Poop

"Do you have to go poop?" This has been the question ever since I have initiated the "Yanomami technique" for potty training. The Yanomami are an indigenous tribe of Venezuela and the technique goes like this...you take the kid's diaper off. The only two options are 1) Go on yourself or 2) use the potty. Brilliant! I was going to start potty training months ago but was too big and pregnant to stay consistent. Then Emilio was born I was too sick and I was always on the potty to even contemplate teaching Ignacio how to do it. But now, here we are four months later and we know Ignacio knows when he has to go. Step One accomplished. So, for two days he has been running around the house without a diaper on like a Yanomami in the jungle and going pee pee in the toilet all day. Hurray...but not poop. For some reason pooping outside of a diaper is highly anxiety-provoking for him. So today he has been playing around without a diaper on and, as I was nursing Emilio, saw the look in his eyes. He has to go!!! I gently suggested he sit on the potty and not two minutes later he proudly stood up and looked at his poop! YEA!! We went directly to the kitchen where he climbed up on the chair at the table and waited for the BIGGEST ice cream EVER!!!

On a smaller poop note, Emilio finally pooped after 7 days. 3oz of apple juice coupled with a tummy massage and warm bath and "SPLAT"! We were quite relieved. He didn't seem to see what the big deal was. Happy Fourth of July and Happy Pooping!