Chapter Eight
As mother strapped him into the rear seat of the car Philip realised he was ridiculously tired and as soon as the journey started began to nod off.
His mother, looking in the rear mirror said soothingly. “Oh dear is my pwecious babykins tired den? Philip go sleepy byes like a good little boy and mummy will….”
Philip woke as his mother unfastened him from his seat. Leaving the car, Philip was acutely aware that the brushed nylon of the pyjama bottoms was translucent enough to ensure anyone who saw him would be aware that he was wearing thick nappies and plastic baby pants underneath his pyjama bottoms, not to mention the bib, his dummy, pink baby bootees, the pink teddy bear tucked precariously under his arm and the pink frilly pyjama top.
Little wonder he was not amused to enter the Doctors waiting room.
The receptionist was delighted to see Philip again judging by the way she laughed and clapped her hands when she saw him being led into the reception.
“Why hello, aren’t we very pink today? I love your pyjamas Philip, Oh and what a sweet teddy bear too. Does he have a name?”
“Answer the nice lady Philip dear,” Urged his mother.
“Inky bera” He said, as close as he could get to Pinky Bear with the device strapped firmly in his mouth.
She laughed out loud, shaking her head as she pressed the intercom button to let Dr Peabody know they had arrived. Philip assumed his mother would admonish the impudent receptionist; instead she joined in the laughter!
Dr Peabody greeted them.
“Rita! How lovely to see you, and Philip too, oh and he has his teddy bear too, how sweet. I see your mother is following my advice; I bet you feel all snugly and calm in your pink jim-jams don’t you? And plenty of thick nap-naps too I see, splendid. Did you enjoy the special chair I sent you? Ha-ha I bet you did.”
Her eyes sparkled and she playfully waggled the ring of his dummy then lifted him up and sat him on the edge of the examining table, his bootee attired feet dangling over the edge while she turned and addressed Mrs Lockhart.
“How has his behaviour been then? Do tell me and be truthful Rita dear, this is a vital stage of his treatment.”
Philip was certain mother would give him a glowing report and in a few hours he would be able to sit down face to face and discuss the matter with her.
Instead he listened with growing disbelief as she told how he had refused to do this and complained about that and how he generally had disappointed her with his misbehaviour so much so that she had been left with no alternative but to spank him when he refused to go to bed!
Philip was outraged with his mother. “Mmmmpff.….”
He waved his arms about in the air as he tried to voice his complaints.
Dr Peabody sat thoughtfully staring at the ever more frustrated Philip while his mother looked on concerned at his antics until finally the Doctor spoke.
“Rita, I think we will have to intensify the treatment in the short term to achieve the result we both want. Do you agree?”
“Of course Doctor I will do anything to help my poor little Philip.”
Dr Peabody pushed Philip backwards and swung his legs around so he was lying prone on the examination table.
“Hush now little Philip, calm down. Rita help me here a moment will you?”
Philip was astonished as his mother held his arms while the Doctor slipped Philips wrists into the cuff restraints that adorned the table and held his legs as his ankles were similarly restrained.
“First, something to relax him.”
Philip watched fearfully as mother delicately raised his pyjama sleeve to expose the flesh. He flinched as he felt the coldness of the antiseptic wipe and winced as the needle pierced his skin and stared as a globule of blood appeared before being covered with a plaster. Mother repositioned his pyjama sleeve and patted his chest.
“There, there Philip dear we must do what is best for you.”
Dr Peabody removed the rubber strap from one side of his device and inserted her manicured finger into the ring of the dummy and out it came with a distinctive plop!
Philip’s freedom from his device was short-lived, for immediately Dr Peabody was opening a box.
“This is the latest model I have devised Rita dear, it should be ideal for our little problem child here.”
Philip felt as if he was floating and her words seemed to be coming from far away yet he still tried to twist his head and avoid the new device from entering his mouth.
“Now, now, be a good boy.” She said grabbing his chin in a firm grip.
