It was 11:15am and coming up on 4 hours since they started this little play adventure. Molly was having the time of her life.
Jasper hardly noticed when Molly fed him another bean, as she took another one herself.
Molly felt the urge to make her little guy a nice lunch. She sat him down in front of the tv and put on Sesame Street which captivated her husband, while she prepared lunch.
It didn’t take long for her to call her husband who by this time responded like the small child he had become. Which is to say, he ignored her completely.
“Mommy has been calling you baby.” The sight which greeted Molly initially surprised her. She was delighted by the change. Her little guy appeared as a 4 year old, his clothing now enveloped him, his features regressed and his size now resembled that of a much smaller child. It was getting harder to understand him as the adult he actually was.
“Baby, do you understand me now?”
Jasper nodded his head.
“How old are you?”
“Dith” Jasper said as he held up 4 fingers trying hard not to take his eyes off the tv.
Molly realize how silly it was to even ask the question. She wondered what made her husband want to play as a 4 year old, but dismissed it as pointless to ponder.
Once again this day, Molly redressed her little man, but this time, she had found an unopen pack of Gerber training pants. That, plus the cutest little outfit that she had seen him pictured in from years gone would make him picture perfect.
Jasper had one foot into his underwear when he realized what they were. “Hey!”
“Outside of diapering you, there are no other underwear options available which would fit.”
Jasper cringed. Playing like a 4 year old was one thing, he didn’t need to be put in training pants. Not like some potty training toddler.
“Did mommy make a boo boo, is her little guy not ready for potty training?” Molly said as she somehow reached over and grabbed a diaper bag. “Is mommy’s guy not a big boy yet?”
“Me a big boy, me a big boy, No diapers.” Jasper quickly responded, the panic in his voice was unrestrained.
Molly couldn’t resist the urge to play on his fears. “Now you just need to let mommy know if you need to go potty. Can you do that?”
“Uh huh.” Jasper was somehow fearful. There was a part of him that seemed concerned that he might be put into diapers again.
“Good a big ole 4 year old shouldn’t have any problems with the potty.”
As mommy sat with him as he ate his lunch, Jasper notice that Molly had pulled out a booster seat and carried the old high chair from storage and set them near the table.
Playing with her little boy husband, Molly had never felt so fulfilled.
It was so fun playing mommy, she only hoped that Jasper didn’t mind. Didn’t mind? How could that be, this was play, so he must be playing too. So he must be having a good time as well.
Jasper was all smiles as he sat there. He hummed as he ate.