With tears welling in his eyes, Billy allowed his mother to pull him to his feet as he clutched his pyjamas bottoms up around his waist. Immediately, she sat down on his bed in the same spot where Nurse Leveau had just been.

"Noooo, mamma ... I'm sorry I broke the thermometer ... I'm sorry ... I promise I won't do that again."

"You're going to be a lot more sorry in a minute, child. I'm going to spank you for lying right now. And you will be spending most of the day in bed as an extra punishment with an early bedtime after dinner. And for breaking the thermometer, you will get another spanking tomorrow." In a flash, Billy's mother yanked him over her knees and quickly pulled him across so his feet waved helplessly in the air. At five feet 2 and a hundred and ten pounds, Billy looked at least two years younger than his age and put up what Nurse Leveau noticed was little more than verbal resistance. It was clear he was no stranger to this situation.

Seizing his wrists behind his back with her left hand, Mrs Fontaine pulled his pyjama bottoms down to his ankles before planting a sound spank on his chubby bottom.

"Stop struggling, Mr Naughtybottoms and lie still. You won't be needing these pjs for the rest of the morning. You've been a bad, bad boy by lying and breaking mommy's things and now mommy is going to show you what happens to bad little boys. You're going to get a sound spanking, Billy, and mommy's not going to stop until Nurse Leveau sees what a real cry baby you are. After you've learned a good lesson, mommy is going to put your naughty bottom in the corner while Aunt Polly and I go downstairs to discuss what can be done about your latest problem. I expect you to stay in that corner while we are gone. Do I make myself perfectly clear?"

Three sound spanks fell in quick succession on Billy's bottom, making his cheeks bounce back and forth wildly.

"Yesss, mamma, yeessssss ... I understand ... I'll be good. Please don't spank me ... please, not in front of Aunt Polly!"

It wasn't the first time he had been spanked in front of someone else. His mother's sister and a some members of her ladies's group had witnessed spankings in the past. But nothing like this had happened to Billy in the past two years since he had become sensitive about his body. Unfortunately, his pleas fell on deaf ears as his mother's hand began rising and falling rapidly. Mrs Fontaine spanked hard and she spanked fast, using her strong, right tennis arm. As Billy's bottom danced back and forth, his pleas quickly turned to real crying. In about three minutes, his fanny was the color of strawberries and cream. After another two or three minutes, it was red from top to bottom. By then, Billy had broken down completely and was bawling like a baby, oblivious to the presence of his neighbor. His legs kicked back and forth wildly to no avail. Ignoring the despite the color of his bottom, his mother spanked on steadily without the slightest sign of fatigue.

Only after about twelve minutes had passed did Mrs Fontaine finally stop. Immediately, Billy jumped up and did the kind of war dance performed by younger children after a sound spanking. Apparently, modesty was no longer on Billy's mind. With his loud, juvenile crying, his tear streaked face, and his hands furiously rubbing his red fanny, Billy looked more like a boy of ten or twelve. And it was clear he had learned a good lesson. After letting him dance around the room for a few minutes, Mrs Fontaine opened her arms and gave him an expression of pure tenderness. All anger had given way to maternal reconciliation and Billy quickly returned to his mother and allowed her to gather him on her lap.

"You took your spanking well, sweetheart and mommy is proud of you."

"Oh mamma .... I'm sorry I lied ... I'm sorry I lied ... I'll try to be better, mamma, I promise I will."

"I know you can be good, sweetheart, I know you can be good. You just need to try harder, that's all, sweetheart."

"I'll try, mamma ... I'll try... I promise I will."

"I know you will, honey, I know you will."

After a long hug, Mrs Fontaine stood Billy up and led him by the hand to the corner, warning him to stay put until she and Nurse Leveau returned. His crying had died down for the most part and a certain peace had already begun to settle in. As he stood there like a naughty third grader, the two women left the room and went downstairs to discuss Billy's latest problem.