Philip felt the shaft penetrate his mouth; this one was wider, forcing his mouth into an exaggerated “o” shape. The rubber hook attachment that kept the device firmly locked in place was stretched behind his head and once again the bulbous shaft was forced further into his mouth as the plastic mouth guard wedged itself against his lips and chin. The heart shaped mouth guard allowing it to nestle neatly under his nose.
“There now,” she said, to Mrs Lockhart, “no doubt it appears remarkably similar to the previous device. But observe.”
Two small flanges, positioned on the shaft just prior to the point where it entered his mouth, were simultaneously pressed and the main tube of the device slid out of his mouth leaving the plastic “o” shape still locked into position.
Philip suc-ked in a welcome blast of air.
“Hello Philip,” Doctor Peabody said, chucking him with her long manicured fingernails under the chin, “Can you tell me your name?”
He tried to speak but the plastic insert prevented his lips from forming any shapes and very quickly he gave up. By now he felt so weak and helpless that despite his predicament his eyelids began to droop and a good long nap seemed terribly welcoming.
“Nap time can wait Philip, I want to demonstrate this latest model to your mother. Which would you prefer first sweetheart, din-dins or dwinkies?”
Dr Peabody held up two bottles that were very similar to baby bottles except instead of a rubber teat there was a two-inch plastic tube. Dr Peabody inserted the tubular end of the bottle into the o-ring and twisted the bottle 180 degrees, locking it into place. Philips became conscious of a thick pureed substance entering his mouth via the baby bottle.
“You see Rita, the bottles have been designed to lock into the o-ring in his mouth. You can now feed and give baby his liquids without ever having to release him totally from the device. The valve ensures baby can only receive so much sustenance with each squeeze of the bottle. You can of course speed up the feeding process by squeezing the bottle as many times as you like.”
“Leticia, how often must I feed him?” Asked Mrs Lockhart.
“Three bottle feeds, and five feeds of milk a day will ensure he receives sufficient nutrients and I have included his special medication in the baby formula so all you have to do is microwave each bottle for two minutes. Mind you he must finish each one and his bowel movements will be different owing to the lack of solids, more like a baby’s in fact.”
She twisted the bottle to unlock it as the contents emptied. She looked at him as she spoke.
“I am afraid nappies will be doubly important from now on.”
Philip was horrified as the implication of what she was saying registered with him. His mother stroked his hair as she slotted in the bottle containing the milk.
“Thank you so much for all your help doctor, I will make sure he receives your treatment exactly as you proscribe it should be.”
Phillip wanted to scream! All he had had was a nervousness that caused him to bite his lip occasionally and here he was dressed as a baby!
Doctor Peabody gave his nappied crotch a playful pat.
“Oh dear, it appears that relaxant I gave him has caused his bladder to relax as well.”
She laughed.” You carry on feeding him Rita; I will change the little darling. ”Phillip's mother gave him an angry stare and gave the bottle two extra squeezes; he almost gagged at the rush of liquid. It wasn’t his fault he had wet his nappies!
Dr Peabody unfastened the ankle cuffs restraining his legs and untied the pretty ribbons that kept his pink slippers firmly tied to his feet.
“How sweet,” she murmured as she removed the slippers and then inserted her long fingernails inside the elasticised waist of his pink pyjama bottoms and slid them slowly down his legs.
“I do love your pretty pyjamas Philip,” she said neatly folding the pyjama bottoms before removing the plastic pants.
Philip suc-ked harder on his bottle as the doctor unpinned his nappy and began to clean and powder him.
“Let’s get this little pee-pee out of the way for a moment,” she humiliatingly exclaimed as she worked to clean him. Philip was all too aware of her long fingernails probing as her hands caressed his testicles as she rubbed baby powder all around.
“You naught boy!” Admonished his mother as she noticed how he reacted to the doctor’s touch.
Now-now Rita, the boy can’t help it,” she said sympathetically.
“Best we get this little problem firmly under wraps, don’t you agree babykins?”
