[Comprehensive British and American] Bat Parenting Encyclopedia

It's getting harder and harder to make a living.

After the sunset coated the buildings of Old Gotham City with a last layer of gold, it reluctantly gradually hid under the horizon.

As night fell, on the late-night stage in this city, various forces began to move around.

The side hall of the dark old house did not turn on the lights, the light-colored curtains danced silently against the evening wind, and the rising moonlight cast long shadows on the grandfather clock and a bust.

In front of the ancient grandfather clock with complicated patterns, a pair of big hands were moving the hands skillfully—but suddenly stopped.

The Dark Knight - Bruce Wayne remembered that he hadn't said good night to the baby tonight.

I always feel that the uniform will hurt the baby's delicate skin. Recently, the cuddling and sleeping before the night watch has been changed to casual clothes.

Tiptoing upstairs, Bruce reminded himself to remember to add baby-proof things to the mansion—like the railings for the stairs.

She will soon be able to sit and crawl, Ah Fu said that this is just a blink of an eye, don't wait until she falls to remember.

The things he used when he was a child had long been burned out in the old house fire, but deep down in his heart, he felt that it was good to burn-see, everything is a new beginning.

Just like this child who brought me laughter and hope.

The baby is quietly entertaining himself on the thick crawling mat on the ground, accompanied by the nursery rhymes played by the steel nanny, eating his feet, kicking the piano on the fitness rack - thank God, in the nursery rhyme system of the steel nanny, Stark The voice was replaced, but Damian replaced it with nursery rhymes in various languages.

It's okay... But from the perspective of infant language acquisition, it is probably useless.

Damian said that he knew it was useless, but there was no way, you wouldn’t let me train her... His tone was gritted, as if Bruce and Alfred blocked him from saving the world (?!)

As for the education of the baby girl, Bruce admits that he is conflicted whenever he thinks about this issue-the contradiction is whether to train her earlier in the future.Because of the vigilante "second job" of other family members, and the baby's identity as Batman's daughter, a peaceful and stable life is almost a dream.

But, is she really going to grow up in the harsh training like Damian?

No matter how you think about it, it makes Bruce very distressed.So he simply didn't want to think about it, and Ah Fu also tacitly didn't mention anything about the baby's future growth plan-she can't even crawl now.

Even as the mind of the Justice League, Batman is not exempt from some common things, such as the irresistible impulse after becoming a parent-fancy "showing babies".

What Bruce posted was not obvious and not too much. He had too many people and things that needed to be kept secret, so he could only quietly change his avatar on the communication channel with the highest level of encryption in the alliance to a photo of a child, and Replace occasionally as Helena grows.

Sometimes it is the appearance of sleeping with a pacifier, sometimes it is the expression of concentration when looking at the toy, and sometimes it is a close-up of the little feet.

There are currently only single-digit people in this channel, and everyone knows each other's identity.

After the sensation and discomfort at the beginning, everyone gradually got used to Batman who can "post baby".

——Green Lantern Hal Jordan said that such a "cloud-raised baby" is good, and hoped that Bruce would change his photos more frequently, preferably every day, so that Uncle Hal could have fun while performing tasks in the distant universe Ha ha look.

"Hey, good evening, baby." Bruce also sat down on the climbing mat, leaning on the soft sofa, and hugged Helena on his lap.

"Ai, ai ai—" After seeing his father, the baby laughed with green eyes.

This is a new change in her in the past few days. She can often laugh out loud instead of just grinning—a five- to six-month-old baby really changes every day.

Children always need a godparent, for example, Bruce's godmother is Dr. Tompkins.

Clark was the first choice that popped into his mind - knew all the secrets, had a good relationship with Bruce's family, and could even communicate with Damian.

Louise, as a successful journalist with her principles, is also a suitable godmother for girls.

After seeing the baby's smiling face, Bruce didn't even realize he was smiling naturally too, and holding Helena's armpit, he gently let the baby bounce up and down his lap - her favorite The interaction caused the baby to let out a series of giggles.

Clark seemed like the perfect choice as godfather.

But Batman is always prepared, which means naturally preparing for the worst.

—what if some Justice League mission keeps him and Clark from coming back?

In the circle of trust, who else is suitable?

Oliver?

Tony?

Bruce thought about it while playing with the baby.

The old housekeeper could only smile and shake his head when he saw this picture on the surveillance camera—Batman would actually procrastinate on the night watch.

Helena, who was bouncing on her father's lap, smiled more and more forcedly.

Bruce also noticed that the baby's tiny arms were starting to rub across his face - it was her rubbing her eyes.

