A lot of you know that my son has had "poop issues" for a long time. He has been constipated the majority of his 4 1/2 years. We have had such drama over pooping...from screaming...to running on his tip-toes...to squeezing his butt cheeks together so tight that if a turd did manage to slip out, it was as flat as could be. Up until a few months ago, he would NOT even let us get him near the toilet to use the bathroom. He would pee like a champion but not poop. Pull-ups were our BFF. FINALLY, I got him to the toilet one day and for some reason, his Hulk watch was in there. His Hulk watch is really a projector type thing that, when you push a button, displays Hulk onto the wall. I turned out the light and made Hulk talk to Logan while he was on the toilet. It seemed to distract him and when I made Hulk's image appear in the toilet water, he pooped so he could "beat Hulk!" This is how we've been pooping up until last week or so. He was still acting scared, we were still using the Hulk watch and then...something happened...he pooped by himself one day. Let me just tell you, there's been no turning back. This child is a champion pooper now. He poops all day long!
As I was showering this morning, I hear him, downstairs, just yelling as loud as he could. I am all shampooed up, but turned the water off so I could hear him. When I yelled, "Are you yelling at me, Logan?" He replied with, "I pooped, come wipe my butt!" Oh my. I told him he'd have to wait. As I turned the water back on to rinse my hair, I found myself wondering how I was, at one time, convinced that he would be graduating high school while still wearing pull-ups. We have most certainly gone from one extreme to the other...and I must say, I am super happy about it!!!
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| Thumbs up for POOP!!! |
