Oh, poop.

Remember back when I wrote that post about toddler tantrums? Well, I almost took back everything I said about how to handle those out of control toddler situations, because right after I wrote what I did, my husband got a call from the daycare director asking to meet with us to discuss Colin's behavior. We sat down with Ms. Pam a couple days later, who told us that Colin is a sweet boy with a great personality, but that he was being very physical with his friends. When he'd get upset about something, he would push whoever was closest to him, and since he's the biggest kid in his class, the other kids were falling over and sometimes bumping into things and hurting themselves. Not good. The three of us thought long and hard about any potential solutions, and decided that he was just too young for most discipline methods. We opted to stick with the time-out method for the time being and wait it out, hoping it was just a phase.

Well, apparently it was just a phase, thank the good Lord in Heaven. Just as quickly as the behavior started, it stopped. He has a few rough days here and there, according to Ms. Lisa who sees him every day, but for the most part he has gotten much better about being physical with the other kids. Whew!

And then, just like that, my son picked up a new habit. HE PLAYS WITH HIS POOP.

Who, me?

He's done it a couple times at home, but most of the time we notice when he's going #2 and change him as soon as he's done. If he has to wear a poopy diaper for more than a few minutes, he'll just reach right in there and pull it out. How helpful, right? Well, at daycare there are two teachers to watch ten toddlers, so they can't always watch him closely enough to know right when he's, um, making them a present. About three times a week, he is coming home in one of his back-up outfits because he's gotten poop on the clothes I sent him in. Our washer and dryer have been working overtime, too! Here's hoping this is yet another lovely toddler phase. This too shall pass... right?