She tickled his chin with her long fingernail then proceeded to pin him into three soft and fluffy white terry-towelling nappies. Philip almost achieved orgasm as the soft material caressed his pen-is and his body convulsed before disappointingly for him her tender touch disappeared and the moment was gone.
It was all an anticlimax for Philip as Dr Peabody re-positioned his plastic baby pants and dressed him in his pink pyjama bottoms.
“There we are, all clean and dry again.”
Dr Peabody said as she approached to reinsert the device. Philip once again felt the smooth plastic shaft enter his mouth and felt the bulbous tip settle uncomfortably close to the back of his throat. She removed the cuffs around his wrists and sat him on her lap.
“Such a sweet boy, she said as she slid him down her long nylon clad leg until her high heeled foot nestled on his pyjama and nappy covered bottom. Slowly she began to move her leg rhythmically up and down as she supported him by his mittens.
“Oopsa daisy! Does babykins like his horsey ride den?”
In actual fact the motion was making him feel sick after consuming two full baby bottles but at the same time he was experiencing excitement as the toe of the Doctors high heel began to penetrate his bottom as he was bounced up and down. Faster and faster the “horsey” went, Philip groaned and dribbled spittle onto his bib.
“There now, wasn’t that a lovely horsey ride for babykins?” Dr Peabody said looking slightly flustered as his mother pointed to the clock. Philip remembered his dream as his mother proclaimed.
”It’s 3pm doctor, we really must finish this consultation.”
“Quite right,” said Dr Peabody as she sat a highly agitated Philip on the edge of the examination table. “I still have to explain the next stage of the treatment.” She walked to the cupboard and came back with a new pile of bibs and a box.
“Give me your footsie babykins,” she said as she opened the box.
Obediently he did as he was told and the doctor slipped a pink vinyl object onto his foot. It was a footed version of the mittens that already encased his hands, basically a slipper sock with a vinyl ball attached to the sole.
“The vinyl is stuffed with beads of polystyrene,” Dr Peabody explained as she tightened up the ribbons and criss-crossed them around his ankle before tying bow to secure it. She repeated the same actions until Philip sat on the edge of the examination table wearing the two pink slipper socks.
“Now you shall see how they are designed to work Rita”
Dr Peabody took his mittened hands. “Down you come babykins,” and jumped him down from the examination table. As his feet came into contact with the floor the polystyrene balls shifted and moved making it impossible for Philip to balance.
He immediately fell to his knees, attempting to avoid collapsing completely by balancing precariously by rigidly locking his wrist muscles. Both women began to laugh as his wrists gave way under the strain and he collapsed in a heap on the floor. Dr Peabody bent down toward Philip. He assumed she was going to help him up; instead she merely clipped a nylon cord to the o-ring of his dummy.
“Try again babykins,” she said, this time tugging at the cord she had connected to the dummy. Jerked onto all fours, he precariously managed to crawl a little way before the strength in his wrists gave way and he found himself once again collapsing.
“You see Rita, I feel Philip needs to be regressed all the way back to being a little baby before we can move forward and cure his lip biting once and for all. If you keep him dressed in the bootee’s it will ensure baby will have to crawl everywhere. Baby must learn not be embarrassed of his pretty pink pyjamas, bib and nappies and so forth so it would be easier if we treated him, or her should I say her, as a little girl for the time being.
As if to prove a point she took a bib from the pile and dangled it by the ribbons in front of Philip. On the white towelling site was printed, Babykins Philippa! Dr Peabody placed it around his neck, laughing as she tied the ribbons
Philip attempted to voice his objection to this outrageous treatment; he would get her struck off! He would see her in court! He would… drool pathetically onto his clean bib.
“Thank you so much for all you trouble.” He was amazed to hear his mother say.
Dr Peabody waved her hand dismissively.
“Tsk, it’s nothing. I am here to help. It will take a bit of time but she will soon get the hang of crawling about the floor like a ten-month-old baby girl. Here you try Rita.”
