Reports on Poop

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Suspicious in the Pantry

We have big poop news...

Two critically important and, I think, integrally linked things have happened:

1. Ava peed in her little potty.  It happened yesterday and I missed it.  I have a sinus infection and was at the Saturday walk-in clinic. KC mentioned it in passing later in the way only a father can, like it was nothing. Like we haven't spent the last 3 years trying to get our other daughter to do just that with little to no success.

2. Sophie put on underwear and voluntarily peed and pooped in the potty.  Yes.  It's true.  It's too soon to bust out the pinata, but she did tell me that she thought she was "ready". Then she promptly went into the bathroom and took a crap the size of a 6" Subway Club. I wept.  For real.

What happened next was less happy.  She and I had a little moment of joy together, then she went outside to tell her news to the her friend, Lucy, and the pack of 7 and 8 year old boys that play on our street.  "Guess what?!?!?!  I'm wearing underwear and I peed and pooped in the potty!!!!"  Lucy was very happy for her.  The boys, of course, tormented her and then suggested she show them her underwear.  Which she did.

Then I went outside and the boys and I had a thoughtful discussion about what it means to "take advantage of" someone. Here's how it went:

Me: You guys are old enough to know better.  Sophie is only 5 and you're supposed to be looking out for her, not taking advantage of her.

Charlie: What's "taking advantage"?

Playdate Boy: (He is visiting my neighbor's kid and I can't remember his name. He is older and, thus, wiser.) It's like when you go to one store to buy something and then you go to another store where it's on sale and you buy it at the store where it's on sale.  You take an advantage.

Me: Um...
Sal: No!! It's kind of like bossing around.

Me: Right.  It's sort of like that.  So don't do it.

WTF?