ell, we finally had a poop success on the potty last night. And the size of what came out caused a moment of silence across the household. How on earth could that boy have had it all in him? We celebrated by doing the poopy cheer and marching straight downstairs to turn on Handy Manny, who has been on sabatical from our house for a good 2 months. And we also got to put a stamp on our poopy chart that says "TERRIFIC!" Thank you, Target Dollar Bin!
We all went upstairs to ready for bed feeling like we had turned a corner...until Jack was reading on his big stuffed dog in Alex's room and both peed and pooped in his pants...not more than 45 minutes after producing the Poop That Engulfed Texas. The now wet big stuffed dog was put in the shower, Jack was put in the shower, and we forced ourselves to chin up, after all, we had the success, didn't we? That all felt fine and good until...Jack pooped in his pajamas and got it all over his PJs and both sheets. OK, screw this chin up crap. What the %$#@** is going on?
I felt fairly confident of Jack going to school today and not having an accident since there is no possible way in hell he could have another bit of poop left in him. And I was right. But on the way out, the director informed me that Jack's teacher had said he was having accidents "all the time" (not true) and that they had decided they wanted to "scare him a bit" by taking him back to his old room (i.e. not the Big Boy Room) to get changed, making him feel as if he were being demoted (punished). Now, John and I have struggled with remaining positive through this whole poopy period. And it is a big struggle, which sometimes we fall off the wagon, but we try to get right back on because experts say not to punish your child for having accidents. And here is his school (I believe that puts them in the "Expert" classification) telling us that they are going to "scare" him? Hmmmm. Does that seem right?
Well, I put the kabash on it anyway since Jack will be out of school for a week coming up and this will create too much random change in his schedule. But this has given me pause. Any advice?
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That's terrible that the school wants to punish your son, humiliate him for accidents! Put your foot down and tell them that they MAY NOT traumatize him that way.
First, I think the Poop That Ate Texas probably just opened up the floodgates and if it was that big, he may have just been uncomfortable in that general area his senses weren't working as well as they normally might be.
Second, no, don't let the school do that- that's pretty horrible. We do talk about how Brie wears diapers because she's a baby, but that's about the extent of that sort of talk at our house.
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