Mistake #1: Expecting that Indy would be able to fall asleep for his nap a couple hours early, like he does every Sunday.
Mistake #2: Assuming that our encouragement of his use of his potty would not effect his inability to remove his pants and diaper.
Mistake #3: Taking my time to curl my hair and feed the baby before seeing if quiet Indy was really asleep.
The outcome: Hmmm.... How to best describe it? I walk into Indy's room, and he's jumping on the bed with his toy "Lofty" in his hand, which has a lump of poop on it, which he had been using to paint the walls. The are poo handprints on the walls, the bed, his pillow, and a large portion of his toy car collection.
All an hour before I am supposed to meet Ben at church with clean, clothed boys. Oh, and I forgot to mention, Indy's only church outfit it also poo-spotted.
Needless to say, I made some phone calls and said I wouldn't be making it to my meeting on time. Indy watched movies (baby-gated in) while I cleaned and Fisher screamed.
I have many cute pictures of my children when they are well-behaved and happy to post to catch-up the blog, but I needed to vent first. Thanks.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Indy is a TERRIBLE two... and why I want to potty train.
Posted by Jennilyn at 3:51 PM
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Didn't you know that pooh is just warm paint? Too funny! Josh did that right after turning 2 as well. Maybe it's just a boy thing? I was newly pregnant with Abby and puking non-stop so when I walked in to see if he'd fallen asleep and his whole room (since he was in a toddler bed already) was covered in pooh and I was too sick to clean it all. I had to take everything out of his room and put it in the bathtub and just clean him and the carpet up until Jeremiah got home from school to take care of everything else. I was too sick. Isn't pooh fun? Start putting him in one piece pj's during nap and bedtimes and put them on backwards. I cut off the feet and put it on backwards. It's odd looking, but then they can't unzip, unbuckled or de velcro anything and you'll save yourself from more pooh terrors later on!
That is so funny - I sympathize with you in advance to the upcoming dilemas of my own. Thank you so much for the awesome day too on Sat!!
Ah, you have a POOcaso in the family. I always knew some of my grandkids would be artistically inclined. ha ha
Hang in there, Momma. You've got a big ride ahead of you. You can do it (you have no choice!)
Isn't it wonderful he's so darn cute!?!
Awwe, I'm sorry. I'm also not excited for this. But I'm glad to have the heads up. And the tip from jewels.
yes, kids love to experiment! brayden once dumped an entire thing of nail polish (still have no idea how he got it opened)all over his church clothes while were in town visiting ben's mom right before we left for church..all over his white shirt, tie, pants, shoes, etc..he ended up in church in superman shirt and shorts with flip flops! kids, gotta love 'em!!
Luckily my kids have never desired to paint with poo! I would have to have a good scream before I could clean it up I think. Thanks for sharing "one of those days" with us. We all have them. Hey, i just had one yesterday!
It is things like this that make my eye twitch. I can't stand cleaning up poo!!! I just keep telling myself, "Only one more, just one more and then I'm done!!!" As soon as Aaron is fully potty trained I will adamantly refuse to touch anyone else's poo for the rest of my life. If Jon becomes an invalid, or mom gets too old to care for herself, I will hire a professional poop person to take care of it.
LOL - us moms ALL have stories like that. I have several in fact. Thanks for the laugh - and hang in there, the terrible twos don't last forever! :0)
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