This is the last chapter for a bit. I try and write a few chapters ahead, but have been too busy to write recently
Chapter 15
âSpeak up childâ ordered Mrs Grimshaw though the earphones in his bonnet.
âIâm very wellâ spluttered Adrian through his dummy as more of his drooling dripped down onto his t-shirt.
âIâm very well who?â came the question
âIâm vewy well Mtheth Hanthonâ he responded
âNoâ barked Mrs Grimshaw. Adrian looked puzzled.
âIâm vewy well Nanny?â he said cautiously. Everybody was smiling as he looked around peering through his bonnet at all who stood around him.
Gloria Hanson looked closely at Adrian and reached into her bag. âThis will never doâ she said tying a terry bib lined in pink ribbon with an applique of a little elephant in the corner around his neck. You can borrow one of my daughterâs dribbles bibs until I find out where yours are keptâ. She said kindly stroking the side of his cheek with the back of her hand.
Adrian was starting to tear up again as a surge of wetting flooded into his nappy. Sometimes it leaked and when it didnât, then it gave way under any sort of pressure. He felt as low as at any time in the whole of his life.
Mrs Grimshaw untied his bonnet and carefully packed it away in tissue lined box. She put her own headset on top and affixed the lid. âHe is a bit of a cry baby, isnât he?â she remarked âI havenât had a big booby like this in quite a while. I do hope he isnât going to grizzle all the time because it makes lessons so difficultâ.
Gloria took pity on Adrian and said âit has all been a bit much for him these last two days. One minute he is a sixteen-year-old teenager playing on his Gameboy, watching horror movies and mixing with his friends, capable of making his own decisions, then in a day he is back in nappies, wearing a bib, suc-king on a dummy and made to sit in a highchair like a little toddler. You can understand how he must be feeling? By the looks of it, I think this little tyke is in need of a clean nappy as well.â She observed with the experience of many years as a nanny and nursery nurse.
Mrs Grimshaw pushed a button and the chair lowered to its original position and Adrian felt his feet touch the floor once again. She touched a fob on her bracelet to the centre of the harness clasp and the straps fell out of the hub releasing his shoulders. At the same time he could feel that the catch to the writing top had also been released and she carefully swung it over his head to leave him free to get down.
Adrian sat still waiting for the instruction that he could get down, but Gloria had already taken his hand and was pulling him up. âCome onâ she prompted âyou can show me where your Mummy keeps your clean nappies, sweetheartâ. He felt like an absolute baby. âNo need to be embarrassed that you cannot help wetting yourself. It is better to stay clean and dry, because staying in a wet nappy is going to lead to a bad case of nappy rash â and we donât want that do we?â She prattled on as Adrian took her to his bedroom where the nappies both large and small were piled on his desk alongside the plastic baby pants in his size.
She picked up one of his new large nappies that his aunt had bought for him. âThese are beautifulâ she exclaimed âone of the softest and thickest quality nappies I have ever seen. These are like the old Harrington Gold Seal quality my mum used to buy. You are a very lucky boy. Where is your changing pad? Oh, you havenât got one? I will get you one tomorrow from a special needs nurse I know, so no need to worryâ. She shook out a bath towel onto his bed. âThis will have to do. Now jump upâ.
Adrian complied and lay back on the towel and pulled his knees up ready for a change, putting his arms up over his head like a well-trained toddler. She pulled off his terry shorts and parted the snaps on his baby grow to reveal his plastic pants and wet nappy. She quickly had him stripped, cleaned and pinned up in a new nappy with one of his baby nappies added as a booster and fitted the new plastic pants with speed and efficiency. His vest was refitted and snapped up and his terry shorts pulled up over his nappy and pants.
âWhat a good boy!â she praised âyou and my baby Joanna are both very easy to change. You will meet her
tomorrow because she is going to come to work with me. Wonât that be fun? I can change you side by side. Youâll be able to share each otherâs nappies wonât you?â
Adrian looked hurt and shocked âIâm not a baby you know. My aunt damaged my bladder and now it doesnât work properly but it will get better. This is a temporary situation.â The dummy in his mouth made understanding him rather difficult but Gloria seemed to cope with him.
âI hope you donât mind me asking, but why are you nursing on a dummy? You must admit that it is a very babyish thing to do, donât you?â she asked softly
âMy aunt caught me smoking and she hypnotised me to replace one oral habit with another. I havenât wanted a cigarette but I now seem to be addicted to this bloody dummyâ,
âNaughty!â said Gloria slapping his hand âI will not have bad language pleaseâ
âSorryâ he said
âSorry who?â asked Gloria
âSorry Nannyâ he replied immediately
âThatâs betterâ she said kindly, ânow letâs get you downstairs to Mrs Grimshaw, who no doubt wants to start your lessonsâ.
He stood up from his bed, the thick nappy in combination with a booster made a very thick wedge between his legs and he walked with a decidedly wide-legged gait that gave him a bit of a waddle. He looked like a toddler that had just started to take its first steps.
Mrs Grimshaw had him buckled up and elevated in his desk as soon as he entered the kitchen. He suc-ked nervously on his dummy as she prepared him for his first lesson in history. She provided him with a new note book and told him to write his name on the cover in the top right-hand corner. The middle of the page was to have the title âHISTORYâ written in his best hand writing. She watched him, then shaking her head she took the book and carefully erased his efforts with a large white gum rubber. She drew two parallel lines and told him to write the letters between her guidelines. She smiled as he produced a neat cover.
âWell doneâ she praised him âthat is a very good startâ. Adrian could not have agreed more. She was eager to teach him, he was eager to please her and very unused to any type of praise or appreciation. The lesson lasted one hour and, in that time, she taught Adrian how to take short notes and make salient points to help him remember what he had been taught. He had previously tried to write down his lessons verbatim and spent so much time writing that he never really listened to what the teacher had said. He engaged with her, asking questions and expressing opinions. He was like a new sponge soaking up everything she said.
It was eleven oâclock and time for a break.
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More in the new year! Happy Christmas!