A half hour later, both women returned to Billy's room. Nurse Leveau watched as Billy's mother took him out of the corner and put him straight to bed for the rest of the day. They returned downstairs and talked for another half hour. After extensive discussion of Billy's need for close supervision, Mrs Fontaine decided to change her plans for Billy during the two week anniversary cruise she and her husband were taking later that month. Instead of leaving Billy with her sister-in-law, she decided to accept Nurse Leveau's offer of babysitting for Billy and providing more the professional attention he needed.

Mrs. Fontaine also agreed to bring Billy the next afternoon to a pediatric clinic run by Dr. Susan Cordier. Since Nurse Leveau filled in at the clinic on Monday afternoons, she would be there to introduce Mrs Fontaine and Billy to Dr. Cordier.

The next day, Amanda Fontaine gave Billy his second spanking for breaking the thermometer right after lunch. And instead of giving him some corner time, she put him in the back seat of the car and drove him off to Dr Cordier's clinic. Upon arriving, they were greeted at the reception desk by the prettiest nurse Billy had ever seen. She was somewhere in her late twenties had fair skin, auburn red hair and mysterious green eyes which mesmerized the shy youngster. Equally stunning was her plump, hourglass figure which seemed to burst out of her tight nurse's uniform and jiggle whenever she moved. Nurse Rennie buzzed an intercom whereupon Nurse Leveau appeared from the back and welcomed Mrs Fontaine and Billy. She then fetched a clipboard with a long information sheet which she gave to Billy's mother to fill out while they waited in the little vestibule.

As Billy eased himself gingerly into his hard chair, he noticed they weren't the only mother and son waiting. Directly across from him was a rather stout, grim-faced lady in her late fourties with a decidedly unhappy boy about Billy's age sitting beside her. Billy tried to meet his eyes but the other boy kept looking away.

Five minutes later, Dr Cordier emerged. A tall woman with blond hair drawn back in a bun, she made an imposing sight in her long white lab coat as she strode into the waiting room. After introducing herself and making small talk with Mrs Fontaine, she shook Billy's hand and eyed him up and down briefly before turning back to Billy's mother.

"Thank you for filling out that form, Amanda. It's fairly routine preliminary information but we like to have it on file. I have one patient here before Billy which won't take long and then Billy will be next. It won't be more than ten or fifteen minutes. Thank you for your patience."

Dr. Cordier then turned to face the other woman and said,

"Mildred, I'm read to see Danny now. Come along, child."

As Danny rose and walked through the waiting room, Billy thought he heard something rustling and crackling. Dr. Cordier gestured forward with her left hand and Danny went along in front of her down the short hall.

"We're going to the second room on the right, Danny."

As doctor and patient vanished into the examining room, Dr. Cordier closed the door behind her and silence returned to the waiting room. Danny found it impossible not to stare at Nurse Rennie sitting at the receptionist's window a few feet away. Every time he looked at her, she seemed to sense his gaze and looked up, flashing a big smile which made him look away like a shy schoolboy. A few minutes later, Dr. Cordier's voice sounded on the receptionist's intercom.

"Judy, we'll need the diaper cart back here, please. Make sure we have some size 30s and a pair of the blue plastic pants."

"Coming, Dr," Nurse Rennie replied. She stood up and walked out of her office and into the first examining room. A few seconds later, she reemerged wheeling a small cart into the hallway and over to a sliding door not fifteen feet from where Billy sat. As she opened the sliding door, Billy noticed the top shelf of the cart contained two bottles of Johnson's baby oil, a bottle of Johnson's baby lotion, three bottles of baby powder, and some Vaseline. There was also a small, circular, metal container about four inches in diameter. The lower shelf of the cart was piled with what appeared to be folded disposable diapers and cloth diapers in various sizes, all larger than anything Billy had ever seen.

