When he had finished assembling the crib, he suddenly remembered Deedee’s wet diaper and guiltily went to the playpen to get her and change her diaper. He was surprised that he had forgotten about the diaper, getting sidetracked by other jobs was Deedee’s favorite trick, not his. He decided that Deedee’s transformation had affected him more that he had realized. He had been stunned when he saw her change into a baby before his eyes. Since then, he had been running on autopilot trying to get a handle on things before they became overwhelming. Ron took her into the nursery and put her on the crib to change her diaper. Deedee lay back on the white sheet covered mattress and waved her legs happily. This was something she liked! She gurgled and cooed up at Ron and blew bubbles adorably. Ron thought that she looked like she was having a wonderful time. He unfastened the tapes on the diaper and carefully pulled the front of the diaper down between her legs before he lifted her feet and slide a clean diaper beneath her bottom. A quick swipe with the baby wipes he had bought and she was clean. Then he fastened the tapes of the disposable, pitched the soggy rolled-up diaper into the trash can and carried her back to the playpen so he could sit down and think. He knew she probably would have rather been wearing a cloth diaper, but he wasn’t sure he wanted to fool with washing dirty diapers until he got things under control again.
Ron lowered her into the playpen and then went to the kitchen to make her a bottle of juice to drink while he investigated the lamp. He opened the small bottle of Gerber apple juice he had gotten at the grocery store and poured the contents into a baby bottle, screwing on the nipple tightly so it wouldn’t leak. Then he returned to the playpen and leaned over the railing to pass it into her waiting hands. Deedee cooed in thanks as she took the bottle from him and began sucking on the nipple immediately. He left her as she was and went to the kitchen to look at the lamp. Ron picked up the lamp gingerly, not wanting to cause the lamp to change him into an infant as well. He looked it over and saw nothing out of the ordinary on the lamp.