It's funny I should mention my "answering service" (in the last post). Today Benjamin answered the phone and shortly thereafter announced that his dada was going poo and that I could talk after I was done going poo. Gosh, I sure hope the window was open wide enough. I wouldn't want to keep the neighbors out of the loop.
So we're working on "can't come to the phone" or "not available" a little more. I also threw in a brief discussion of traditional ideas about privacy, what information people may or may not want to have, etc.
Now, Benjamin has watched a "Bob the Builder" episode (from a library DVD) a lot lately. It's one where Mr. Bentley has an anniversary surprise for Mrs. Bentley, and the machines must "say nothing" to preserve the surprise.
When my wife was home for lunch, I told her today's telephone story. "That's really funny," was her addition to the "teachable moment." By contrast, I quizzed Benjamin, "So if someone calls and one of us is on the potty, what could you say?" (Yeah, I know. I'm no fun.)
Benjamin grinned and responded, "Always say nothing."
That, indeed, was Muck's summation of the lesson for that "Bob the Builder" episode.
I propose a modified version: "When it comes to surprises [and poo], always say nothing."
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- I'm Sponge & Gong Zhu's's dada and my wife's husband. We all live in Wisconsin, where we were raised and have spent most of our lives. I am in my early 40's and a teacher by trade, but I quit teaching by choice to be a stay-at-home dad. (Now I am teaching again part-time.) Sponge (9) is our biological son, and Gong Zhu (7) joined our family in 2007, when we adopted her in her home city, Guangzhou, China. For this blog, their names have been changed to protect the innocent … and them as well. 'Sponge' is bright & has a good memory (especially for SpongeBob & "Phineas & Ferb" quotes.) 'Gong Zhu' (princess in Mandarin) is bright (as you must be to someday rule the kingdom) and loves all things "princess".
2 comments:
That's a cute story. So far my son is only interested in telling others when HE has to poop, or is in the act of pooping. He'll jump up from anywhere, the second he needs to go, yelling, "I have to pooooop! I have to poooooop!!!" If you don't respond with something like, "okay, just go, then" he'll just keep saying it over and over. It's always a hoot in restaurants.
Thanks. That's funny. Our son has started a thing where sometimes he doesn't want to interrupt what he's doing to go to the bathroom. So he'll start doing this "potty dance" and emitting strange high-pitched noises. Either we have to goad him to go right away or he'll sprint to the bathroom at the last minute. Is it so hard to just get up quietly and go to the washroom?
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