Dear Sir,

The last couple of months I have been reading your fine publication with interest. I am the mother of three children, who this letter is going to be about. First of all let me state the babying of adults and children really interested me.

We live in Long Island, and everybody knows everybody in our neighborhood. Three months ago a family moved in down the block. They have two children, a boy of six and a girl of four. The next day the children were playing in front of their house and I noticed that they were probably in diapers. I was right, as the same day I saw diapers and baby panties on the line.

Then a few days later I met the mother at the supermarket, and I introduced myself and we talked. I asked her if it was correct that she still had her children in baby diapers? She said it was correct as they still were bed-wetters, and had occasional accidents still.
I told her I have three children who are still bed-wetters. (My children are ages 4, son: 5, daughter: and 9, son).

She invited me over to her place after supper, and what I saw both surprised and excited me. Her children were just being readied for bed. She took me into the children’s room, which is similar to a nursery. Both children still sleep in cribs. She undressed them on the dressing table and both wore wet diapers. They both got spankings along with a lecture. Both were given a bath and put back in fresh diapers and baby panties, along with pyjamas. Into their cribs they went.

Then we sat down and discussed the above, and she showed me your wonderful magazine. She then suggested I put my children back in diapers. I told her I had thought about it but feared ridicule, but seeing it wasn’t that unusual, I would. Then she said she had a surprise for me. She called her husband in and told him to lower his trousers some, and I saw he had pink panties on. I laughed, and saw he was embarrassed. Then his wife told him it was time for her to put him in his bedclothes. He pleaded with her, not now. She took him into the bedroom and she told me she’s be right out. She came out with her husband dressed in pink babydoll pyjamas and pink furry slippers. She told him to pull down the bottom of the pyjama and I saw pink baby plastic baby panties and the outline of diapers.

I really had to laugh. She told me this had been going on for quite a while, and why he deserved it. I asked a silly question - whether he ever wet them, and she told me occasionally, and he got spanked just like the children. She asked me if I intended to follow suit with my children. I told her I would and she suggested we go shopping the next day, which was Saturday.

I went home and told my husband about it, but not about her husband. He said it was all right as long as he didn’t have to shell out any money. I told him I had some money saved, so it was agreed. My neighbor came over in the morning and we left. I asked her how her husband was, and she said he was home taking care of the kids in his diapers, as she kept him in them all weekend.
We went to a department store to purchase the necessary things. I got three dozen pair of baby panties. I got the toddlers' large for my oldest son, as she assured me they would fit him, also a dozen diaper pins of assorted colors, and also baby powder, baby oil, plus baby bottles and pacifiers.

I also got girls' frilly panties for my oldest son as I wasn’t going to put him in day diapers during school, just weekends. When I got home my children were still in. I told them what was to take place. The oldest two disagreed, but my husband said to listen and do what I said.

I started with the youngest as I brought him into his room. He offered no resistance. I oiled and powdered him and pinned to his undershirt two diapers and put a pair of baby panties on him. Then it was my girl’s turn. She cried. She had a play dress on and I took her panties off and put her in two diapers and pink baby panties.

My husband brought my oldest son in and he pleaded with me not to do it. He said he’s stop wetting. I had him take off his shoes, trousers and underpants and told hem to lay on his bed. I applied baby oil with baby powder. I decided on four baby diapers and put them under him. When I pulled them up between his legs he cried. I pinned them to his shirt with pink diaper pins. I was so happy when the baby panties fitted him. A little loose, but served the purpose.

I would like to have like them to be pink but they didn’t come in his size. If any of you mothers know how I can get pink ones I’d appreciate it. I thought he looked so cute. With his pants on there was a cute tell-tale bulge.

That day I also got the old crib out for my daughter, as my younger son still was in one and my older one was too big for one. At lunch they were all bibbed, and all used a baby bottle.

In the morning they were all wet, and all got over-the-knee spankings and were then were bathed and put back in diapers. Monday the two youngest were kept in day diapers, and my oldest son wore panties. Naturally he didn’t like this but he had no choice. I reminded him it was better than wearing diapers.

So a couple of months have passed and all are receiving the same treatment. The oldest boy now wears either baby dolls or a nightie to bed. I’m thinking of putting him in dresses in the summer, as we go to the shore for the summer holidays. My youngest son is back in rompers now for an easy change. Like his brother, I will have him in sun-suits and play dresses in the summer.

A couple of other mothers in the neighborhood have followed suit. There is even one with a 13 year old son who still wets the bed. Now he can wet his diapers, as he has been in night diapers for a few weeks. He is also our Friday night babysitter. His mother now dresses him for this girlish job. He wears his sister’s dress or skirt.

I hope the letter isn’t too long to be published, as I’m hoping for comments.
Sincerely,

"Wide-awake Mom"

I think there were a few follow-up letters, although they tended to be disapproving. Most writers to the old 'JW' agreed that 'spankings' and 'lectures' were ridiculous, and would do no good at all, for children of only 6 and 4, as the new neighbour's children are. However, all agreed that dummy discipline was a very good idea for misbehaving husbands, although the letter does not give any details about the reasons for this. 

Rightly or wrongly, this was certainly a household where the wife and mother ruled the family.
Susan