Benjer goes #2, too!
Little Benjer,
Last night (after pottying on the froggy toilet all day long) I walked into the bathroom and smelled poop. I looked down and there was poop in the froggy toilet. You were nowhere in sight. I came to find you, asking Grandma and Grandpa and your dad and Luke if they knew you went poop in the toilet. No one seemed to know if you had. You came in from outside, charging through the front door in your undies, and when I asked if you went poop you said "nope." But then I brought you to see the froggy toilet and asked you again and you casually said, "Yep. Went poop, mom." What?! You hadn't told me you had to go. You hadn't asked for a diaper. You hadn't told me you WERE going. You just went in and got the job done. I can't believe it...well, actually I CAN believe it b/c you are a cool little guy, but I can't get over it. So, naturally, I was wondering if you'd do it again. Well, tonight you actually told me you had to poop and you charged right to the bathroom to sit on the froggy toilet. You pulled down your undies, sat down, stood back up, pulled up your undies and said, "Not now, Mama." Off you ran to play. I was worried that maybe you were going to start holding it in and end up constipated. But about 10 minutes later you said, "I have to poop, Mom. I go on the froggy" and off you charged again, sitting down and really pushing. Luke was popping popcorn and I was nursing Meredith (not great timing that she needed to nurse while you needed to poop, or that Luke happened to be popping popcorn while you needed to poop). I came in with Meredith and sat on the step stool by you. I asked if you wanted me to leave and you said, "Leave mama." I told you I understood you needed some privacy, so I got up with Meri and left, leaving the door half way open. I guess that wasn't enough privacy b/c a second later I heard the door slam shut. About 30 seconds later I heard you yell, "I did it Mama. I went poopy." By the time I got to the bathroom your undies were pulled up (oh oh) and there was indeed a generous amount of potty and poop in your little toilet. I told you we needed to wipe and tried to explain that you can't just pull up your undies after pooping without wiping. So you said "OK MOM!" and pulled off your undies. (They weren't too affected.) I sat down on the stool, still nursing Meri, and tried to wipe your butt while you were standing up. It wasn't working too well, so you laid down on your tummy on the floor of the bathroom, totally naked, and allowed me to wipe your butt. Still, I was trying to do this with one hand while holding and nursing Meri. And then LUKEY (who was antsy for me to help him with his popcorn, but still pumped for you and hanging by the door through this whole episode) said, "I can hold his butt cheeks open mom, so you can wipe his butt." LUKEY!!! Lukey to the rescue. And talk about selfless. :) He grabbed those plump little butt cheeks, hesitated, took his hands off, paused, then grabbed those plump little butt cheeks again, and pulled 'em apart for me. We finished up, then all celebrated with cheers and pats on the back and Mike 'n Ikes! Benjer, I am SO proud of you! You are still so young and little, and you are just fearless, moving forward with potty training without even needing me to be involved! So proud of you, little champ!
Love you!
Last night (after pottying on the froggy toilet all day long) I walked into the bathroom and smelled poop. I looked down and there was poop in the froggy toilet. You were nowhere in sight. I came to find you, asking Grandma and Grandpa and your dad and Luke if they knew you went poop in the toilet. No one seemed to know if you had. You came in from outside, charging through the front door in your undies, and when I asked if you went poop you said "nope." But then I brought you to see the froggy toilet and asked you again and you casually said, "Yep. Went poop, mom." What?! You hadn't told me you had to go. You hadn't asked for a diaper. You hadn't told me you WERE going. You just went in and got the job done. I can't believe it...well, actually I CAN believe it b/c you are a cool little guy, but I can't get over it. So, naturally, I was wondering if you'd do it again. Well, tonight you actually told me you had to poop and you charged right to the bathroom to sit on the froggy toilet. You pulled down your undies, sat down, stood back up, pulled up your undies and said, "Not now, Mama." Off you ran to play. I was worried that maybe you were going to start holding it in and end up constipated. But about 10 minutes later you said, "I have to poop, Mom. I go on the froggy" and off you charged again, sitting down and really pushing. Luke was popping popcorn and I was nursing Meredith (not great timing that she needed to nurse while you needed to poop, or that Luke happened to be popping popcorn while you needed to poop). I came in with Meredith and sat on the step stool by you. I asked if you wanted me to leave and you said, "Leave mama." I told you I understood you needed some privacy, so I got up with Meri and left, leaving the door half way open. I guess that wasn't enough privacy b/c a second later I heard the door slam shut. About 30 seconds later I heard you yell, "I did it Mama. I went poopy." By the time I got to the bathroom your undies were pulled up (oh oh) and there was indeed a generous amount of potty and poop in your little toilet. I told you we needed to wipe and tried to explain that you can't just pull up your undies after pooping without wiping. So you said "OK MOM!" and pulled off your undies. (They weren't too affected.) I sat down on the stool, still nursing Meri, and tried to wipe your butt while you were standing up. It wasn't working too well, so you laid down on your tummy on the floor of the bathroom, totally naked, and allowed me to wipe your butt. Still, I was trying to do this with one hand while holding and nursing Meri. And then LUKEY (who was antsy for me to help him with his popcorn, but still pumped for you and hanging by the door through this whole episode) said, "I can hold his butt cheeks open mom, so you can wipe his butt." LUKEY!!! Lukey to the rescue. And talk about selfless. :) He grabbed those plump little butt cheeks, hesitated, took his hands off, paused, then grabbed those plump little butt cheeks again, and pulled 'em apart for me. We finished up, then all celebrated with cheers and pats on the back and Mike 'n Ikes! Benjer, I am SO proud of you! You are still so young and little, and you are just fearless, moving forward with potty training without even needing me to be involved! So proud of you, little champ!
Love you!
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