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You hadn’t dropped in a while. Like a few months, you just couldn't seem to get in the mindset no matter how hard you tried. Wanda and Natasha have been worried about you since the second week. Natasha and Wanda had tried everything they could to get you to drop, from calling you ‘baby girl’ to trying to get you to play with Steve,Tony, and Clint when they were little. They even brought you to every kids section in every store they could find. But you just weren’t feeling it.
Currently you were in your room feeling down, wanting so badly to be in your little state, but not being able to.
“Hey baby,” Natasha comes in and sits down on the bed next to you.
“Wanda is in the kitchen baby, you want to go meet her?”
“Yeah, I guess,” You say with no enthusiasm. Natasha gets up and holds her hand out for you. You grab it and make your way to the kitchen where Wanda is waiting for you.
“Hi baby!” Wanda says happily. You smile at her before your attention is drawn to something else. You spot a baby bottle sitting on the counter.
Suddenly your mind goes fuzzy.
“Ma-ma” You say sucking on your thumb.
“Hi baby girl,” Wanda says smiling at Natasha. You make grabby hands at Natasha, and when she doesn’t immediately pick you up you start to cry.
“Baby don’t cry, it’s okay i’ve got you.” Natasha says as she picks you up. Natasha cups your face, using the pad of her thumb she wipes your tears away. You lay your head on her chest as you continue to suck on your thumb. Wanda looks at Natasha puzzled, you usually didn’t suck on your thumb unless you were really sleepy or weren’t feeling okay.
“Baby girl, are you feeling okay,” Wanda asks as she brushes the hair out of your eyes.
“Pe-pe,” You say back shyly. Seconds later Natasha feels wetness on her arm where she is holding you.
“Baby girl?” Natasha says, your cheeks get a rosy red. You hide your head in her chest and whine.
“Okay baby, let’s go get you cleaned up,” Natasha says you don’t lift your head out of your hiding spot. Natasha gives Wanda a worried look. You’ve only ever done that when you were really scared. Wanda calls Pepper, her having been a caregiver way longer than her.
“Hey Pepper it’s Wanda, I need help with something.” Wanda says over the phone while Natasha washes you off.
“Yeah so Y/N finally dropped,” Wanda waits as Pepper speaks to her on the other end.
“Yeah it’s really great, except something is different, she’s not acting like she usually does. She had an accident and has been sucking her thumb, the only words she has said have been ‘Mama’ and ‘pepe’.” …
“Oh, really?”
“Okay perfect, thank you so much,” Wanda says hanging up seconds later.
“Okay so Pepper said that Y/N might be in a littler head space than she usually is in because she hasn’t dropped in so long. She said by the way she hasn’t talked much that she’s about 8 months old, or around there.” You just sit there sucking your thumb. You make grabby hands at Natasha wanting her to hold you again.
“So she’s just a baby now?” Natasha asks as she picks you up.
“Yeah, I guess she didn’t say how long it would last, but she guessed it would take a while at least for her to change back into her normal little state.”
“Do you think we should get some supplies? We aren’t really prepared for a baby-baby,” Natasha says.
“Yeah you want to go to the store?” Wanda says.
“Yeah, should we leave her here?” Wanda suggests. looking at you.
“Baby do you want to go with Mama and I or stay here?”
“Ma-ma” You say happily.
“I guess she’s going,” Natasha says. You three make your way down to the car while Wanda makes a list of stuff you’ll need.
“Okay so I have dippers, a pacifier, and baby food. Anything else I'm missing?” Wanda asks.
“No I think that’s good,” Natasha says.
“Baby girl you’re gonna have to have Mama hold you,” Natasha says
“Ma-ma,” Is all you say in response. Natasha hands you over to Wanda and you two get in the back seat. Wanda knows it isn’t safe but she doesn’t want to upset you, so you sit on top of her facing her.
“We’re here baby,” Wanda says.
“Ma-me” You say back wanting to be back in her arms. Natasha picks you up and off from Wanda and into her. Walking up to the store Wanda grabs a cart.
“Okay baby girl, Mommy is going to set you in her okay?” Natasha asks. You look up at her with big eyes when she sets you in the cart. You sit there just staring at her before you deem that it’s okay. You get to look at Mommy and Mama while they shop and roll you around, and you're just fine with that.
