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Why I Will Never Shower With An Unpotty Trained 2-Year-Old Again!
Shower? Yes please!
This is Ben… We call him our messy kid.
No matter how much I wash him, wipe him down, or try to keep him clean, he gets damn close to looking like this basically every day. I guess that is just part of him being a boy right? Please agree with me for my sanity!
Well, yesterday afternoon we had our first birthday party at Chuck E Cheese with both of the boys since they have really been old enough to enjoy it. So after a morning of yard work with Daddy, both boys needed to be bathed before we set off on our adventure.
Daddy picked Camden, our almost 4 year old, so by default Ben and I jumped into the shower first while the other two finished up some yard work.
After getting into the bathroom and stripping my small fry down into nothing but I diaper I asked him if he pooped. He replied “No poop Mommy… Ok… no poop.
Then I asked him Do you have to poop Benjamin? “No poop Mommy” Ok, so I thought we were good to go. I mean you would too right?
I got into the shower to make sure the water was not too hot for him and then I picked him up to put him into the tub itself since he still needs a little bit of help getting in. Plus, I totally don’t want to encourage climbing in the bath tub at all.
As I brought him into the tub, I looked down and it looked like he had stepped in poop. I immediately looked on the bath mat where he been standing prior to being lifted into the tub… and there it was… POOP! As soon as I got in to check the water apparently he DID have to poop. I was lucky enough that he did his business on the bath mat and not in the tub right?
WRONG! He continued to poop IN the shower. Oh joy!
As I yelled, and laughed hysterically at the same time he was beyond confused as to what was going on while I was trying to clean it all up before it actually made it to my feet!
Oh the glamorous life of being a Mom right?
And you can bet your ass one day I will tell this tale to one of his high school girlfriends!
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4 Comments
Katie R commented on Aug 22 11 at 9:33 amMy children have all pooped in the tub or shower (or kiddie pool at a friends backyard party) at least once. There’s something about the water…
Mallory commented on Aug 23 11 at 10:24 amLast week my 2yr old & I spent a day at the beach. We have a stall shower so when we got home I put him in it & started putting all the dirty clothes in the hamper. I finished and was about to join him in the shower when I saw it. Poop. Everywhere. My helper had tried to clean it up himself. On the upside, he did wait til we got home.
Erin commented on Aug 23 11 at 10:48 amDon’t worry Danielle. I had something similar where our 20 month old daughter was running around after her bath. I was dealing with her 3 yr old brother when my husband realized he had stepped in poop. At least it (mostly) stayed on the bathroom floor :-(
Jessi commented on Aug 25 11 at 11:40 amOh Danielle the stories of poop i can’t wait to tell them when they are older. When my son was potting training at 2 he had just gotten out of the bath and was running around the house naked while i cleaned up the bathroom and got his clothes i come out into the living room and yep you guessed it step in poop oh so gross when it is happening but you can’t help but laugh and think “seriously did that just happen” But they sure do make good memories :)
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