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Octomer Baby Development: A guide for new parents (Part 2)

Right after your bundle of joy is newly hatched, it may need some special attention that other mer babies may not need. Often clingy and fussy when left alone, Octomer hatchlings have interesting differences that make raising them an entirely unique experience.

PHASE 2─THE HATCHLING:

0-2 Months:

Your baby has just hatched, and the first thing to note is its absolutely tiny size. Don't fret, as Octomers grow rapidly and will soon surpass your palm. At this stage, octomers can barely crawl around and will cling to their parents' hand for support and mobility. As they get exposed to light, their chromatophores develop and more colored speckles/marks will continue to appear all throught their body.

3-5 Months:

Your child should be slowly introduced to mushed foods instead of relying on liquids. It is recommended to also start introducing them to different kinds of meat, like clams (de-shelled) and shrimp.

An octomer baby is slowly starting to gain stength in all its arms, which include their suckers. They will start crawling around and grabbing things, and though slow in their movements, they have quite a strong grip on things. If parents are worried about their children grabbing onto something potentially dangerous, it is recommended to lather on a thin layer of whale fat onto things so they aren't able to grip it with their suckers.

6-8 Months:

Big developments will be happening around this timeframe, not only your octomer baby will get (and will continue to get) a growth spurt from being about 6 1/2" (16.5 cm) to a whopping 19" (50cm) ! Their appetite will also increase accordingly, so be sure to stock up on plenty of foods like kelp, plankton juice, and crab meat.

Their syphon and ink sac are fully developed, too, so expect a couple of accidental ink spewings from your baby.

9-11 Months:

At this point, your healthy octomer baby will be around 25.20" (64cm) and, if they are a hybrid between any landfolk type, they'll start transforming into their other species type. If that is the case, it is recommended that you start introducing your mer to land and the respective aspects of it, like crawling, breathing air, and, eventually, walking and eating warm foods.

Your baby's chromatophores will also be fully developed, and as such, the distinct markings that they'll have for the rest of their life will be fully visible─though still faded. Their water jet and arms will also be fully mobile and your octomer will start to swim around and even 'walk' upright.

BONUS:

Yuu especially struggled with this phase.

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Hello!! I love all your stuff and wanted to show some appreciation ❤️🩷❤️🩷 Please Drink water, sleep, and take care of yourself (Azul too he needs it) ❤️🩷❤️🩷❤️

Anyway, Question - What was it like meeting Azul's family??? (If you met them before you and Azul got together, what was it like meeting them as Azul's partner??)

It was... complicated.

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GL: YuuJade, MalYuu

NL: YuuVil, FloydYuu, YuuKali

BL: YuuJami, AceYuu, YuuAzu, SilYuu, YuuIdia

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Octomer Baby Development: A guide for new parents (Part 3)

After a year taking care of your Octomer hatchling, you may notice how quickly they're developing and gaining independence. This may be a bit bittersweet, especially if yours was especially clingy, but this only means your hatchling is happy and healthy! After their 1st year of life, they also officially graduate from hatchling to a proper baby, and their growth will start slowing down to that of an average mer.

PHASE 3─THE BABY:

12-14 Months:

Now that their chromatophores are fully developed, you may notice that your baby will start to mimic the colors of their enviroment. As they start experimenting with cammouflage, parents are encouraged to introduce more bright and vivid colors and a variety of textures to stimulate your child.

15-17 Months:

Teething! Like most caecalea, your baby's teeth will start growing, with one big frontal beak-like tooth always coming out first. this first tooth is made entirely of keratin and is slightly weaker than your regular baby teeth, which helps your octomer crack hard shells before their other, more specialized chitin teeth set start growing. Many parents choose to keep this first 'beak tooth' as a memento. Interestingly, mer-snakes (like the Naga subspecies) have a similar tooth that's used to pip out of their egg. This is the perfect time to introduce your baby to various types of shellfish. In fact, there's quite a large amount of toothing toys made out of shells to help with that annoying itch that comes with this phase.

18-20 Months:

As they grow up, your baby will not only start developing their personality, but will also start to babble and chirp. Especially as they start growing more teeth, it's imperative that parents start talking to their child more often and incentivise them to vocalize various sounds and words. Wonder what your baby's first word will be?

21-23 Months:

Now that your baby is starting to learn how to talk and communicate with others, their brain will start to develop a more complex memory and start to understand their relationships with others and the world. Socialization and play with other babies their age will help your child understand how to interact with others and develop their grasp on both body language and spoken words.

24 Months and Onwards ─ Toddler stage

Congratulations! Your baby has grown up to become a toddler, and now new and exciting developments will occur as they continue growing up! We hope this guide has helped you understand your baby's growth better, and that your newest family member continues growing up happy and healthy.

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adult domestic fluff 🥺🥺🥺 The twins were such clingy babies, rip Yuu's hair

I feel like Azul would take a rly rly long time to come to terms with his natural weight, so he'd only start getting chubbier in his 30s. It does help that Yuu hypes him up all the way, though

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Does Yuu steal his boyfriend's clothes?

He has tried, but...

