My Ebenezer

Posted Oct 26th 2007

by Ebenezer

Without jinxing myself too much, Carter is fully and completely potty trained and has been for some time now. He doesn’ even wear pull ups at night anymore. I honestly don’t remember the last accident we had.

We were playing out in the front yard earlier and he pulled his shirt up and started to assume the “potty position”. I said, “Carter, if you need to potty go inside to the bathroom”. It is not uncommon for him to pee behind the bushes when we’re outside playing. It worked when we were in training and, honestly, it’s just easier than all of us having to go inside now. So I didn’t push it when he said he was going behind the bushes. I looked away for a minute and then when I looked back he had a funny look on his face and his pants were around his ankles. (not normal for peeing, he’s gotten quite good and only pulling out the necessary equipment and not even unbuttoning his pants)

I said, “Carter, if you’re done, pull up your pants.” He said, (with eyes bulging a little) “I’m…..just…..going………ppp….ppoooooo”! “NOOOOO!, Carter, we poo in the potty, not outside.” To which he replies, “unless we’re at Uncle John’s farm”. ha ha ha So I watched in horror as he pooped, standing behind the bushes. There was no squatting involved. At the same time, the little dog we are sitting ran across the street and was barking at some boys and I was trying to coral her as well.

Carter somehow stepped in the poop and it also got on the back of his jeans (no squatting). Yuck. And let me just tell you, it STUNK! The story could end here, but what fun would that be?

We took off shoes and pants and went inside where he let me know he needed to go “finish”. I told him to stay on the potty until I got back there so I could clean his bottom. And here’s the really fun part. I told him to bend forward a little so I could wipe his butt – he bent over so far he had his hands on the floor. I had a great view. But hey, his butt is definitely clean now.

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