Eighteen years ago Dale Nelson was born prematurely. The doctor told Lucy Nelson her son would not grow up to normal size for his age. There are complicated medical problems with being born premature. Dale was 5 pounds at birth.

Today is April 1, 2010 on Saturday around 2 pm. Dale turned 18 and today is his birthday. Unfortunately Dale never grew bigger than a 5 year old. He had to be home schooled due to being so little. Dad could not handle the situation and ran off years ago. Lucy was not happy about being deserted by her husband.

No other children were added to the family after Dale’s situation. He grew up mostly with his mother Lucy. She was the perfect mother for many years watching after Dale like a hawk. Full grown Dale is just 3’ 6” tall weighing only 46 pounds. His growth was stunted badly.

Lucy was born into a rich family and inherited a lot of money 10 years after Dale was born. The divorced husband never found out about this after abandoning his family. Lucy don’t know what to do with Dale but wants a break from caring for the young boy full time. A nanny is hired named Nelly and she is moving in later today. Dale is about to find out about this.

“Mommy has a surprise for you Dale,” Lucy said, “I hired a nanny to take care of you since you are so small for your age.”

“Nanny?” “What do I need a nanny for since today I turned 18?” Dale asked a bit confused. “You have always taken care of me.”

“Yes honey and mommy will always be here for you,” Lucy replied, “A nanny can watch you so I can have some free time for a change.”

“Ok mommy since I am too small to be on my own,” Dale admitted. “I hope she is a nice nanny.”

“I made you a cake and bought you a few presents,” Lucy said smiling. “Nanny Nelly will be here in about an hour.”

Lucy and Dale have cake and ice cream to celebrate Dale’s birthday. The cake is a yellow cake with chocolate frosting. Vanilla ice cream is served with the cake. Dale sees several presents to open on the table.

“Open this one first honey,” Lucy said with a big present.

Dale tears off the wrapping paper and finds a brown box. He opens the box to find a stack of what looks like hand towels. He pulls one out of the box to find it is white with green edges. The hand towels are 2 layers sewn together.

“Why did you buy me a bunch of hand towels?” Dale asked a bit confused by the gift.

“Those are not hand towels sweetie,” Lucy said, “They are double thick cloth diapers for a toddler.” “You are the size of a big toddler.”

“Diapers? I don’t need diapers at my age,” Dale said, “I have not worn a diaper since I was in kindergarten.”

“Nanny Nelly works cheap since I am providing a place to live,” Lucy replied, “I told her about your occasion pants wetting and bedwetting sweetie.”

“That is not fair!” Dale replied, “I rarely wet the bed and have not wet my pants in a couple of months.”

Lucy explains she cannot make Nanny Nelly cleanup wet beds and wash peed sheets. Nanny Nelly don’t want to wash peed clothing either. She is strict and feels anyone who has wetting accidents needs to be in diapers. Lucy explained further that Nanny would charge a lot more to do those things.

“You must be kidding me mom,” Dale said, “I am not a baby.”

“No honey but you are acting like one now,” Lucy said, “you are more like a toddler to any grown adult.”

Ring – Ring, someone is at the front door. Nanny Nelly is here with a couple of suitcases. Lucy lets her in and directs her to the spare bedroom. Nanny sees Dale at the table with presents to open. She ignores the young man for now.

“Thanks for hiring me Miss Nelson,” Nelly said, “I will unpack my things and join you at the table in a few minutes.”

Nanny is pleased with her bedroom which has a double bed, TV, stereo, and a computer. There is a night stand with a lamp and a large dresser. Nanny unpacks and takes the time to get organized. She has most of her belongings stored at a relative’s house.

Dale is not happy with his first present and gets another one. He opens the smaller box to find 4 pairs of milky white waterproof baby panties in size XL which will fit him. A smaller package is diaper pins and another has diaper rash cream and baby powder.

“You gave me everything that is needed to put me back in diapers,” Dale said feeling embarrassed.

“This is for your own good Dale,” Lucy responded, “no more wet beds or wet pants that smell up your room.”

Suddenly Nanny walks into the dining room and stands by the table. She has a big smile realizing that Lucy took her advice about Dale being kept in diapers like he should be. Nanny smiles at Dale realizing he is as small as any toddler boy age 5.

“You must be the little fella who has wetting problems,” Nanny Nelly spoke up, “Nanny will put you back in diapers.”

“No mamm, nobody is putting me back in diapers,” Dale replied quickly, “I just turned 18 years old.”

“I better wash and dry those diapers right away,” Nanny said.