So, yesterday, Katherine surprised me with a phone call that she had to work late, and go out with clients, and was wondering if I could pick up Bailey at school and watch her. Ever since we met at the park on Saturday, Katherine and I have become fast friends. We have been chatting almost every day. She is a real estate agent, so her schedule is very flexible. We have been able to get coffee and chat almost every day. She has told me that she would be interested in writing some posts on the blog some time, or starting her own blog. When she asked if I could help, I told her that I was delighted, and Valerie would be happy to play with Bailey after school. I figured that this would be a good dry run for Saturday as well.
At two in the afternoon, I woke Valerie up from her afternoon nap, and changed her into a fresh diaper. I put got her dressed to go out. I put her in a pair of jeans and t-shirt. I got her into her carseat, and we drove off to pick up Bailey from school. I saw her standing at the curb. I parked near her and got out. She came up to me, saying that her mom had called the school to let her know I was coming. I smiled at her and opened the back door, after taking her book bag. She came over, but stopped short of getting in. I asked her what was wrong, and she blushed, asking if I had a booster seat. I told her no, and she reluctantly climbed into the carseat. I smiled and strapped her in with the five point harness. I got back in the driver's seat, and looked at the two girls in the rearview mirror. I could see that Bailey was a little embarrassed. "Sweetie, thanks for being a big girl and not putting up a fuss. Valerie is still a little girl, and our rules for her friends are also, more or less, geared for a younger audience." She looked at Valerie and smiled, and said that she understood. I told her that she was a good girl, and drove home.
Once we got home, I parked the car in the garage, and got out, letting Bailey out of her carseat first, followed by Valerie. I led the girls into the house by the hand. I asked Bailey if she had any homework to do. Bailey said no. I asked what the girls wanted to do. The girls said that they wanted to play outside. I suggested we could go to the park, but I needed to get some things done first. I put Valerie in her playpen, and turned the tv on sprout. I noticed that Bailey, was kinda just standing there, unsure of what to do with herself, so I lifted her up and put her in the playpen with Valerie.
I went about my usual chores, putting away laundry, and straightening up the house. When I got back to the living room, I saw Bailey standing in the playpen with wet pants. She looked a little embarrassed with herself. I asked her what happened, and she told me that she was too distracted playing with Valerie, and didn't realize she had to go until it was too late. At first, I wasn't quite sure what to do. Bailey didn't have a spare set of clothes with her. Valerie is pretty big for her age, and Bailey is pretty average, so maybe she could fit into something of Valerie's.
I lifted Bailey out of the playpen and took her by the hand to Valerie's room. I took a deep breath and told her that this was not a punishment, but we needed to get her in something dry, and that meant, as far as underwear was concerned, one of Valerie's diapers. She honestly seemed a little too excited about that...but maybe it was just me. I asked her if she wanted help getting undressed, to which she said yes, so I took off her jeans and panties, since only those were wet. I lifted her onto the changing table and set to work cleaning her off with baby wipes. I grabbed one of Valerie's Pampers Baby Dry diapers from her stacker and unfolded it. I grabbed Bailey by her ankles and slid the diaper under her, pulling it up between her legs and taped it shut. Not a bad fit. I checked the leak guards and lifted Bailey off the table. I went over to Valerie's closet and searched through it, until I found a long sundress. I pulled that out and went to dresser and pulled out some white tights. I took Bailey's shirt off and put the dress over her. On Valerie to comes down to her mid calf, on Bailey, it was just above the knee. I sat her down on the changing table again and worked the tights up her legs and over her diaper. Once she was dressed I got down on her level and told her "Bailey, now that you're wearing a diaper, that means you don't need to tell me when you need to use the potty. Just go in your diapee and I will check and change you when I do the same to Valerie." She just smiled and nodded, I gave her a pat on her padded bottom as I walked her back to the living room. It was a little cute to hear her crinkle the whole way. I threw her clothes in the wash before going to get the stroller ready.
The thought had occurred to me that maybe we should put Bailey in diapers preemptively for our trip to the zoo on Saturday. While she and Valerie were chatting through the mesh of the playpen. I went and grabbed the diaper bag and put it under the stroller. I picked up Valerie from the playpen and strapped her into the stroller before having Bailey sit down, and strapping her in as well. Since she was wearing a dress, the straps made it ride up, and showed off her diaper, I tried to fix it, since she's an older girl, but it just wasn't working, so I gave up on it.
The park was pretty uneventful. Both girls ended up wet after a while, but I just changed them when we got home. By the time we got back the washer was done, and I put Bailey's clothes in the dryer. The dryer was done before long, and I had Bailey dressed back in her regular clothes, and big girl panties. When Katherine came, I told her what happened, and apologized, but she said its fine, and I did the right thing. I asked her if she would be okay with Bailey wearing a diaper for the zoo trip, to which she also said no problem. Glad my maternal instincts were right!
See y'all tomorrow!
-Veronica
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