Marc Spector as a regressor 🖤
🌘 needs down time/alone time after regressing
🖍 well behaved but became more playful and/or fussy as he got more comfortable with you
🌘 his nicknames for you: Baba, bubbi, miss/mister, mama, toot toot (/ref).
🖍 your nicknames for him: bub, little bud, baby boy, bean, little moon, honey.
🌘 prefers his thumb over pacifiers. He chews on his shirt hem or sleeves a lot as a replacement to a teether when he’s nervous.
🖍 has a bedside chest of toys. He mostly has toys and activities he missed out on in his childhood. But You buy Marc more modern things as well and he’s totally in love with those too.
🌘 needs calming music when upset
🖍 his regression is mostly involuntary and easily negative without supervision. That said, he often has breakdowns.
🌘 I cannon that he has a petspace as well
🖍 he likes onesies a lot but it took you a LONG time for him to be comfy wearing one around you willingly.
🌘 Steven usually has the body while Marc is his tiny self because the outside world can be very scary for Marc. When you’re around though, he’ll come out.
🖍 loves when you play with his hair or help him bathe (he either loves or hates bathtime so its helpful to ease him into it first). That said marc also cant stand being cold or sit still for the life of him.
🌘 he tries not to call you cg nicknames but fails miserably.
🖍 marc gets frustrated with himself pretty quickly, especially when he struggles to communicate. He gets aggravated with his babytalk and when that happens, you grab him a notepad to write on instead of talking.
🌘 also has accidents at times like Steven, but it takes an excessive amount of stress.
🖍 Oh boy does Marc love praise and being babied.. especially when he’s having trouble fully regressing, he doesn’t even need to say he needs help before you’re already making him slip.
🌘 LOTS of upset stimming (sometimes they are self harmful- you and Steven work with him to accommodate for those.)
🖍 Marc is pretty giggly, he loves when you read him silly stories or tell jokes to cheer him up.
🌘 Enjoys watching TV sometimes but would rather get attention from you and entertainment away from devices.
🖍 bedtime routine all the way ; its particular to helping him ground before bed so he doesn’t have night terrors and only sleep in increments.
🌘 when he’s small, the boys usually go through a lot of switches before Marc is fully regressed and okay on his own.
🖍 enjoys playing games like hide and seek and educational activities
🌘 ^ expanding on the above, his education experience was very easily something he wanted to claim back; he has a bunch of learn-to-write books, activity booklets, worksheets, coloring sheets, and word searches.
🖍 Marc likes ‘class time’. Since he likes learning, You two came up with a little routine when he’s small for you to hold a school activity. Homeschooling if you will. You act as a teacher and him a student). You teach him things within his current age range, you quiz each other on said learned subject, you have crafts projects, building activities, ‘individual work’ time, etc.
🌘 loves crinkly sounds and rattles, so Marc just lovvess those sensory cubes. He also enjoys sensory bins or sandboxes.
🖍 Always wants to show you, Steven, or Layla drawings he’s made. You all always hang them up.
🌘He has no cg preference. Layla happened to be his previous caregiver (/pos) and still often babysits!
🖍️ this should totally be at the top but his age range goes from 1 years old to 9-10 years old. Although his common headspace is around 5-6. Marc experiences regression due to trauma, stress and other reasons! I cannon he has a petspace as well.
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