It was a pretty laid back weekend. Nothing of note happened at the nursery on Sunday. As far as Beth, I ended up keeping her in diapers until Friday afternoon, when I gave her the choice to go back to being a big girl.
As we left off on Thursday, I had just breastfed Beth and Valerie, and left them to watch TV in the playpen. They had been there long enough that I figured it was time for a diaper check. I went down to the living room and grabbed the diaper bag that I keep next to the couch. As I approached the playpen I could smell at least one of my toddlers had a present for me in their diaper. I took the changing mat out of the diaper bag and laid it on the floor next to the playpen.
I decided to check Beth first. I popped a pacifier into her mouth and stood her up in the playpen. I felt the seat of her diaper through her overalls. It didn't feel lumpy, but it did feel wet, so I lifted her out and laid her on the changing mat. I unsnapped the crotch of her overalls and rolled them up over her belly, to expose her diaper. It was definitely wet. I grabbed a fresh diaper and wipes from the diaper bag. I untaped Beth's diaper, and grabbed her by her ankles. I pulled her diaper down and saw that she was just wet. I wiped her clean and taped the new diaper on her, snapping her overalls back up. I put her back in the playpen and changed Valerie's messy bottom.
I left the girls to watch some more TV while I cleaned around the house a little. I went to the kitchen, and installed a booster seat one of the chairs at the kitchen table. I decided to get the girls in the kitchen before getting lunch started. I grabbed Valerie first, and strapped her into the booster seat. I put her bib on her, and gave her a sippy cup of milk, and placed a handful of cheerios on the placemat in front of her to snack on.
I went back to the playpen and grabbed Beth, setting her on my hip. I patted her bottom as I carried her to the kitchen, sitting her in the highchair, and strapping her in. I put a bib on her as well, and locked the tray into place. I scattered some cheerios on the tray, and gave her a baby bottle of milk instead of a sippy cup, to reinforce her immature behavior. I watcher her blush as she picked up her bottle and started sucking on the nipple, while her younger cousin was sitting in a booster seat with a sippy cup.
I started making lunch, settling on some lentil soup. I heated up the soup on the stove. I put it two plastic bowls. I gave one to Valerie, who can feed herself, and let her eat. I brought the other bowl over to Beth and set it down on her tray. "Is baby Beth ready for her soup!" I cooed loading up the plastic toddler spoon, "Here comes the choo choo!"
I fed Beth the whole bowl of soup, cooing to her the whole time, causing her to visibly blush out of embarrassment. I purposely made sure to make her a little messy, getting soup around her face and on her bib. "Such a messy baby!" I teased as I left her to put the empty bowl in the sink. I went to the living room and grabbed two baby wipes from the diaper bag, and came back to the kitchen. I wiped off Beth's face and hands before removing her bib. I did the same to Valerie.
"I think its nap time for my two little ones!" I cooed. I grabbed Valerie first, checking her diaper as I carried her up to the nursery. She was still dry and clean, so I took off her overalls and laid her in her crib in just her t-shirt and diaper. I went back down to the kitchen to get Beth ready for her nap. I took the tray off the highchair, and undid the five point harness. I lifted Beth out of the seat and carried her up the nursery. I stood her on the floor and took off her overalls, and saw that her diaper was wet again. I put her on the changing table and changed her into one of the Swaddlers Overnight diapers she wears at night, and put her in the crib with Valerie.
I watched the two of them on the nanny cam, and about an hour into their nap, I saw Beth sit up, holding her stomach. I watched as she got up onto her feet and squatted down. I could see the seat of her diaper expand. I saw Valerie start to wake up, and look at Beth, who looked like she was upset. Then something amazing happened. I watched as Valerie pulled Beth back, causing her to fall into her messy bottom. Valerie helped her lay back down, and stuck a pacifier into Beth's mouth. I watched as they both went back to sleep, with Beth rhythmically sucking on the pacifier.
I came back in two hours to wake them up, to find that both girls were still asleep, and Beth was still sucking on the binky that Valerie shoved in her mouth. I woke both girls up, and changed their diapers, getting them dressed again, and letting them play for the rest of the evening until dinner.
By the time I gave Beth a chance to be a big girl again, then next day, she was very happy, and promised not be fussy again. That remains to be seen. I told her if she acts immature like that again, she would be a toddler for a week next time.
-Veronica
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