My husband and I freeze. Is he actually telling us that he's pooping? I run into the bathroom to find the boy sitting on the toilet with a big grin on his face.
"Did you poop?" I ask.
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"Good job telling Mommy!" I congratulate him and pick up a wet wipe.
"Bend over," he says, before I can tell him. I wipe him, we wash hands, and we celebrate.
Flush!
We are celebrating that my son did not attempt to wipe with his bare hands and smear it on his legs. We are also celebrating that he didn't skip wiping all together and then sit bare-assed on the couch, the piano keys, or our bed--like he did yesterday.
We've slept in many a skid mark. I know it's gross. There have been times that we've been too tired to notice.
Poop or chocolate? Poop or chocolate? Oh, God help me, it's poop.
I know parents of toddlers who've said those words. We say them often. Our son is five.
It's gotten to the point where we're cool with any crisis as long as it doesn't involve poop. It's become our motto.
"He smeared toothpaste on the mirror."
"At least it's not poop."
"He stuck play-doh in the carpet."
"At least it's not poop."
"He's throwing a tantrum."
"At least he's not throwing poop."
Poop is an important topic for parents of ASD kids.
Seriously...google "autism and poop." Your computer will blow up.
OMG!!! you have me laughing so hard right now!
ReplyDeletelmao. I've been there. Not there anymore.. but yes. This was awesome.
ReplyDeleteI'm busting a gut, too! Probably because as an ASD mom, I've had my fair (and unfair) share of poop. Congrats on the momentous occasion today! Let's hope tomorrow is just as joyous!
ReplyDeleteROFL Love it! I had one of those but he *did* outgrow it! Oh and you got another follower. :-)
ReplyDeleteThat's my life, except it's twins
ReplyDeleteThis is us with our fully verbal, highly functional Aspie EIGHT year old. It is so exhausting. Thank-you for making it humorous for just a moment. Maybe I won't cry for the first of second time I have to scrub down the walls today (though pretty sure it won't be helping by the eighth but I'll give it a shot).
ReplyDeleteI am crying right now!!! and my son (who is 1) is laughing at me. right now I am having toddler poop....and luckily my ASD daughtr did not have a 'I want to wipe poop everywhere' phase, but i understand none the less!
ReplyDeleteI can't stop laughing! At least it....yep, totally.
ReplyDeletethis is all really new and scarey to me thank you for making me laugh and not feel so alone with my son.
ReplyDeletemy 12 yr old autistic son didn't get trained till age 7 and STILL won't wipe! That is my goal for the next few months...that and taking showers instead of baths, tying his shoes, riding his two-wheeler without training wheels etc.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, the dreaded Poop Smear! I wish saying the words, "This too, shall pass" would help you but I know they won't. They didn't help me LOL. Thank you for letting me know that it wasn't just my children! Maybe I wasn't such a rotten mother after all LOL
ReplyDeleteI've played the poop or chocolate game many, many times. Rarely won.
ReplyDeleteI can totally relate to this. LOVE IT! My five year old autistic son also runs off after using the toilet. He actually just started putting his seat on the toilet without prompting. We wonder the same thing after cuz he will just pull up his boxers and run off. Of course there are the dreaded times when he runs butt naked without wiping and we have to chase him to avoid skid marks on everything. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! lmao
ReplyDeleteI hear you! I have to boys on the spectrum at opposite ends and thankfully only one of them has poop issues, he is 9 and still in nappies but can get his hands inside for a split second and cause absolute mayhem!
ReplyDeleteHa ha so know the pooped out feeling! Also I reckon you could have about 20 stages of being toilet trained - from the 'stays dry if taken every 5 minutes level' to the 'shows awareness of toilet needs by walking to toilet with poopy pants round ankles' level! After all they are all going in the right directions (preferably in the toilet!)
ReplyDelete"Your computer will blow up".......lol That last line just made me laugh out loud.......rofl
ReplyDeleteI'm too afraid to google it. I had no idea it was the prevalent. I thought it was just our special asd daughter that was infatuated with the effects of poop, and more importantly, the freaky way mommy behaves after said incident.
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