Hi again,
Just re-reading this great chapter and here's another few suggestions that you might want to consider as ways to humiliate & continue the downfall of Jim/Jemima.
I love the whole hypnosis angle & perhaps his/her Mummy could add some of the following suggestions that make him act more babyish:
- Unlike before, when Jemima is asked to do a painting (or other art/craft project), his mind now makes him do it like a small child would, but he thinks it's all grown up & is really proud of it. Furthermore, just like a small child, he wants to show his work off & then gets annoyed & whiny when the grown up appear too busy or only give it a passing glance.
- When watching Tellytubbies or similar TV, he gets engrossed and wants to sing & dance like the characters are doing on TV but his dancing is more toddler like & his singing all babyish.
- Carrying on from him only saying the sound an animal makes when asked what it is, he now gets all excited that he thinks he knows it when clearly he's just humiliating himself more.
- Continuing on with his lisping & baby talk, when he tries to use some big grown up long words, he gets them muddled up.
- When a grown up or bigger child raises their voice at him or gives his bottom a small smack, he bursts into tears. he doesn't know why he's doing it but feels compelled to toddle over to his Mummy or Aunty for comfort - the same could happen when he can't find his new comfort "blanket".
- Like any little girl, he starts to get the urge to dress up like his Mummy - again, he doesn't know why but feels compelled to do it. But in this instance, there is a dressing up box that he can use that has really big size dress, wigs, shoes and so on. So, when he does dress up, he really does look like a small child in grown up clothes. He might also try some of Mommy's make-up & again, while he thinks he looks good, his efforts are childlike and exaggerated. It would then be funny if he starts to show off like a small child in front of lots of grown ups (this could be as well as getting dressed up in costumes for a party like a fairy or Disney Princess.
Anyway, I hope I haven't went on too long &, as before, I'm sure I will love whatever you write (I just hope it is soon as I love you story so much) x