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Infantilism is the quality of imposing, pretending, or becoming an infant.
In the normal development of children, it is common for very young children to regress temporarily under stress and feign infantilism.
In adult psychology and sexuality, infantilism is a type of sexual roleplaying that may be part of BDSM in which a person takes the role of a baby. It is a subset of ageplay and often regarded as edgeplay.
Infantilists usually combine the submission of the baby role with the fetishes of diapers, though not all infantilists actually practice coprophilia or watersports. Some (known as diaper lovers) enjoy wearing diapers without taking the role of an infant, and not all infantilists or diaper lovers practice dominant/submissive roleplay. Some infantilism is purely regressive, without any sexual contact, while others include sexuality. Where dominance and submission are involved,the top or dominant plays the role of a parent, nursemaid, or babysitter.
Infantilism practitioners tend to divide themselves between teen babies,who begin to practice infantilism between the ages of 12 to 20, and adult babies,who either begin to or continue to practice infantilism at higher ages.For legal reasons adults are limited from discussing sexual aspects with minors,and online communities therefore seek to separate them.Both enjoy shedding the hardships of life and regressing to an earlier time. This can include wearing and using diapers, using baby paraphernalia (such as pacifiers, bibs, bottles, rattles and toys), and being taken care of by someone else.Another allied phenomenon is the Daddy's Girl fetish lifestyle.
Infantilism should not be confused with infantophilia, the sexual attraction to small children, or paedophilia, a sexual attraction to children in general.
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