Brownian Motion

So the boy has been developing his potty skills.  And that’s a plus.  But the downside to this is a new anal fixation.  His thoughts seem to constantly gravitate to his butt functionality as evidenced by his word choices.  Here is a typical conversation with the boy.

“Hi, boy.”

“Hi, poop poop.”

“Oh, did you make a poop on the potty today?’

“No,”

“No?  Oh well, maybe later.  What are you doing now?”

“Playing with my poop poop trains.”

“You’re playing with Thomas?  Good.  You know you can earn your stickers to get a new Thomas when you poop on the potty?  Would you like that?”

“Yes!”

“Great!  Do you have to poop now?”

“No.”

“Alright.  So, what else did you do today?”

“Ate lunch with Mommy poop poop.”

Ignoring the poop poop reference, “What did you have for lunch today?”

“Poop poop chicken and poop poop noodles.”

Unable to ignore the poop poop reference any longer, “Well that sounds good, but let’s not talk about poop unless you have to sit on the potty, OK?”

“OK, poop poop.”

“Where’s your sister?”

“Watching Dora poop poop.”

“On, Dora and Boots and Diego?”

“Diego poop poop.”

“And Swiper the Fox?”

“Swiper, no pooping!”

“Boy, what did Daddy just say about the poop talk?  Let’s not talk about it unless you have to sit on the potty, OK?”

“Poop poop.”

“Boy…”

He runs screaming from the room, “Poop poop poop poop poop poop poop poooooooop!”

What then happens is he runs and hides for a while.  His eventual return is proclaimed by the unmistakable odor that precedes him, and punctuated by something that looks like a tennis ball in his pants.

“Boy, what’s in your pants.”

“Poop poop”

Well, at least this time he’s using the euphemism in context.