Small But Loved (Age-Regression)

Chapter Twenty-Two: Attitude Queen

But it's enough for her. She falls down onto her butt and starts crying bloody murder. I can't take the sight anymore. Standing up, I grab my baby and hold her close to my body.

"All done. No more spankings." I coo while rocking my body side to side.

"Nu mwore pankin' on Miwa bewty." She whines.

"No more spankings on your booty, but you do need to go and apologize to West. Be a big girl for me. Okay?"

"Otay, Mama." She wiggles to get out of my arms and I watch as she trots off towards Kai's room. Technically, West isn't allowed in Kai's room with the door closed, but my girl doesn't leave them alone for long. She's always barging in and trying to include herself. They don't want to get caught doing something risky with Mila around.

"Kai! Wet Miwa in der! I gots tew say sumthin tew West!" Mila demands while banging on the door. It's thrown open by my son and she happily trots in there, discipline nearly forgotten.

West is sitting on the edge of the bed and playing on the new phone we bought him. Ya know, since Mila destroyed his other one. She trots towards him and says, "Miwa sowwy for chur pone an chur shwirt."

"Thank you for the apology. Apology accepted." West's voice is full of warmth and understanding. No matter what Mila does, he still loves her like a sister at the end of the day. I can tell he's already super protective of her like Kai.

Those two may fight and bicker, but I'm pretty sure it's the equivalent of a sibling rivalry.

"Can I have a hug?" West asks with open arms. Mila nods and climbs her little self up into his lap, laying her head down on his shoulder.

"Dada gab me a pakin' on my bewty." She snitches. This girl, always telling people anything and everything.

"Well, you probably deserved it because you kept tearing up my stuff. Did you learn your lesson?"

"Yesth?" Mila states, but it sounds more like a question. I groan and palm my forehead. As much as I love my daughter, sometimes she is a pain in my butt. Her attitude is one of her biggest problems. Theo swears she gets it from me, but the only thing she gets from me is her sweetness.

"Maybe you need more spankings if you gotta question if you learned you lesson." West jokes.

Mila doesn't see it that way, though. She stands her chubby self up on his knees, puts her face right in front of his, and says, "Kai gib chu 'pakin NOW!"

Kai jumps onto the bed, grabs West by the shoulders, pulls him back, and proceeds to spank him. Mila jumps back from the action and laughs wildly when Kai's hand connects with West's butt.

"One! Two! Three! Four! Five!" Kai counts all the way to seventeen before finally letting West up.

"You're an ass..." He grumbles while rubbing his sore butt.

"Yesth, Kai! Chu an ass!" Mila repeats. She's like a sponge, she absorbs everything. That includes bad words and behaviors. One time, I had took Mila to the store with me and she dropped something she was carrying. Earlier that day, Theo had said 'fuck' when he dropped a dirty diaper on the floor.

Mila said the same word we she dropped her bag of gummy worms. The looks I got after that were horrible. I would prefer my toddler not to cuss, but there's worse things she could be doing.

"That's a bad word, Mila. We don't say stuff like that. You'll get soap in your mouth." I warn with a raise of my eyebrow.

She mirrors my position with her arms crossed over her chest and her eyebrow raises. Little miss attitude over here clearly didn't learn her lesson earlier. "Do you need a timeout, Mila?"

"Nu!" She gasps, throwing her arms up in the air. Mila doesn't need a timeout, she needs a nap.

"No timeout, but you are going to lay in your bed for a little while." I tell her before scooping her up in my arms. Walking into the nursery, I change Mila, then sit in the rocking chair with her.

"Do you want some milky before you lay down?" I question. Already knowing the answer is going to be yes, I lift my shirt and unlatch my nursing bra. Mila latches on and plays with my other breast while she drinks her fill.

Surprisingly, she doesn't fall asleep while nursing. Usually, some quiet and my boob is enough to get her to sleep. "Okay, pea. It's time to lay down in your bed." I tell Mila after unlatching her. She was just playing around at that point.

I put her in her crib, handing over her Nuk and favorite blanket. "I'll be back in later. Mama loves you." I tell her when she starts to whimper.

"Miwa wuv chu tew." She whispers back.