Note: Today is Babywise Friendly Blog Network Day! We are all posting on the topic of potty training! See below for all of the links. Enjoy!
Poop Talk
“Mama poop!” shouts my almost 2 year old. Let me just note that I don’t particularly like this broadcast, and not only that…but it didn’t just happen! It shouldn’t be on my toddler’s mind. It happened hours ago, yet we are still talking about it!
“Yes, Mama pooped this morning”.
“Daddy poop!”, she replies.
“Probably, yes. I’m sure Daddy pooped this morning, too”. I answer, wondering why we are still talking about this.
“Caroline poop”, she says.
“Do you need to go poop, Caroline?”, I ask.
“No.”
[Blank stare]…… (Me wondering yet again WHY we are discussing this if no one is pooping and no one has to poop) haha!
This is my reality all day every day LOL! We potty trained Caroline this summer and she’s done fantastic with it! When we potty trained her, she wasn’t talking. She’d make a grunting noise to let me know that she had to go pee or poop. She got her point across. That’s slowly progressed to her saying potty, and now describing things at random times. Now she’s talking up a storm, and she’s got potty on her mind… a lot!
Yesterday she was focused on “Pee, yellow”, “Poop, brown”. She likes showing me that she knows her colors!
The day before it was “Tiny, poop”. She’s learning about big and small, tiny and large, little and huge, etc. Poop was her example for the day to reference back to any time she saw something else tiny.
She went through a couple week phase (completely out of the blue), where she was suddenly scared to poop. Mind you she’s been pooping on the toilet since she was 5 months old, and was never scared to do so, so it was a bit odd! I held her and she leaned on my shoulder for comfort as she went. She got the job done. It’s her new favorite thing while pooping…Mama has to be touching as much of her as possible. So much for starting to wean her into privacy while pooping! I, of course, don’t mind holding her….just another reality of potty training that doesn’t get talked about much- how close your nose really is to the source!
“Whoa!” she’ll exclaim as she cracks up, if there are any noises that come along. Giggling about loud bodily noises isn’t just for boys! Once she starts cracking up, Mama laughs too 🙂
Since she was scared to poop for a brief moment in time, I wanted to calm her down and remind her that everyone poops, it doesn’t hurt, etc. Of course, Mama doesn’t get to use the bathroom in private anymore. Since we were talking about how everyone poops, she likes to check and see if I’m pooping. Answering isn’t good enough, she asks to look before the “wipes cover up”!
Just want to give any pre-potty training mamas out there a heads up as to what lies ahead! Brace yourself for lots and lots of poop talk. Boy or girl, it is interesting to them, and your turn will come! 🙂
Here are all of other my potty training posts for you to check out:
You’ll find daily logs of potty training, our full method in 10 steps, how we started at 5 months old, and lots more!
See all of our potty training posts here:
Start as you Mean to go on (5 months old)
My Daughter Refused to Poop in her Diaper (7 months old)
Caroline’s First Trip
Potty Training Continued (11 months old)
Potty Training (the plan)
Potty Training Update (17 months old)
Potty Train is Still Going (18 months old)
Potty Training Survival Tips (from a pro)
Potty Training On the Go (my guest post on another blog)
Official Potty Training Day 1
Official Potty Training Day 2
Official Potty Training Day 3
Official Potty Training Day 4, 5, 6 and Beyond
The Best Potty Training Method in 10 Steps
It’s Babywise Friendly Blog Network Day!
All of these wonderful ladies are talking about the topic of Potty Training! I hope you enjoy all of these posts today! Check us out on Pinterest, here.
Valerie: 5 Things To Do Before You Start Potty Training
Cole: Potty Training Readiness Cues: Patience, Low Expectations, and Perseverance
Kimberly: 6 Positives to Late Potty Training
Katrina: Poop Talk- Realities of Potty Training
Shea: Potty Training: Why we chose the 3 Day method
Natasha: Potty Training Hacks
Emily: Potty Training Post Round-up