Monday, April 26, 2010

TOILET HUMOR

A few days back Liam had an epic bowel movement that I was unable to witness but came with such a great story from his mother that I thought I would give my second hand account of it here.

Liam generally has no problem with constipation. A few weeks back he went on about a 10 day bonanza where he was loading 5 diapers per day. Going back as far as his second doctors visit he was already showing signs of great things. When asked how often he was pooping, "so is he going twice a day? once every other day?" our reply of "no, three to four times per day" got a nod and whistle from the doctor as if to say, "mmmm, that's some good poopin'!"

All too often, as is with many people, eating a big meal can trigger some action. It's very common that Liam let's fly while sitting in his high chair eating. That makes for great viewing because he is sitting up right at our level and can't really hide any expression on his face. Despite not being constipated he seems to expend an extraordinary effort to get things started. When it is time to release...
  • He clenches his fists
  • His face turns a bright red
  • He moans (it is more like a roar)
  • He leans back in his seat
  • A few times I have seen either a bead of sweat on the brow a tear forming at the corner of his eye
Obviously he doesn't realize that you can take your time with these things. He wants immediate action once he knows what is happening.

Well, on this particular occasion he was having one of his first cheese and cracker meals. He had part of a mozzarella cheese stick in one hand and a baby biscuit in the other hand when he felt the rumbling down below.

As his mother tells the story, his face reddened he clenched down his fists in order to push as hard as possible. The baby biscuit started to crumble and then he crushed it to dust in his hand. On the other side his mozzarella cheese stick started to squish and then like a rocket it went shooting out of his hand sideways because of the pressure. If he had been sitting on the toilet with a magazine he probably would have ended up with confetti.

Hopefully by the time he is reading magazines in the bathroom we will have convinced him that this should be a relaxing time, not a pressure situation.

4 comments:

  1. If he's giving off all these signals, he should be easy to toilet train. He might need to be belted in though. With no resistance, i.e. diaper and high chair seat, he might become air born.

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  2. The best part of the story is Liam is getting into crackers and cheese- one of my all time favorites.

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  3. He must learn to harness the power of the brown ranger.

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  4. Who better to teach him than his Uncle Brenny?

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