what it'd be like to be small: preferably the size of a 11-month-old in real life.

[SpiderBaby]

This is going to be a follow-up thread to "is it worth having a life as a full-time baby?" thread. Anyway, I got to thinking recently about what it would be like to be physically small, like baby size but still be cognitively aware and have all your faculties intact. I'd imagine that it would be very scary at first because everything would be bigger and you'd be a lot smaller. But in time you would adjust to your new lifestyle and adapt accordingly. I often wonder how I would react if I was placed in that situation. what I think, what would I feel, would I like it, would I not like it? I'm of the opinion that I would like it. Having to master my 11 month old baby body, learning how to crawl, learning how to walk, sit up, hold on to things as I learn to move around and get used to wearing my diapers. It all sounds really great! And I'd imagine that it would be pretty easy for my Mommy and Daddy to check my diapers. As weird as it sounds I kind of like the idea of everything looking bigger to me as I got small, to baby size. There's just something about it that brings a level of uneasiness and insecurity that I really love. Like it says "hey, I'm too small for this big world that I'm living in" and it makes me feel like I have to rely on Mommy and Daddy more, which I love. Cuz when you're a baby EVERYTHING is BIGGER and intimidating and I kind of like that feeling to be honest. Having that makes me feel loved and secure and it makes me think that I made the right choice to be a baby if a scenario like that ever happened to me. My diapers would look huge, my clothes would look huge, my bottles, my toys, my plushies, my playpen, even my pacifiers, Would look huge and everything would be larger then it actually is. Which I think is awesome!

Does anybody else feel the same way or is it just me?

[Rachael-Little]

I don’t think I would like to be that small, smaller than I am now yes but that’s so I can fit in more ladies clothes easier, I love so many cute ladies clothes but it’s hard to find in my bigger size. I enjoy being a baby but being that small no for me 

[Pelusban]

According to the current state of science and technology, it's quite impossible to shrink your body into a baby. So instead of that, I'd try to find substitutes.

One way is to use larger props, like big furniture and enlarged baby toys. You could feel your body smaller this way - but only relative to the environment. Your body proportions will remain the same, and you still will be too big relative to your Mommy.

Another way is virtual reality, but that's not developed enough yet. There are a few 360 degrees videos on Youtube showing the world from baby or toddler perspective. The illusion is nice, but not perfect at all.

I wonder how far this could go with the right equipment though. For example, the touch sense is mapped all over your skin, but probably the proportions and distances are less important. Perhaps it's possible to trick your brain to feel different body proportions. For example, when you see your baby hands touching a toy while you feel the same touch, or you move your hands and see the baby hands are moving accordingly. Your brain combine these and perceive your baby hands real. Maybe not at first, but it can learn.

[SpiderBaby]

37 minutes ago, Pelusban said:

According to the current state of science and technology, it's quite impossible to shrink your body into a baby. So instead of that, I'd try to find substitutes.

One way is to use larger props, like big furniture and enlarged baby toys. You could feel your body smaller this way - but only relative to the environment. Your body proportions will remain the same, and you still will be too big relative to your Mommy.

Another way is virtual reality, but that's not developed enough yet. There are a few 360 degrees videos on Youtube showing the world from baby or toddler perspective. The illusion is nice, but not perfect at all.

I wonder how far this could go with the right equipment though. For example, the touch sense is mapped all over your skin, but probably the proportions and distances are less important. Perhaps it's possible to trick your brain to feel different body proportions. For example, when you see your baby hands touching a toy while you feel the same touch, or you move your hands and see the baby hands are moving accordingly. Your brain combine these and perceive your baby hands real. Maybe not at first, but it can learn.

That's so interesting. I didn't even think about that honestly. Thank you for adding this New perspective. Maybe one day virtual technology will have advanced enough so something like this could be possible, a "baby simulator" if you will. I think that would be pretty cool!