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Saturday, June 30, 2007

Poop Issues




What is the deal?

B pooped his pants today. Not so terrible, right?
Well, maybe not...unless you imagine this situation.
Imagine B, leaning over his top bunk rail, waiting for the perfect moment to catapult his poop-filled undies at his unsuspecting brother, who is supposed to be napping on the bottom bunk. Imagine two kids laughing uncontrollably and parents wondering what all the excitement is about. And imagine K entering the room just in time to see his son in mid-poop-fling.

Nice.

Now imagine a kid that will NOT poop. A kid that REFUSES to poop. Ever. This kid will gladly cross her legs and squeeze her butt cheeks together from sun up until sun down. She will joyfully lay dead-still on the couch for hours at a time.....Still enough to avoid having the tiniest, bittiest urge to poop...She would rather do either of those things than take two seconds (minutes, maybe) to sit her frickin' butt down on the potty and poop.

This can be an embarrassing situation.

For instance, we went to a dinner with some local officials of the city the other day. We had to introduce our grunting, teary-eyed girl whose legs were so crossed together they were shaking. Of course, the obvious first question (after "Who is this little girl?!) is "What is wrong? Why is this poor girl crying?! (and why are her parents ignoring her obvious distress?)", and we have to tell them, "Oh, she just has to poop."
"Do you need to know where the bathroom is?!" (shock upon their faces....at these parents who are neglecting the obvious needs of their child).
"No. She doesn't want to go. She WON'T go. Thank you though."
And then confusion, and a difficult time trying to think of another topic.

Poop throwers or poop holders, which would you prefer?

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