Meaning of adult baby | Babel Free

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A person who enjoys role-playing a regression to an infant-like state and acting like a baby or toddler, as through wearing diapers, engaging in babylike activities, babbling, etc., generally for sexual gratification.

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“By consenting to go along with Jerry's fetish, Barb set herself apart from the vast majority of women who live with adult babies. This makes her story not only unusual but significant. Instead of getting freaked out, as most women would have done, Barb has actually used it to add excitement to the couple's sex life.”

“Diaper Pail Friends […] World's largest adult baby–diaper lover club. Thousands of members listed for contacts. Large selection of diapers, big baby clothing, videos, audio tapes, photos, directories, stories, books, case histories.”

“Well, he appears to be an AB. You know, an adult baby. It's a fetish in which the baby is taken care of in every way by a mommy or a daddy.”

“Adult babies may wear diapers or toddler clothes, sit in baby chairs, drink from baby bottles, sleep in cribs, and talk and act in a babylike fashion. Sometimes there are BDSM elements: The man may play a role in which returning to babyhood is a punishment to which he is forced to submit. Adult babies are not interested in sexual contacts with actual babies.”

“Some people wrongly assume that adult baby fetishism is connected to paedophilia. In fact, paraphilic infantilism, also known as autonepiophilia, is the desire to return to an infant-like state, and infantilists are not attracted to children.”

“Organisers of the Littles Lock In, which began in Edinburgh in 2016, say that the event will include a swing, a 22ft bouncy castle, an animatronic triceratops, a cinema playing cartoons, and a custom adult baby gym.”

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