I Didn't Sign Up for This

Between our not-yet-potty-trained son and two cats, I seem to spend a significant amount of my time managing poop.

Change a diaper, clean the cat box, change a diaper, clean the cat box, wash stinky clothes after a diaper leaks, take out the smelly trash, change a diaper...

Have You Ever...

... had to look for something in someones poo by stirring it with a large Popsicle stick?

No?

You're lucky.

The End of Diapers?

Aidan has gone poo-poo in the potty. Twice.

More Bodily Functions

Aidan is getting interested in bodily functions. Every time he farts he says, "poo poo." I check his diaper and it is clean. He tells our baby sitter, Liz, that he needs to go poo poo. She puts him on the toilet where he sits for ten minutes and then says "all done." No poo poo.

We can be playing at home when I notice a familiar pungent aroma. "Aidan, did you go poo poo?" "No Daddy," he replies. I check his diaper and find he has.

The other day he was in the bathroom watching me water the porcelain pot. He reached out and tried to put his hand in the stream. Needless to say, I prevented him from doing so.

He's got the basic idea down. We just need to work on the details.

Eeewww!!!

The nights when I am home I like to give the kids a bath. I am a clean freak after all. I will usually bathe Aidan first and then let Abigail have her bath. Apparently I am giving Aidan his bath when it is time for him to have his evening bowel movement. Twice in the last week he has pooped in the bath.

When it happens, I scoop all the toys out of the bath and put them in the sink to rinse off. I stand Aidan up and rinse him off. After drying him and putting him in his jammies, I clean out the tub.

Poop pretty much feels like you would imagine it feels.

Fortunately, the toilet is right next to the tub. I am not really very squeamish anymore. I have seen a lot of blood and other bodily fluids at work. But if you told me ten years ago that I would be scooping my son's poop out of the bath tub with my bare hands ... well... Can you really wash your hands enough after that?