After hours of trying, he figured out he's a whole size larger than Azul (despite being the same height)

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OMG TUMBLR NOW ALLOWS MORE THAN 10 IMAGES YIPPEE //throws myself off window

plsplspls ignore the extremely inconsistent Azul i legit draw some of these right after I flew back to Colombia after a 13 hr trip <3

ANYWAYS recovery isn't a straight line and I feel like sometimes Azul would have his weak moments and think maybe he looked better back when he was still struggling with his ed //sobs

good thing he has Yuu aka his #1 fan to quell his worries

uuuh I did a couple more doodles to put in the frames w/o knowing that most of it would be covered/not visible HAHAHA;;; I'll post them right after this

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Kabedon.

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A sudden ACNH Update!

@nakunatta-fujihana commissioned me to draw him and his boyfriend as ACNH Villagers 😌

ig this is a soft launch to saymy commissions are open again HAHAH

dm me for prices xoxo (the ones in my website are outdated)

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yada yada that one episode when their future kids somehow end up in NRC and they have to take care/keep them on check while their ~mystery parents~ to come get them except its valentines day and yuu was planning to confess that day but whoops! surprise babysitting

Floyd starts calling the twins lil' barnacles because of how they latch onto Azul 🥺also, unlike the leech twins, the girls' purple strands that differentiate them are actually dyed. they are 100% identical without them. Shizuka (on shoulder) is more rowdy and enjoys making this weird bite-sized papa panic when she climbs onto him, while Aria (standing) is just more regular clingy and doesnt have any antics... for the most part.

also Kei is super small. He is a v small kid. It's totally not because I don't know how a 5 year old looks beside an adult so I just made him toddler-sized

Grown up Azul is the first one to find Kei and he is trying to reassure his husband on the phone while the young version of him is literally teehee twirling his hair and eyeing him up because Azul really did age like fine wine 😌

After more searching Grown up Yuu finds the twins in Azul's old stomping grounds and Azul is currently mulling over the reason as to why this older, hotter version of Yuu seems so content about letting his spawn nap over him?? ALSO WHY IS HE TALKING ABOUT A FOURTH KID?? (they do not get a fourth kid)

Yuu figures out pretty quickly this is him and azul's kids but Azul does need a little bit of nudging to really figure things out

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Post Valentines photoshoot with Azuyuu 💕

Azul is not very happy with how his boyfriend had his chest exposed... but he was wearing a tank top underneath. Yes yes we get it that only you can look at Yuu in that way 🙄

Besides, Yuu looked very pretty in that outfit and he can't deny that 😌

I love boyfriends with wildly different aesthetics and that are very much in love

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comfy!

Yuu and Azul often have sleepovers in each other's dorms. Grim, of course, always has to be included 😌

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(continuation of the 1 min kiss challenge)

Yuu really thinks he's being slick by sneaking up on Azul to kiss his moles and mess up his carefully curated appearance??

He should know by now that these kinds of stunts come with a steep price, tsk.

At least there's a silver lining. He finally got to kiss the boy he wanted for this trend 😌 (and he kissed him back!)

TAGLIST: @the-trinket-witch

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Clingy...

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Question with NRC!Yuu x Azul: does being half kitsune mean that their kids start shapeshifting earlier? Do they just go from mer to human to fox at random intervals? If yes, at what age do they learn to control it 🤔 ?

I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT

With the NRC!Yuu AU, they go the pregnancy route instead of the egg route like in canon, so the babies would be born as kitsune. Since their 'human' form is just an elaborate illussion spell kitsune maintain to better blend in with other humans, the kids wouldn't be able to transform until they're older. As for their octomer forms, though...

since these are considered their 'natural' states, it wouldn't be too far-fetched to think that they'd sometimes accidentally transform back and forth. I hold the hc that hybrid mer babies only start learning to control their transformations at around 6-9 months (around when fine motor skills and more advanced motion develop) so I can see them sometimes transforming randomly into either forms involuntarily.

I'm sure it would be very uncomfortable for parents and kids alike, especially since kitsune/octomer hybrid kids would be exceptionally rare lmao

ANYWAYS I finally decided on the design patterns for the azuyuu kids' octomer color patterns! I based them off harlequin octopuses hehe

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An idea I wanted to do when the Azul art would be released....

They canonly went on a valentines date with those outfits fr 🥺🥺🥺

They wanted to surprise the other with roses but little did they know they both have the same idea lmaoooo

some details I wanted to talk abt was their respective valentines gifts.... Yuu gave Azul the locket you see on the pic + golden shell earrings that look like Ursula's + flowers + chocolate covered strawberries (yk to be healthy) As well as his attempt at a tiramisu which he only gave Azul after he made him pinkie promise that he wouldnt make fun of his cooking (with the help of Trey) + a song he wrote for him

Azul gave Yuu the earrings he's wearing rn + flowers + the chocolate box + a custom-made cologne that smells like seabreeze and eucalyptus so Yuu could remember him while on earth + a candlelit dinner with Yuu's fave foods from twst

It was their first Valentine's day together so they went all in with being extra abt it....

Of course in the end all that mattered was that they had a good time and they ended their night just cuddling and watching movies while eating the strawberries for dessert 💕

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