Laura brushed off the nagging thought she needed to get to work on becoming an adult. She could do that tomorrow. The past few days had been very stressful and she needed a mini-vacation. And what kind of vacation would it be if she didn’t have a drink?
Alcohol would be bad at this age, and Laura didn’t have much else in her house, other than coffee and water. But she did buy a lot of things yesterday. Maybe she bought some juice or something by accident? Laura toddled over to the boxes of supplies and began to dig through them. To her delight, she found the brand-new pacifier she had gotten because it was so pretty pink and sparkly. She took it out of the package and popped it into her mouth, then continued searching.
After going through everything, Laura hadn’t found any juice. But she had found some baby formula that she must have added to the cart by accident. She was too old for it, even at this age, but curious about how it tasted. Laura read the instructions, grabbed the baby bottle that had come with it, and clumsily made herself a drink.
Pleased with herself, Laura grabbed her warm bottle of formula and went back to the living room. She sat down on the floor to watch TV, greedily guzzling her drink. To her surprise, she actually liked the taste. As she drank, she could feel herself dribbling a bit of urine in her diaper, but ignored it. She’d made her peace with her accidents and necessary diaper.