Poop Snake

We’ve been working to get Kaelan potty trained for a while now and to be honest, he hasn’t been too interested.  We’ve tried to bribe him with treats for going potty in the toilet but when given the option between a piece of candy or the convenience of dropping a load in his diaper, he’ll typically select the latter.  To try something new, we decided to take Kaelan to the toy store and let him select two toys and these toys would be rewards for using the toilet.  After much time examining all possible toys in the store, Kaelan finally selected two.  We took the toys he selected home, we wrapped them up, and we put together a “potty chart” so Kaelan could track and monitor his progress toward opening his first “potty toy.” Three successful poo’s and 5 pee pee’s in the toilet and he’ll get to open one of his new toys.  It’s amazing how much more interest he’s shown and in fact, last night he cried because he could not make himself go pee or poo and check off one box toward his first potty toy.

I only share this background because it relates directly to the events that disturbed our peaceful home this evening.  Jess had just finished putting Colette to bed while I was giving Kaelan a bath.  Jess was busy doing laundry just outside the bathroom door so I took the opportunity to slip downstairs quickly while Kaelan continued to play in the tub.  I had barely reached the bottom of the stairs when I heard a squeal, some splashing, and stomping of feet.  I turned and sprinted back up the stairs concerned Kaelan had possibly slipped trying to get out of the bathtub on his own.  As I rounded the corner toward the bathroom, I’m greeted by Jessica and the only words out of her mouth are, “you’re cleaning that up!”  I peek inside the door to see Kaelan wide eyed, naked, and standing in the middle of the bathroom dripping wet.  “What happened?” I asked innocently.  “You can’t see it?” Jessica asked me incredulously.  I take a second look into the tub just as the bubbles begin to part and I see exactly what Jessica was talking about.  Kaelan must have seen the horror on my face and he too cautiously peered over the edge of the tub to see what all the fuss was about.  Lying silently on the bottom of the bathtub was a giant turd easily measuring more than 12 inches long!  Kaelan looked up at me and said, “it’s a poop snake.”  No son, that was a poop python.

And so, the potty training continues…