Due to the large head, the ratio of the baby's arms to the head is completely different from that of adults and children. For example, her arms can't touch the top of her head as far as she can now.

Therefore, the action of rubbing the eyes of the baby, that is, closing the eyes in front of the forehead and rubbing it, cannot be as precise as an adult.

It was past bedtime for Helena, she was sleepy, and she was waiting for him.

Because Dad's hug has become a regular part of the "bedtime ritual".

The look of the baby struggling to hold on made Bruce feel a little sour in his heart—and realized that this kind of sourness unique to parenthood would probably accompany him for the rest of his life because of the addition of a little guy like Helena in his life.

He kissed the baby's forehead, hoping to pass on this love to her—such a five-month-old baby, sometimes you think she doesn't understand anything, and sometimes you think she understands everything.

Just a little clever ghost.

And they will express their demands strongly—you will be in a hurry when you are hungry!No time for Iron Nanny to fly over to get the bottle.

But as long as the feeding bottle appeared in her sight, she stopped crying. In the arms of the robot nanny or human, she spread her upper body and stared straight at her feeding bottle.

Then, after drinking, he will smile at you.

Hiccup, spit all over you, and smile at you.

Although the baby's smile looks the same, every time it can give people a knowing blow.

After the forehead kiss, Bruce finds for the first time that he doesn't really want to hand over the baby to the AI ​​nanny.

However, whether it is Bruce Wayne or Batman, there are too many things to do-it is impossible for him not to watch at night. The security of Gotham is a promise to his parents and himself.

Now, that's a promise to Helena too.

——If his daughter is going to grow up in this city, Bruce hopes to do his best to make the nights in Gotham stable, so that every young child can go out at night with peace of mind.

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Recently, the gangster workplace in Gotham has not been peaceful.Whether it's the high-level middle-level or the bottom-level thugs, they all felt some subtle changes in Gotham night-about Batman and Robin's way of acting.

But they found this change difficult to describe—it is true that Batman still enforces the law violently, but he is obviously playing lightly, especially for young accomplices under the age of 20, but as gang leaders above the middle level, they all understand The situation is actually getting dire.

As long as there is a little bit of cheating, Batman or Robin will catch the clues to track down to the end, and follow the clues to take at least one fragment in one go.

However, the policemen in Gotham are not having a good time. In the past, only Jim Gordon whispered in their ears and beat them to perform their duties. Now, whoever wants to go to work is not doing a good job, or has such a little bit of interest in criminals. , will be "visited" by Batman...

What is this!Is Batman also evaluating the performance of the police? !

—Whether it's criminals or cops, it's getting harder and harder to make a living in Gotham.

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If you want to ask Bruce if he has changed his mentality in fighting crime, after a short thought, he admits that he has.

The most obvious change is that his mentality is less hopeless-in addition to the conflicting feelings of love and heartache for Gotham, he has expectations.As a new father, he saw many parts that he had selectively ignored in the past: there are still many babies in this city, and many young parents are struggling to live, trying their best to support their children in this chaotic and desperate city.

——Before having a baby, he saw the darkness of Gotham, but after having a baby, he saw the starlight.

But he didn't expect to meet a golden-red outsider tonight.

I saw Iron Man floating above the roof where he landed briefly, the bright red and yellow color scheme was especially eye-catching against the dark background of Gotham.

"What do you want to say, get out of my Gotham?" Iron Man landed unsteadily, speaking to the gloomy Batman in a preaching tone, "Gotham is not yours, young man. I am responsible for the entire United States, and even the entire world , so of course Gotham is in it.”

However, the famous scene of "Iron Man VS Batman" that Tony had expected did not appear, and the black figure with bat ears just looked at him for a while with indistinguishable emotions.

"No, I didn't intend to say the phrase 'get out of my Gotham'," the corners of Batboy's mouth curled up under the mask, which made Tony feel even more terrified, "Gotham is not for you, be careful of being caught." Watch out for those who sell scraps. Be safe."

Tony: "...???"

While Iron Man was in a daze, Batboy shot his Batarang, swayed to another building, and left.

By the way, another change in Bruce's mentality on Night Watch - he's in a much better mood.

Trusty defense forces are even welcome to join the ranks of policing Gotham, as long as they don't get involved themselves.

However, what Bruce didn't know was that after he "swung away with a rope" (Tony's words), Iron Man was still standing on the roof of that house, speaking to the communicator and put away the jokes when facing him , put on a serious attitude.

"PlanB," Tony lowered his voice, and said to his teammates on the other end of the communicator on the armor's operation interface: "The old bat has changed his sex, and he won't let me roll... He didn't fight with me. I can't get his Blood."