She was sure that his infantized reflexes would begin to take over after a few days and he’d stat behaving like a baby no matter how he wanted to act. The temper tantrum he had earlier told her just how close he was to regressing emotionally into an infant. From the way he looked, Deedee thought that it wouldn’t take much to push him over the edge into full infancy.
Kimberly grabbed Deedee under her armpits and hoisted her off of her hip to lower her quietly into the playpen beside Ron. She turned and went back into the nursery to get the crib ready for their nap, leaving Deedee to her own devices in the playpen. “After that big lunch that Dee just had,” Kimberly thought to herself, “…it won’t be long before she goes nite-nite too. “