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Beetlejuice agere headcanons
Usually around toddler age. Typically 2-4
Regresses pretty frequently. He finds it very easy to slip and even when he isn’t fully little he is often between headspaces
His regression is pretty involuntary and tends to sneak up on him
It confused him for a long time since he wasn't sure what was happening. Then once he figured it out he was in denial for a long time.
The one time that he regressed in front of his mother she was not very nice to him about it and it became just another thing about him that she ruthlessly criticized. After that experience he was pretty wary of letting anyone else find out about it
Beetlejuice isn’t very good at being aware of his surroundings so be bumps into and knocks over things a lot when little
When he’s little he wears his heart on his sleeve and his hair tends to have a more pastel color scheme
He’s pretty talkative when little but frequently it’s more babbling or growling than it is actual words. When he gets frustrated or upset he has a difficult time with words
When he’s regressed beetlejuice is very emotional and a bit more openly unsure of himself
He tends to stick close to people and gets very upset if they leave him or if he can’t find them. Even if that “leaving him” is just them going to the bathroom. He has a lot of separation anxiety due to his fear of abandonment and will cry nonstop if left alone while small
This isn’t usually too much of an issue since little beetlejuice also needs near constant supervision in order to keep him out of trouble. Having a toddler aged beetlejuice who loves pranks and has full access to his powers is a recipe for disaster if left unsupervised
He constantly insists he doesn't need to nap (and honestly the Deetz-Maitland household is sort of unsure if he does since he’s a ghost and a demon) but if he pushes himself too much and forgets to sleep he does end up cranky so they figure its for the best that he has a naptime just in case
He likes to be carried a lot. Barbara in particular feels a huge amount of personal satisfaction when she learns she is able to harness her ghost powers to make herself incredibly strong and is able to carry Beetlejuice around with her with the same ease as one might carry an actual toddler
At everyone else's instance he does have a bathtime but he’s determined to be as difficult as possible about it. (this lasts about 5 minutes before he is introduced to bath toys and bubbles and having someone wash your hair and then he’s completely enamored) he still throws a fit every time he needs a bath though (and if he gets bored and he isn’t being closely watched he will make a break for it while soaking wet and fully nude). He also has to be stopped from eating the soap and drinking the shampoo
He’s very creative when little. He likes to color and play with clay and slime and playdoh. He also likes to be outside and play in the dirt. He likes to make a mess and frequently tracks dirt into the house or gets slime in the carpet. He has been banned permanently from glitter of any kind.
Huge bug collector. Lydia helps him identify what kind they are. He eats about half of them
“Food” is sort of a loose term with beetlejuice since he is able to eat a lot of traditionally non-food things without consequence. He likes to eat bugs sometimes and he loves pizza and ice cream. Delia’s cooking, which often comes out borderline inedible to everyone else, is actually some of his favorite (he especially likes it when she burns things because it “gives the food more flavor”). Delia has decided to take this as a personal win and does genuinely love making meals for little Beej. the Maitlands who are both very good cooks try not to take it personally that their little demon prefers Delia’s cooking over theirs
Beetlejuice is messy in general and when he’s both eating and little, that mess triples. All of his dishes are plastic and suction to the table and he is only allowed to drink out of sippy cups. Usually adam or barbara will attempt to feed him to help curb some of the mess and he’s usually so starry eyes at being taken care of by them that he readily accepts it
Once everyone in the household knows about his regression beetlejuice finds himself in the sudden possession of a large number of toys. He has ugly dolls from Lydia and a bunch of stim toys that he pretty much always has on hand. Delia very quickly realized that while Lydia wasn’t interested in most traditionally girly toys, beetlejuice very much was and so she frequently buys them for him. Charles has also taken it upon himself to get beetlejuice some toys that he thinks he would have purchased for his son had he ended up with one (the remote control car was a huge hit especially once beetlejuice realized he could shrink himself down and ride it while Charles steered). Adam and barbara can’t exactly go to the store but they have both made him several things as well
When he first told her about his regression, Lydia gave him one of her old childhood dolls as a show of support. It is rattly and patched and she stitched it to look as menacing and strange as possible. He loves it more than anything in the world and takes great care of it
The Maitlands were pretty insistent that he own more clothes than just his suit and asked charles and delia to take beetlejuice clothing shopping. He hated it a lot but there were some shining moments like when Delia encouraged him to buy the pretty sundress he was looking at instead of making fun of him. Or when Charles helped him adjust the coat he was trying on and patted him on the back. His favorite thing to wear when small are sweatpants and a hoodie. He likes to be comfy
Beetlejuice chews and bites at everything and so to manage this his family bought him a lot of teething toys, chewlery, and pacifiers
Delia claims to have known about his regression first “because of his aura” and whether or not that’s true is anyone's guess but beetlejuice officially told the Maitlands first. They convinced him to confide in the rest of the family.
Everyone pitches in to take care of him. Lydia acts like an older sister to him when he’s small and they play fun games and get into trouble together. Adam and Barbara are usually there for the softer parts of his regression like bedtime and bathtime. Delia is oddly good at calming him down if he’s upset and the two actually get along really well when he’s small. Charles is a little more distant but he’s trying in an awkward dad way
After a while of living with them and once they are all aware of his regression beetlejuice will occasionally slip up when small and refer to delia, charles, adam, and barbara as some version of mom/dad
Loves nicknames a lot. Bumblebee, beetle, juicebox, bug, beetlebaby, baby, beej, and bee are some of his favorites
He is very anxious about messing up when small as and as a result of Juno’s abuse tends to expect the worst over small mistakes. Yelling is an absolute no for him in any headspace. He will usually just need a lecture and to maybe clean up or apologize. Occasionally Adam and Barbara will put him in time out (delia is a bit of a pushover and won’t follow through if he cries and charles is the person in the house beetlejuice is the most scared of. Not because of anything he did really but because beetlejuice doesn't know how to handle father figures)