Philip was dumfounded as his mother readily took the cord and led him around the room, giving a short tug if he hesitated.
“Clever Philippa, who is mummy’s special little girl then?” Encouraged his mother, as if he had a choice other than to respond to being pulled around the room.
Dr Peabody knelt down to face the exhausted boy and unclipped the cord from the o-ring.
“Now Philippa, Mummy and I are going to have a private talk for a little while so you have to be a brave little girl and wait for mummy outside. Why don’t you chat to Pinky Bear to keep you company.”
Dr Peabody lifted Philip up and perched him on one of the chairs in the waiting room with Pinky Bear ensconced on his lap.
“Well, well. What have we here?”
The receptionist knelt in front of Philip.
“Babykins Philippa, what a lovely name. Do you like being dressed in nappies, frilly pink jim-jams and an adorable embroidered bib?” She wiggled his dummy in a manner that made his head move up and down. This made her laugh out loud.
“You know what Babykins Philippa?” She confessed conspiratorially. “I did something very naughty. I forgot to switch off the intercom when you went in for your consultation so I accidentally heard everything. Wasn’t that naughty of me?”
As she spoke she picked up Pinky bear from his lap and waggled the soft toy in front of his face.
“Kissy-kissy,” she mocked before walking away and placing the toy on the floor about ten feet away from Philip.
She laughed, returning to her desk just as his mother and Dr Peabody reappeared.
“What’s going on here?” asked the Doctor.
“Oh, Dr Peabody,” began the receptionist, “no sooner had you left your patient alone when the toy bear was hurled down in what appeared to me to be a fit of temper. I was going to return the bear to your patient but the phone has been busy,” she lied.
His mother looked at him with genuine anger.
“Philippa! Why do you misbehave as soon as you are out of my sight? You were told to look after Pinky Bear and you have wilfully disobeyed the doctor’s instructions, shame on you. Well let me tell you that you will be severely punished for this, you will go straight to beddy-byes when you get home little lady and I am gong to spank you this instant!”
To Philips horror, his mother put him over her lap, pulled down his pyjama bottoms and as before began to smack the fleshy, uppermost part of his legs. Her smacks reverberated around the reception area as she spanked him in front of Dr Peabody and the receptionist who smirked as she sat smugly at her desk.
“ Naughty little baby!” Shouted his mother, as she appeared to become more agitated with each spank. Finally Dr Peabody put a hand on her shoulder.
“I think she has had a sharp enough lesson for the time being Rita, best to get Philippa home and tucked into bye-byes for the night. Here we are Rita, strap her in and you can get off home.”
A stifled guffaw from behind the desk was audible as Philip found himself being strapped into what was effectively a baby’s pushchair. It had three wheels, one at the front and two at the rear and was a hideous shade of pink. Too embarrassed and disorientated by his spanking and the effects of the relaxant to resist, Philip watched as Dr Peabody knelt in front of him.
“It has turned out to be a lovely sunny day, Philippa,” she said, “so I think you will need this.”
Dr Peabody placed a baby’s sunbonnet around his head. Philip sat dumfounded as she tied the ribbons of the pink gingham monstrosity under his chin. “A lovely double bow will suit I think. There now, pretty as a picture!”
Philip was so outraged by this further act of humiliation that his eyes filled with tears of rage!”
“Mmmmpff!” He spluttered.
The two women laughed and Dr Peabody fanned out the frilled lace that formed the bonnet’s peek-a-boo style.
“There- there. Dry those tears Philippa, mummy will soon have you home and she will be able to get you tucked up in beddybyes, ha-ha!”
Philip was stunned. Were these words supposed to comfort him? Being told that he, a seventeen year old, was going to be put to bed in the middle of the afternoon!
He concluded they were mad and he became even more infuriated as she wiggled his dummy and patted his tearstained cheek as she spoke.
“Bye- bye baby Philippa, see you soon sweetums”