Andriel and the team's kids
Miss Nora had posted that Matt hands his and Dan's newborn to Neil and Neil tries very hard to not have that happen, he doesn't know the first thing about babies. "((tbh Andrew handles it a lot better))"
I imagine it goes something like this: Matt is assuring Neil he's fine, here you hold the head up first and foremost, support, after that just hold them to you, that's it, okay see you're going to be just fine. To which as Miss Nora says Dan all but calls him a little bitch and hold their baby when previously he'd not blinked at mafia murder and torture. Neil takes the baby, that's okay, he's okay, he can do this, okay, the baby isn't moving too much, this is nice actually, oh no never mind the baby is screaming, oh god Matt, Matt take your baby. Matt. Take. Your. Baby.
Dan if anything is telling Matt to leave the baby in Neil's arms, the kid is in no danger there and they are going to have years of this, have Neil hold the baby for just a minute. Matt had full faith in him no stop anyway, he's hovering, like a sweet new dad would, but otherwise makes no move to take the baby. Neil, however, looks to Andrew, who is there uninvited officially but by implicit extension to Neil and as a Fox. Andrew, who has spent notable years in foster homes with many a foster sibling young and old, knows how to hold a baby. Dan and Matt are preoccupied watching Neil and their baby to notice Andrew silently walk over to Neil until he is actively taking the baby out of Neil's arms.
For reasons they think are reasonable, this concerns them. Andrew isn't as bad as they thought before Neil but is also in many ways exactly the same or other ways worse. Except Neil, carefully, but practically pours their newborn into Andrew's arms. To which their baby quiets until they go utterly silent. If they weren't concerned before the new parents are about to lose their minds. Dan nearly vaults out of the hospital bed; Matt is about to throw Neil out of his way, his buddy be damned. Right up until Neil reaches for the baby's face with one hand and Andrew's with another and they're fucking floored.
Their baby is silent, and perfectly well, in Andrew Minyard's arms. Their newborn baby is if anything, fully content, and almost drowsy, being ever so minutely rocked by The Monster of the monsters Andrew Joseph Minyard.
This ends up not being a one off, Andrew knows how to handle babies. He ends up being favorite uncle pretty much always. Andrew speaks to kids in ways no one else does and the foxes sans Neil and Renee cannot understand. These kids grow up with his eccentricities and know how to speak in deals and listen to their uncle Andrew. He listens to them in return, nonsense and all, and takes them seriously. Does not matter if two-year-old Amalia says no shoes. Kevin, she's not wearing shoes today. She said yes to being carried, you or someone else will carry her if you're so worried about it. She said no. This is a lesson all the kids learn, and some may try to take advantage of, but Andrew has played this game and balances it well.
Someone had said that Allison may have gone to Dan and Renee when her newly stated daughter comes out to her, but that little girl had already called Andrew to ask if it was okay, if she could be herself, if mom would accept her even if she knew logically, she would, because Uncle Andrew does not lie. I am inclined to agree. He is not soft or comforting, but he is dependable, and how could these kids feel afraid of anything when words scariest 5'1 1/2 average uncles are there for them at a single call.
