Friday, December 21, 2007

Almost independent

One of Alex's last "toddler" dependencies he has left is that he needs assistance wiping his butt after a #2. Generally, he goes into the bathroom, strips down naked, does his business (rather speedy) then hollers for mom, "MOMMY. I WENT POO POO!!"" It's the call of help, always in the same tone and fluctuation. He did try wiping, once, on his own, but he said he got "juice on his hands", so he didn't want to attempt it again. A couple of days ago I was grateful for his "call of help" because I had slept through my alarm clock and only had 15 mins. to get Samantha out the door for school. Often when I enter the bathroom to give my assistance, we discuss how big, length, color, and smell of his bowel movement. He's always fascinated by the differences of each one. Sometimes the smell is to overwhelming for him and he gags, so we have to exit rather quickly. One day I will miss the special moments Alex and I have shared with each other.
(This is NOT ALEX, but it reminds me of past moments)

2 comments:

Amber Szabo said...

I love Alex!

spahrky said...

All the aunties have taken a vote and decided that Alex needs to learn to wipe his own but!