Evan gets comfortable and starts grunting. The little baby fills his diaper with poop.

Yesterday morning for me, a diet change that left me a little backed up. A very firm mess to begin with, then a large amount of softer mess right behind that one. I haven't had a messy diaper like that in a very long time. Rather enjoyable for a few hours before changing into a fresh diaper.

Everybody helps Benny play for a couple hours until it's time for dinner. Mommy calls everyone inside to eat.

I don't really know how to express how much this means to me. I think I've said before that I had no real goal for this story. It was just in my head clawing at me to get out. And after a time I couldn't ignore it and just HAD to start writing it. And then I just stepped out of my comfort zone, and here we are.   The fact that it brings a smile to someone's day means more to me than I ever really expected. I'm sorry that you have rough days, and I pray that you have calmer days with more smiles ahead. And thank you for sharing with me that this brought you some cheer.   (Also the invasion happens in a few more chapters. Don't worry about it, its probably fine.) Also, as Littles we literally have a different point of view. Their entire society has assumed for countless generations that we are basically just... toddlers (at best) you can't just turn that off like a switch.  The statement "From the mouths of Littles" being a direct parallel of the RL "From the mouths of children" is entirely purposeful. Thank you very kindly! I would like tonl say that it's just because I've been reading in the setting for some years and understand the setting, and not that I can relate to being vertically impaired and working with tall people on the regular. Or being in Second Life and the 'correct height while everyone else around me is sized like an actual Amazon. Thank you very kindly! Part of the idea behind the story is that not -all- Amazon's are horrible evil creatures. (Though there is no shortage of them!) But that in any society there will be statistical outliers. Misfits that don't fit into the mold that is expected by their society, and they have to put on a mask to go through their daily lives. (Wow, I just realized how much I can relate to that. Ouch.) The characters HAVE to blend in with the society around them. But like ones social battery, how long someone can keep up the act, and how hard of a toll it extracts varies from person to person. If there is any one moral that I could choose to share through this story, it would be to encourage the oddballs that don't fit in. Many of us know the struggle. And not being alone lightens the burden.

I think that might be a safe guess. Hard to say, at least with baby diapers, some of the less prominent or store-base brands might be as good as Huggies or Pampers.  With both Maddy's parents having been bedwetters, it's safe to say they have a lot of their own experiences that are impacting their own parenting decisions with their kids.  I don't think that Maddy's Mom is trying to undercut her daughter like that. Like I've mentioned before, Maddy's parents are trying to act in what they see as their daughter's best interest, and otherwise behaving like normal parents.  There could be a number of reasons why these pull-ups were chosen instead of the Goodnites that Maddy was wanting. It could be that the Goodnites were out of stock in her size, her mother may have just grabbed the first package of bedwetting pull-ups that she saw, the mother may have wanted to be frugal, the mother could have a preference for that brand if that is what she used for her kids when they were babies, she could have thought that Maddy might have appreciated a less babyish or childish design. Regardless, it's safe to say that the Mom's reasons for her purchase were much more likely to be benign. -- As for Maddy, it's less about wanting a babyish design (she's made it clear she doesn't want to be a baby), than the fact that she had her mind set on a very specific product and is obviously disappointed that she didn't get it. --- For Grace, this would certainly indicate that she at least hadn't worn pull-ups around Maddy's age. Yes, it is fun to show how despite how she thinks her plans are all carefully thought out that they don't always happen the way she expects. Yeah, there were a number of ways I considered having Maddy get pull-ups, but the doctor visit was the one that ended up making most sense for the story. Some other options: -Having Maddy wet herself deliberately during the day: I decided against this as it felt like Maddy wouldn't be up to doing something that embarrassing or wanting to commit to wearing pull-ups/diapers all of the time. -Maddy getting caught with Hannah's pull-ups: Considered having her sneak one of Hannah's pull-ups home, and then get caught with it.  -Asking her parents for pull-ups directly: This was probably the only other option that was really considered. But with Maddy still being apprehensive about wanting to make sure her parents don't get the idea that she wants to wear pull-ups, having it come from her doctor still made more sense.