Nurse Rennie bent down and looked quickly through the disposable diapers on her cart as if taking inventory. She then stood up and reached into the closet where Billy glimpsed stacks of additional diapers in varying sizes. She took four large disposable diapers from the closet, placed three on the lower shelf of the cart and left the fourth on the top shelf. She then opened a little drawer in the bottom of the closet and pulled out a stack of blue and pink plastic pants in assorted sizes. She quickly hunted through the pile before selecting a pair of light blue, semi-transparent pants which she also placed on the top shelf of the cart. After closing the drawer and the sliding door to the closet, she turned to push the cart down the hall, glancing up at Billy. And then she paused to give him the biggest smile yet as she saw him staring wide-eyed at the her diaper cart. This time, her smile sent shivers up and down Billy's spine. It was a smile which made it clear she knew a lot more than he did. She then pushed the cart down the hall and disappeared into the examining room at the end where Dr Cordier had gone.

For the next five minutes, Billy strained his ears but heard nothing from the distant examining room. As his mother filled out the forms beside him, Danny did his best to read a magazine all too aware that Danny's mother was quietly studying him. He looked up twice, directly into her steady gaze only to retreat quickly into the safety of his magazine. A door opened in the distance and Nurse Rennie came down the hall to the edge of the waiting room.

"The doctor's almost ready for you, Billy. If you'll please come along with me."

As he stood up, his mother held his hand for a moment and cautioned him quietly.

"Billy, I want you to do everything the doctor or nurses ask and answer all of their questions. Is that clear?"

"Yes, mama ... don't worry."

"That's what I want to hear. I have told Dr. Cordier and Nurse Rennie to fetch me if you give them any trouble and I do mean any trouble, young man. I didn't get you all the way down here for an appointment with a special doctor to have you start acting up. If you need a reminder from mama about how to behave with the doctor, it's not going to wait until we get home. Dr. Cordier has an extra examining room which will be empty in a few minutes. If she feels you are being uncooperative, she is going to send Nurse Rennie out here. And if that happens, you will be taken promptly into that empty room and put over my knee for a spanking. Do you understand me, child?"

Billy flushed scarlet as he realized Danny's mother and Nurse Rennie could probably hear everything his mother was saying. His worst fears were confirmed as Nurse Rennie laughed and said,

"Mrs. Fontaine, I'm sure Billy will be a good boy for us today. Won't you, child? Come along now. We don't want to keep the doctor waiting"

Billy blushed even more at these words. Despite his misgivings about going with Nurse Rennie, he was even more eager to escape the waiting room for fear his mother had more to say along these lines. He was also eager to escape the eyes of Danny's mother and the broad smile which had appeared on his face. As he followed Nurse Rennie down the hall and into the first examining room on the right, he realized she gave off a distinct smell of baby oil and baby power. And when she handed him a hospital gown, Billy noticed traces of baby powder all over her fingers.

"Here you are, Billy. Please undress completely and get into this gown. You can have a seat on the examining table here. I'll be back in a second."

Billy hesitated for a few seconds after she closed the door before undressing quickly and getting into the skimpy gown. The last thing he wanted was for one of the nurses or doctor to enter when he was half-undressed. After tying the strings in the back, he placed his clothes on an empty chair and sat on the examining table making the white paper crackle with every movement.

A few minutes later, Nurse Rennie returned with the clipboard and information sheet from his mother. Billy was glad he had changed quickly because she didn't bother to close the door behind her. After placing the clipboard on the doctor's desk, Nurse Rennie tidied up the room and placed a few things on a little tray. Suddenly, the door to the other examining room opened and Nurse Leveau emerged holding Danny by the upper arm. As they passed the open door, Billy noticed Danny's face was red with embarrassment. Once again, Billy heard a quiet rustling and crackling noise as Danny walked by. And a fresh smell of baby oil and powder wafted into the room after he passed.

Before Danny could absorb this latest development, Dr. Cordier appeared in the doorway and said,

"Judy, please start getting the usual stats on Billy for me, height, weight, temp, and so on. I need to speak with Danny's mother for a few minutes." She closed the door and left them, her footsteps clicking down the hallway.

Note: The authors would love to hear from like-minded couples in the Toronto area.