A reality where 27-year-olds like her were still considered toddlers

While the Megan in the original dimension celebrated an accomplishment of academia, another Megan in another reality lived a very different life. This Megan, called Meggy for clarity, was like everyone else her age in her reality; she was considered to be a toddler despite being fully grown.

Meggy propped herself against the bars of her crib, her diaper swollen and sagging against the snaps of her onesie just like every morning. Her lips held her pacifier in place as she suckled at it as always, her cries of “Mamaaaaa, Mamaaaaaaa!” being mumbled around the rubber nipple. Her mother Sarah entered the room and scooped the suddenly-giggling Meggy in her incredibly-strong arms and carrying the 27-year-old toddler out to the kitchen.

Sarah plopped Meggy down into an oversized high chair and fastened a bib around the 27-year-old’s neck. She gently removed the pacifier from Meggy’s mouth and placed on the high chair tray a platter of bite-sized finger food fit for an overgrown toddler. While Meggy made a mess of her breakfast, Sarah quickly tended to Meggy’s 32-year-old brother who had recently started potty training and then, as every morning, breastfed Meggy’s 23-year-old infant sister.

After wiping Meggy’s breakfast-covered face clean and letting her further fill her diaper, Sarah carried her physically-adult daughter to the changing table along one wall of her nursery. Sarah carefully unwrapped the soiled and sodden diaper from her daughter, wiping the mess from her daughter’s hairless crotch and behind before liberally applying cream and powder and wrapping her in a fresh diaper while Meggy squirmed and giggled around her pacifier. The old diaper joined the pail alongside the table, another addition to a tally of used diapers that would span into Meggy’s thirties.

Sarah left her daughter in just a diaper as she went to play, not knowing her reality was fusing with one where her daughter was much much more mature.