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Saturday, January 05, 2008

The New Toy

This post is for the Big Giraffe since he couldn't stop laughing when I told him about it.

My older son (OS) has always loved playing in the bathroom. I don't know what it is about the bathroom that he finds so attractive, but if things get very quiet while he is awake, I can almost guarantee that he's playing in the bathroom, no matter how many times I've told him not to. Since he's 4 and has been potty trained for a year, it has become trickier. We're really working on privacy, so I don't want to just barge into the bathroom or start knocking on the door every time he goes into it. Sometimes he really is using it for...um...legitimate reasons! I don't want to make him nervous.

A while ago, I re-read Beezus and Ramonaby Beverly Clearly. It was like she knew OS. There was a scene in which preschooler Ramona gave Ribsy the dog a timeout in the bathroom, and Ribsy accidentally locked the door with his paw. I can't even tell you the number of times I've stopped a "dog timeout" in progress either by freeing Gandalf or requiring a sulky OS to free him. OS's reasoning is identical to Ramona's reasoning; since Gandalf doesn't have his own room (where OS has his timeouts) Gandalf can use the bathroom as his room.

Between OS's playful tendencies and his friendship with Toilet Paper Babies, I wasn't initially concerned when I found one of the free, sample floss containers from the dentist's office with the floss pulled out all over the bathroom. After finding the 3rd container pulled out in less than a week, I started becoming concerned. Then I encountered OS. He handed me an empty floss container.

OS: Here's your yo-yo mommy.
Me: What?
OS: (with look on his face like I'm an incredible idiot) Your yo-yo. Just like the yo-yo Grandma got me for Christmas.

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: For clean teeth and healthy gums, brush and yo yo every day.

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