When Greggy finishes nursing, he locks eyes with Leah and falls asleep. Leah can feel her own eyes drifting shut. A nap sounds really good right now...
Leah is briefly roused from her nap by Tina buckling her into the emergency car seat in her car.
"Oh, you're up," Tina says. Leah rubs her eyes and yawns.
"Not for long."
"Well, I'll just let you know. Carlie and I are getting lunch. Since you and Greggy are so sleepy, we're going to check you in at my daycare, okay? They'll give you a lunch when you wake up fully from your nap, and I'll pick you up after lunch."
Leah wants to protest, but she's still so tired. She falls back asleep.
And wakes up in a crib at Tina's daycare. She sighs, frustrated with how this day is going. Hopefully, she slept through most of lunch and Tina will be here to take her home soon. She doesn't want to keep acting like a baby!
Even if she kind of enjoys it...
Leah shakes her head, pretending that thought didn't happen. Thankfully, she's in a still clean diaper, and Greggy is nowhere to be seen. As long as she avoids him, she can keep her diaper clean, and Tina will stop being weird about this whole thing.
There's rustling from a nearby crib. A baby girl stands up. She locks eyes with Leah. Then, she bends her knees into a squat, holding the bars of the crib for support, and begins to grunt. She's pooping.
Leah remembers how it felt to poop her underwear earlier. It had been disgusting, ultimately, but in the moment, felt amazing. And for some reason, she feels like it'll be an even better experience in a diaper. The baby girl certainly seems to be enjoying it.
Without any further thought, Leah adopts the same position as the baby girl: knees bent, gripping the bars of the crib. And she pushes. A log immediately begins to crown. Leah grunts with effort, bending deeper into her squat. This poop is tougher. But for some reason, that makes it more fun. More enjoyable.
By the time the baby girl is done, Leah is still going, enjoying every second of her diaper filling with poop. The baby girl locks eyes with her and bends into a squat again. There's a hiss from her as she pees. Leah finishes pooping in a rush, suddenly eager to wet herself. She sighs happily as warm pee floods her dirty diaper.
Unlike before, Leah doesn't feel disgust immediately after she's done. She stands in the crib, wearing only her diaper, which is visibly messy and wet and sagging under her. There's a smile on her face.
The smile only vanishes when someone comes into the nap room.
"Oh, I can smell a couple changes!" the daycare worker says cheerfully. Leah suddenly can't believe what she's done. How could this happen? Greggy wasn't here! The worker picks her up and carries her into a large play area. As she's brought to a changing table, Leah locks eyes with a baby sitting on the floor, sucking his thumb. Her own thumb suddenly is so alluring.
Leah sucks her thumb during her diaper change, the enjoyment of thumb sucking distracting her from the embarrassment of a stranger changing her dirty diaper. After her change, Leah is placed on the floor of the play area, still wearing only a diaper.
Only then is she able to remove her thumb from her mouth. Leah pulls her thumb out, horrified. It's not just Greggy that can get her to be a baby. It's every single baby she sees.
And she's surrounded by babies.