- she's a very quiet kid. doesn't talk much at all.

- doesn't have any nicknames for sarah, bear or ian. sarah is just "sarah" instead of "mama" or "mami"

- she's too embarrassed to act more childish. that's why she's so quiet and independent, because when she talks, her voice is higher pitched and sometimes she has a bit of a speech impediment.

- colouring book warrior. she has a whole stack of them

- very crafty. she loves loom bracelets and bracelets of any kind, but she loves literally any other art form. she isn't allowed to have slime anymore though.

- begs sarah to braid her hair and do fun little hairstyles, especially ones with beads

- she's such a fashionista honestly

- sometimes she's a little troublemaker though. she pranks the hell out of bear, usually the other two help her.

- bear tolerates her a little bit more when she's like this, but he's still uncomfortable.

- she is still padded, but she uses pull ups. good luck getting them on her though, because it's the one time she'll throw a fit. she doesn't want to be a "baby".

- she fights the pull up thing a lot and promises sarah she'll go if she needs to, but she never does. accidents are constant until the pull up goes back on.

- biggest stuffed animal collection on the planet actually

- she's really scared of the dark, and she's scared of thunderstorms or honestly any sort of noise. she's really anxious and hypersensitive.

- sarah has a million nicknames for baby nikki.

- nikki clings onto her mami hardddd

- sarah lowkey has multiple bruises on her hands from nikki gnawing on them all the time

- always keeps a drawer of nikki's little items at her house. she even has a night light in her room now because nikki doesn't like the dark.

- sarah also keeps a few little items in her bag at all times just in case

- nikki actually regresses at work quite often. the stress and energy drains her and mean customers make her upset, and sarah immediately runs to check on her and comfort her, which makes nikki drop fast.

- sarah has a routine for that scenario,  and it works out conveniently for everybody. she takes nikki to the stock room and has her do an easier form of inventory, so she's by herself and away from her coworkers and her boss. sarah just checks on her frequently. the inventory honestly isn't that serious either, she has toys and a colouring book for nikki if she's too little to even try work stuff. "inventory" is more of a cover so nobody checks on her

- sarah always lets nikki wear her shirts and sweaters. and nikki will not wear anything else. genuinely it's just sarah's shirts with a diaper/pull up

- nikki prefers nursing over a bottle. she likes the safety and security that comes with the skin to skin and the closer contact. she's okay with a bottle if she's at work or if sarah can't sit down for a moment to feed her

- this kid is GREEDY too actually. she will nurse for so long and 99% of the time she falls asleep.

- sarah is also a very clingy mama. she doesn't like being far from nikki, and will usually do whatever she can to stay close to her.

- sarah does use ian as a babysitter sometimes. ian's usually fine with it, he just puts the tv on and gives nikki snacks and it's fine. nikki doesn't really stay awake long enough for her to need any other entertainment anyway.

- sarah got bear to babysit ONCE and it was just because ian couldn't. and honestly it didn't even go too bad, nikki was highly entertained by sandy the whole time, the cat kept her very giggly. again with the tv, that was on too but she was hyperfocused on the cat. bear just kind of kept his distance but still remained within earshot.

- bear thinks her regression is weird, he doesn't engage with little nikki because he's attracted to big nikki and this just somehow makes him feel like a creep.

- nikki calls him "baba" and tries to interact with him, but he ignores her or redirects her.

- nikki's back and forth between calling sarah "mama" and "mami" because she spoke more spanish as a kid before her dad left, and after he left, nikki stopped really speaking spanish altogether.

- little nikki alternates between english and spanglish. sarah has to pull up google translate sometimes.

- babygirl loves her paci and her stuffed kitty. they both come everywhere with her.

- she's really clingy. needs to be near her mami at all times.

- soooo emotional. she won't throw tantrums because she's scared she'll get yelled at or hurt. but she'll cry quietly all the time.

- she hates being ignored. if you ignore her (hi bear) she will cry.

- she puts everything in her mouth. she can't be left unattended, she will choke on something.

- the worst oral fixation ever. chews on sweaters, blankets, stuffies, sarah's hand, arm, sometimes her shoulder too.

- she is a padded regressor. she needs pull ups when she's older, but she needs diapers when she's this little.

- bottle fed usually, breastfed if she's tiny enough. funnily enough, it was ian who suggested lactation supplements to sarah. he wanted to do research to be helpful.

- she's a sleepy baby. falls asleep anytime, anywhere.

- loves backrubs and loves when you run a hand through her hair.

- if she's not sleepy, she's usually happy and giggly. this kid is actually entertained by everything.

- she doesn't speak much and only says a word or two at a time, no words are ever fully grammatically correct, but you better believe she will babble nonsense for ages.

- she loves being picked up. thankfully she's so short and light, it's really easy for her to be carried around.

- she gets scared when she gets really little, it takes her a while to be comfortable when she first drops

- it's not really voluntary

- she'll hide that she's regressed or suppress it as long as she can