Me: What’d you do today?
E: I pooped out my food.
Me: At school-camp?
E: No before school.
Me: Me, too.
E: You pooped out your food, too?
Me: Yup! Actually EVERYONE poops out their food!
E: Really?
Me: Mama, Dada…
E: N?
Me: Even N. She did it right before I picked you up. All over her car seat!
{I’m so inspired at this point I add}
Me: In fact, even your TEACHERS poop out their food.
{shocked silence}
I can’t WAIT to hear how that goes over at school-camp tomorrow.
(Well, it’s clearly poop week on Late Enough. But it’s also another valuable life lesson by our bottoms: We are all so much more alike than different. Everybody poops! Okay, I promise to stop finding meaning in diarrhea. Or at least stop sharing it on a daily basis.)
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Twitter: Alli_n_Son
July 28, 2010 at 1:02 am
Ahhh, every body poops. I just had a conversation about pooping with one of my best friends today. Good times.
Which reminds me, I need to pick up a copy of Everybody Poops for my son.
Allison @ Alli ‘n Son´s last blog ..Toddler-isms
Twitter: L8enough
July 28, 2010 at 7:38 pm
It may become our manifesto.
I can’t wait till E shocks his teachers with that info!! You need to have a hidden camera for that moment. It reminds me of the time I was in Kindergarden and told the principal “I don’t have to call you Mrs. Shorter, my mom says your name is Kate”. Turns out Mrs. Shorter didn’t care to be on a first name basis with me
Twitter: L8enough
July 28, 2010 at 7:39 pm
HA! Oh and I was so disappointed that it didn’t seem to come up today at school-camp. Or at least no one informed me of said hilarious discussion. Maybe I DO need a hidden camera on E!
You know, In Europe, it’s the little things you miss. Like water in the toilet. In Germany you get a “shelf” instead. After dropping a poop on the shelf you (um…they…the Germans, I mean) turn around and inspect the poop for healthy condition. After passing muster it’s flushed away with a gushing flood/stream of water.
http://asecular.com/~scott/misc/toilet.htm
No fair bringing this comment up at the Feelings Doctor.
Twitter: L8enough
July 28, 2010 at 7:41 pm
That is so bizarre. And would be such a hit in our home.
And you’ve already been discussed at the feelings doctor. maybe. not really. but maybe next time!
I cannot wait to hear what the teacher has to say! ha!
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Twitter: L8enough
July 28, 2010 at 7:43 pm
I was disappointed that it did NOT come up today. But E is also refusing to pee during school-camp and instead insists on running like a maniac to the potty afterwards. So perhaps the subject hasnt naturally come up yet.
Note to self: stop reading Late Enough during breakfast.
Twitter: L8enough
July 28, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Okay okay… I promise this is the last post for awhile on poop. Or you could start reading Late Enough in the BATHROOM.
You tell me.
If I try to do ANYTHING in the bathroom, wailing ensues. I can at least sneak a quick read during breakfast… I send my sincere condolences regarding the round of poop-tastic nastiness & truly hope (for everyone’s sake!) that it’s all gone. And that I can continue to read Late Enough whilst eating my (irony alert) Fiber One.
Twitter: L8enough
July 28, 2010 at 9:23 pm
well as long as your condolences are sincere
and yes, i usually end up with two kids and a dog in the bathroom. not conducive to reading. (unless scott is home. then i hide in the bathroom for twenty minutes)
Well, at least you didn’t point out that even their teachers are having sex.
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Twitter: L8enough
July 28, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Oh, that’s because teachers don’t have sex.
What? His teacher poops? No way!!!!
Dazee Dreamer´s last blog ..Kamikaze Fly
Twitter: L8enough
July 28, 2010 at 9:12 pm
It’s like I broke the Santa Claus news to you … sorry about that…
I know we’re on the tv challenge and all, but you must see the Dinosaur Train episode where Tiny sings every dinosaur poops. They even rhyme species and feces. Awesome.
Twitter: L8enough
July 28, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Well it ends tomorrow so we’ll have to find the song on Friday. AND MEMORIZE IT.
Everybody poops… sometimes (sang in the tune of Everybody Hurts by REM).
C @ Kid Things´s last blog ..What Goes Around Comes Around
Twitter: L8enough
July 28, 2010 at 9:14 pm
SO HOLD OOONNNNN HOLD OOONNNNN (that’s was my motto the other day in my pink dress)
My daughter likes to examine her brother’s poop for signs of previous meals while I’m changing his diaper. (“Look, Mom, mandarin oranges! And black beans, too! And is that some licorice??”) This is a skill she can pull out at parties, don’t you think?
Stacia´s last blog ..Object Permanence
Twitter: L8enough
July 28, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Yes. In fact, I plan to borrow that trick for BlogHer. I will be AWESOME now. Please tell her thank you.
http://thebadmomsclub.com/2010/07/rwhen-you-find-out-its-not-guacamole.html
Twitter: L8enough
July 28, 2010 at 9:16 pm
so that totally happened to me the first time i brought N out into a public place around adults. but i changed her and then just wiped the spot off. And still wear the shirt. (hey, it’s cute. except when i remember it had a big old poop on it)
Too funny. How old is E, again? Because at 2 1/2, when I tell H that his banana goes into his tummy and his tummy turns it into poo poos and then the poo poos come out his hiney, I get the silent stare, and I can see through his eyes and into his brain and the little wheels are turning so hard, that he can ALMOST grasp it. But not yet.
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Twitter: L8enough
July 28, 2010 at 9:18 pm
E will be 4 at the end of August. And we just broached the food to poop subject about a month ago. He is OBSESSED with the human body book at school. We’ve also learned about neurotransmitters and white blood cells (although they are blue in the book which is TOTALLY CONFUSING!)
you need the TMBG “Here comes science” CD / DVD for that one. there’s a good body song in there, and lots of other fun stuff
Twitter: kristinglas
July 28, 2010 at 7:45 pm
It is a frequent refrain at our house and also met with awe and disbelief.
Twitter: L8enough
July 28, 2010 at 9:18 pm
I glad to know that I’m not the only parent telling it like it is when it comes to poop!
When the kids are older you do the three questions without thinking.
1. Did you flush?
2. Did you wipe?
3. Did you wash?
Living Rooms, friend’s house, fancy restaurant that your son runs…it doesn’t matter. You ask the Three Questions in a loud and clear voice.
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