Wanda and Natasha wander down some isles looking for the various items they need. They get the diapers and the baby food. You absolutely hate green beans with a passion so they avoided getting that for you.
When you arrived in the baby toys and activities section they stopped so you were right in front of the pacifiers. You take a second to take it all in. There was every color you could ever think of, and some of them had animals on them.
Wanda and Natasha pick out some that they think you might like.
“Hey baby girl look, this one has a koala on it,” Wanda says holding up the koala pacifier so you can see. You pout and look around.
“Bun-bun?” You ask.
“Baby girl Bunny is at home,” Wanda says to you. You stop looking around and your eyes start to fill with tears.
“Hey, it’s okay. It’s okay baby girl. I got her right here.” Natasha says as she takes out your stuffed koala from her bag.
“Bun-bun!” You say happily. Hugging her tightly to your chest.
“I brought it just in case.”
“Aren’t you mother of the day?” Wanda says with a smile.
“Well I just thought she might want it.”
“Well you thought right.” You spot a lime green pacifier as they talk to each other. You make grabby hands at it and whine when you can’t reach it. Natasha and Wanda finally look over. Wanda seeing you trying to grab a green pacifier.
“You like this one baby?” She says as she hands it to you. Your eyes widen instantly.
“I think we found a winner,” Natasha chuckles.
“Are you ready to go home baby?” Wanda asks. Still infatuated with your new pacifier you nod your head.
When you get to the check out lane Wanda has to take the pacifier from you so the check out lady can scan it. Wanda tries to take the pacifier until you yelp at her.
“Baby girl, Mama needs that for a minute, then i'll give it right back okay?” Wanda says as she takes the pacifier out of your hands. Your bottom lip wobbles and you start to cry. You cry and cry, and then finally the screams come. High pitched screams that could make people's ears bleed.
“Wanda. Give. It. Back.” Natasha says with worry and fear.
“Hey baby, here look.” Wanda tries to calm you down and give you your pacifier back, but it doesn't work and you scream louder. Natasha wheels you out of the store and Wanda follows behind.
Natasha thinks back to something she read.
When a baby is having a fit, they most likely just want someone to comfort them.
Natasha picks up your screaming flailing body and holds you tight to her in a Thor hug.
“Shhhh baby, it’s okay. Mommy’s right here.” You fight against her for a while until you can’t anymore. You finally relax against her breathing heavily with tears still streaming down your face.
“That’s it baby, Mama and Mommy are right here,” Natasha coos at you. Finally you’re just a big mess of sniffles. Wanda puts all the things into the car and brings the pacifier and Bunny into the back seat with her. Natasha put you in the back with Wanda and you snuggled up into her holding Bunny.
“Here baby, you want this?” Wanda says opening the package and getting the green pacifier out. You nod sleepily and she puts the pacifier up to your lips. You take it into your mouth taking a timid suck. You decide that it’s good and continue sucking on it. Snuggled into Mama with Bunny you feel warm and safe. Closing your eyes you fall asleep.
When you wake up you're still in your little baby state and you're hungry. Wanda is holding you, but she’s asleep.
“Ma-ma?”
“Ma-ma, ma-ma” Finally she starts to wake up.
“Well hi baby girl,” She says with a sleepy smile. She hears your stomach growl back at her.
“You hungry baby?” Again your stomach answers her.
“I’ll take that as a yes,” She says with a chuckle. She gets out of bed and picks you up. Wanda carries you downstairs where the bottle from earlier is still sitting on the counter. You point to it and look back up at Wanda. Wanda picks up the bottle and sits down on the couch with you. She was just going to give you the bottle when she remembered that you were a 8 month year old instead of your usually 3 year old.
Wanda holds the bottle up to your mouth and you wrap your hand around it. Taking into your mouth you suck on it eagerly. You look up at Mama to see her smiling down at you. She brushes the hair out of your face. You smile back up to her through the nipple of the bottle. You empty the bottle in less than 5 minutes. You see Tasha come in and she sits next to you. Wanda gets up and refills the bottle for you. When she comes back she sees that Natasha has taken her place.
“Here you go,” She says, handing the bottle to Nat. Mommy feeds you and after your done you sit up.
“I love you,” you say, surprising both of them.
“Baby girl?” Natasha asks.
“Hi Mommy.”