of fourteen small fur balls pelting down the stairs. Was the signal for everyone to get up. The men would fix breakfast while their mates fed their young. Then while their mates ate they would take the brood outside. After taking care of their needs it was play time. Zane's sister Celeste and brother in-law Mick along with his niece and nephew Bridget and James arrived. They were coming to take the kids back to the pack for the day to visit their Alphas/grandad Leyland and Granma Crystal.