Deedee blushed in pleasure at the unexpected praise and continued to behave like an infant as he turned her over and began to coat her bottom with a thin layer of vaseline to protect her skin during the night. Then he flipped her on her back and coated the skin between her legs in front, making sure every crevasse was covered with the waterproof gel. Ron lifted her legs again and slid a disposable diaper beneath her bottom, laying her down carefully on it’s comfortable padding. Then he pulled the diaper up between her legs and taped down the sides snuggly, lest she leak all over the crib mattress while she slept. Ron looked at the time on his watch and saw that it was almost seven o’clock. While he and Deedee normally stayed up until ten o’clock on weekdays, baby Deedee was another matter, it was time for her to go to sleep.

He picked Deedee up in both arms and carried her to the crib to tuck her in for the night. Ron returned to the living room and watched TV for a while before going to bed. After the news, he decided to turn in himself. He expected that Deedee would wake up early and he wanted to be there to take care of her needs. Just to be sure, he tiptoed into her nursery and turned on the baby monitor then he took the companion unit into the bedroom with him and set it up on the bedside table. If Deedee woke in the night and began to cry, the baby monitor would amplify her cries so he would hear them in his sleep and wake up.