Poop!

One thing about toddlers I have learned is that you are going to have to deal with poop in a fairly regular basis. Yesterday was a fun one. At my partner’s mother’s house Seth has a playpen that he sleeps in. He is totally capable of getting out of it if he wants to, but is typically content to spend some quiet time in it or take a nap. Yesterday he asked to get into his playpen for quiet time and all was well. When I went to get him for dinner about a half hour later I was meant by a very strong smell at the door. Two steps in, I spotted the diaper on the floor with the poop tower on top of (not inside where it belongs) it, and got a really bad feeling. Sure enough turning on the light revealed a toddler and playpen both very much smeared by poop. After an impromptu bath and cleaning session, Seth got to enjoy his peanut-butter and jelly sandwich. So all is well that ends well I suppose.
Now for some backstory. This was not the first time he has removed his own poopy diaper. Since we know that this is a possibility, we have been trying to make sure he is dressed in onesies that snap at the crotch since this has been a barrier for him. Yesterday our little Houdini somehow passed that barrier and managed to remove the diaper and all of the poop without having to undo the snaps. We have also been working with him on telling us when he poops, which he is capable of, but chooses to only do on occasion. And if you remember he is perfectly able to get out of the playpen on his own to come tell us if he wanted to. Basically, my little man was just enjoying the poop storm he created, and he wasn’t too happy with me for cleaning it up either.