#did littles

Well the question might didn't change but the person asking sure did!

Pretty please just tell me again, I promise we aren't being rude or being insecure so much, I just genuinely don't remember the question was even being said

Thanks!

Arquatic Cloud here:

Jules made this

ID:

1. petregressor age dreamer flag colors and traumagenic star flag colors with socks from bluey in the center picture

2. Blue this user box "this user is a sfw puppy pet regressor" with pet regressor flag in the box icon in gradient blue and Grey font color

3. This user box "this user is a nonspeaking autistic" im gradient blue and gray font color with light blue pastel bunny for the box icon

something my therapist did that really connected with them was talking to them in embodied language: "i would sit next to you and give you a hug, if you wanted one. i would listen to you and hold your hand. i hear the things you are saying and i feel so much sympathy for you."

Below, I’m going to list some I guess categories(?) of littles within our system.

There are littles who are straight up just little kids. They act like little kids. They want to do little kid things.

There are alters who were dormant for a long time, and still have the kind of mindset we had as a kid. Mostly these are trauma holders trying to catch up on lost time, but still act childish. (Honestly, most littles in our system are also trauma holders.)

There are alters who are age regressors or age sliders that mostly have the mindset of a child. A lot of these alters are aware of newer things or whatever, but still childish.

Overall, even within these loose categories I listed, there is a lot of variation in how much little alters will understand “adult” thing. I think part of it has to do with how, collectively, we don’t really understand “adult” things anyways. Responsibilities are complicated, and constantly having to do things mostly on our own, and barely even knowing what we’re supposed to do is hard.

Being a system is like having a collection of perspectives to try and cope with the world, but with a general lack of understanding, there’s only so much we can do.

So I am always looking for something fun to bring home the littles, and I saw this at the grocery store and immediately grabbed it. I’ve watched BrutalMoose make some of these, so I knew about them already.

The kids loved it! We sat down together and did it together. The host is always present but he also likes making little things so this was perfect.

They are not childish personalities

They are littral children

Idk why this needs to be brought up again

Some littles may be able to do more "adult things" like drive due to experince or being co etc. But they are still CHILDREN

Other than plushies....

Light Up Sneakers

Overalls

Watching Cartoons

Eating Childish Foods (peanut butter and jelly, nuggets, crackers, etc)

Juice (Kool-Aid, Apple Juice, Juice Boxes, etc.)

Low Pigtails/Braids or Hair Clips

Baseball Caps or Bucket Hats

“Granny” Underwear Thats Super Cozy And Modest Yet Frilly

Backpacks (I use a Louis Vuitton backpack as my purse on the daily)

Disney Songs

Keyring with lots of fun jingley things hanging on it

Socks that are too big but you can wear around the house

Vintage Nightgowns (Thrift Stores are great for this!)

Clothes in Primary Colors

Little to No Makeup/Natural Looking Makeup

Doodles

Looking for Ladybugs or Crickets

Saying “Hello” to any little creature that crosses your path

Coloring Books and Crayons

Going to Museums (especially science and natural history ones)

Divided Plates

Drink Cold Drinks out of a Mug with both hands

Play with your pets

Play simplistic computer games (Big Fish always has free trials of cute games that will still challenge co-fronting alters while the little ones get pretty scenery or what have you.)

Jigsaw Puzzles (They have Lisa Frank ones at The Dollar Store)

Stickers

If your system is like ours, this may help. We like to treat our littles to co-front often while still being discreet af about it, these methods are tried and true to let your littles express themselves without drawing too much attention to the body/system as a whole. Hope this helps!