âSo Cissy canât use his handsâ, Mrs Foley observed looking at Brianâs mittens. âNeeds to be bottle and spoon fed obviously.â His mother nodded. âI think weâll put Cissy in with our one year olds.â âThat would be about rightâ, his mother confirmed. Brian sniffled and suc-ked hard on his soother as he waddled towards the room with his one-year-old peers.
In the middle of the babies was a lovely young woman - or older girl he wasnât quite sure. âThis is Angieâ, Mrs Foley introduced them. âAngie, this is little Cissy. Heâs going to join your group.â Angieâs gorgeous face lit up and Brian really wished he wasnât in a baby dress and nappy but she clearly liked it. âOh what a darling. I love your pretty dressâ, Angie said to a mortified Brian. She ran her fingers under his petticoats and he squirmed, feeling something stirring in his soggy nappy.
âLittle Sissy needs changing alreadyâ, Mrs Foley informed her. âIâll do it this timeâ, she said as she led him towards the changing area and Angie tittered at the confirmation that her new charge clearly needed his nappy. Brian visualized himself having his nappy changed by the wonderful Angie and there was more stirring in his nappy. He cringed wondering how he was going to avoid an embarrassing erection when it came to Angieâs turn to change him.
Mrs Foley was very business-like in changing his nappy. He lay back looking over at Angie playing happily with the babies and he thought being here might not be all bad.
He did get a little extra attention from her. He was hard to ignore â a twelve year old boy in a pink baby dress and bonnet sitting in the middle of one-year-old babies in normal onesies or even t-shirts and trousers for the lucky slightly older ones. He was eager to please her and she smiled happily if he shook his rattle or crawled wiggling his frilly bottom. But at the end of the day he had nothing but baby toys to amuse him.
She did try a few toys aimed at two or three year olds with him but with his hands in mittens he couldnât play with them properly so she reverted to rattles and blocks.
At lunchtime she smiled as she removed his soother and replaced it with his baby bottle and was pleased to see that he could hold the bottle himself and suc-k happily on it while she fed another of her charges. But he couldnât feed himself so she had to tie his bib on and spoon-feed him.
Inevitably in the afternoon he wet his nappy and she had to change him. Even as she led him waddling to the changing area he felt a stirring in his soggy nappy. He cringed. As she removed his nappy cover, tights and plastic pants he got more and more excited so by the time she removed his wet nappy he had a nice little hard-on.
He suc-ked desperately on his nappy trying to feel like a proper baby so his erection would go away. She just said âoh dearâ and tried to proceed as if nothing had happened. She quickly had him cleaned and pinned into a clean nappy and before long his tights and nappy cover were restored and he was able to relax a little back with his baby toys.
He saw Angie have a serious conversation with Mrs Foley. They looked over at him and he shook his rattle trying to look as sweetly innocent as possible. Mrs Foley went for the phone. Brian wondered would this be a way out. Would he be kicked out of the nursery? He grew hopeful.
Mothers started arriving to pick up their little ones. Brian in his pink frilly baby dress stood out a mile and every one of them came over to have a look. Angie would say something like âIsnât he sweetâ, giving his real gender away immediately. âHe?!â Brian could only sit there mortified in his pink dress, bonnet and tights as the motherâs asked all about him. âHe needs to wear nappies and we have to keep his hands in these mittens to stop him taking his nappy off, donât we dear? So he has to be bottle and spoon fed everything.â
âWhere did that large baby outfit come from?â theyâd ask smiling at his frilly nappy cover. âHis Mummy made it.â âReally? Wow! â âCissy, hold out your petticoats there sweetie.â Brian cringed as he displayed his layers of organza under his baby dress. âCissy? What an appropriate nameâ, theyâd snigger.
Then Brian noticed to his horror that Mrs Johnson, three doors down from their house, had come in. She had a daughter, Tess, in his class in school! If she heard about him being in a baby dress and nappy his life would be over!
Tess had a three-year-old sister. That must be why her mother was here. He desperately hoped that she would head straight for the three-year-olds and not notice him. He tried to keep his head down and shook his rattle determinedly and she passed the door of his room. He breathed a little easier.
He realized that as she came back she would be facing his direction and more likely to see him so he started crawling to the other side of the room. The rattle that was hooked over his right hand shook noisily as he crawled along.
The door was behind him when he heard Mrs Johnsonâs voice. âMy goodness! Who is that?â He froze as he realized that his big thickly nappied, pink frilly bottom was facing her. His pink bonnet hid his face at that point but she was not going to be avoided now.
Angie went over to him smiling and took his hand making him turn over and sit on his bottom facing his neighbour. He looked up through the lace trim on his bonnet, suc-ked desperately on his soother and clutched his rattle as he watched the look of puzzlement on her face turn to some kind of recognition. Her little one, Sammie, was the first one to say it. âItâs Brian Mummy!â Her motherâs jaw dropped. She was right. What was the twelve-year-old boy from down the street doing here in a nursery for one-year-oldâs wearing a pink frilly baby dress with matching bonnet and diaper cover and pink tights and suc-king firmly on a soother?
Brian flooded his nappy. He had been recognized. Tess was going to hear about it. His classmates were going to hear about this. His life was over. Angie recognized the signs. âOh dear you have wet yourself again!â Mrs Johnson put her hand to her mouth. Brian clearly needed to wear that nappy!
âWait until Tess sees this!â she remarked. She took out her camera phone. Brian whimpered desperately through his soother. Angie put her hand up. âSorry no photos allowed hereâ, she reminded her, pointing to the sign on the wall.
Mrs Johnson put her phone away apologetically but Brian could see from the look on her face that she knew it was only postponing the inevitable. She bustled off quickly, clearly keen to tell her daughter. Her little girl looked back at Brian piteously in his wet nappy and pink baby dress. She didnât need a soother anymore and wondered why this twelve-year-old boy clearly did.