There is sure a lot going on with the toilet lately, let’s see if I can remember it all. Over the weekend you finally decided it was time to try and flush something away. I thought maybe we lucked out and got past that stage without an incident, but no such luck. You dropped the solitaire game into the toilet, but fortunately it is too large to flush.
Our bedtime ritual is to read 2 or 3 stories with dad, brush teeth, one small glass of water, then I take you to the potty one last time, which can last as long as 40 minutes. I limit you to one story and I think for the last two months we have read the Clifford book 58 times and Ten Fat Turkeys twice. You would think I would have it memorized, but I don’t, but you certainly notice if I miss a word. You like to sit and talk and say “I still need to poopy”. Sometimes I can talk you off, only to later have you say you need to potty. We go back and sure enough you poop.
We are still struggling with your use of the word S-T-U-P-I-D. Notice I spelled it and did not say it, but you still like to say it. For instance “Stupid is a bad word, we don’t say stupid, babies don’t say stupid, we don’t say stupid”. So four times in the matter of seconds.
We have also played hide and seek while on the toilet. You will say “I will count, you go hide in the corner”, pointing to the corner of the bathroom. You count to ten, say “Ready or not, here I come, now where is that stupid papa?” That does not sit too well. Anyway you will then say “is he in the bath tub, is he in the corner?” Sometimes while facing away from you I will slowly slide closer to you until you say, “boo, I found you”. Bet you did not know you are probably the first to play hide & seek while staying seated on your throne.
