Two nights ago, I got Sammy all nice and packaged up in his jammies… both pairs, since it’s a little chilly in his room, and of course a onsie… and we sat down to snuggle in his rocker to read a book before bed. That is, until he interrupted our quiet time with this:
“I poop!”
“You have to poop?” I said, dreading the undressing and redressing and general delay of bedtime that this was about to cause. “I poop!” he happily replied.
So off we went… and sure enough, he was right.
Last night, the exact same thing happened – as soon as he figured out that we were headed for the rocker, and therefore he was headed to bed, he shouted “I poop!”
Again, we undressed. I sat him on the potty and I sat on the floor. We read books. We talked. We waited. An nothing happened. Eventually, I bundled him back up – onesie and jammies and jammies #2, and we headed back to his room.
As soon as we sat down in the rocker again, he started struggling. “Noooooo… I pooooop,” he said, although this time it was with more whining and less excitement.
This time, though, I wasn’t going to go through it again. He had a diaper on, the worst that could happen is that he’d go in it. And, you know, completely regress in his potty training. But late last night, it was a risk I was willing to take. Fortunately, he woke up this morning clean and dry, but this only means one thing.
He has figured out the perfect way to stall the bedtime procedures, the little bugger.
Quite the Bright One!!
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Again, I am going to have to ask that you keep quiet about your children’s advanced potty prowess for the sake of my self-esteem. JEEPERS!
What a smarty-pants!
Too smart for his own good! My daughter has pulled the same stunt too. Whoever said toddlers aren’t smart? Sometimes even smarter than me! Haha!
I love it! I wonder what his next “delay bedtime” antic will be??
Our son uses this one too…AND HE’S FOUR! Even if we (remember to) tell him to go before he gets into bed (and he does), he still comes out of his room and claims he has to go. And he typically squeezes a little out just to prove he had to go. But I have this overwhelming fear that I’ll hear nighttime cries and have a set of wet sheets and pjs during the night if I don’t let him. So now it is, “This is the LAST time you are getting up for the bathroom so do EVERYTHING you need to during this trip.” It always works. Of course, this won’t work for one who is currently training, but I just thought I’d give you something to look forward to.
You’re welcome.
Maybe Sammy can potty train Sophie so Jenny doesn’t have to!