My Ebenezer

Get over it. Penis is NOT a bad word. (though I’m sure I’ll get some interesting hits from google by having it so many times in this post.) Oh, and GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER. Actually, it’s my mind that needs to get out of the gutter. I just reread my title and thought, Wow, that could really be misconstrued. Oh well.

Bedtime is exhausting. There has to be another way. Why is it JUST NOW occurring to me to pray and ask God to help us address Speedy’s betime issues? Hello! Sometimes I could just kick myself.

I had a whole post all worked out in my head about our bedtime saga but now it is pointless.

Anyway, I’m feeling better and oh so proud of myself. That’s right. I taught Speedy a new word. Yep. I’m that kind of a mom. Thought the “word of the day” around here usually isn’t one to write home about.

Yesterday, daddy-o was dressing Princess and he asked if her shirt snapped in the back. I said, “Yes, it snaps in the back and in the crotch.” Speedy immediately says, “CROTCH!” Nice, huh?

Today, we entered a brand new stage of learning and playing with Speedy. WHILE OUR CASE WORKER WAS HERE FOR HER MONTHLY VISIT, Speedy was in the playroom and got really quiet. I wondered what he was up to but knew there wasn’t much he could get into in the playroom so I didn’t worry too much.

Finally, after about ten minutes I said to our cw, “I better go see what he’s doing in there.” Then I had to have this conversation with him, within earshot of our caseworker:

Me: Speedy, please put your wee wee (aka penis) back into your pull up and put the toy down.

Speedy: confused look but follows directions

Me: Speedy, if you want to play with your wee wee, you may do so during bath time or when we are changing your diaper, but it isn’t nice to take your wee wee out of your pull up. Your wee wee gets pee pee on it and that makes it yucky to touch when it is in your diaper.

Speedy: It yucky

Me: Yes, Speedy. Let’s go wash your hands and the toy and from now on, we’re going to leave our wee wee in our diaper, right?

Speedy: leave wee wee in pull up!

Nice, huh? I don’t want to tell him not to play with his wee wee. Okay, yes, I do want to tell him that. But I know it is pointless. He’s curious and he is going to play with it but I’d rather him do it in private. I’m worried that he’ll start whippin it out at school when he gets bored. I have an idea that this is only the beginning of a very long wee wee saga.