Well, Sam and I do. Have quite frequently actually, mostly when the girls have had a bad dream. What makes a sleeping baby wake up from a previously sound sleep screaming and unconsolable?
Ella did it pretty frequently a couple of years ago and she'd just tell us she was scared. I seem to remember one time she said something about a monkey. Oh, and she used to have nightmares about that stinkin' dolphin! grrr...
Anyway, Anna had a bad dream the other night. And, while there are lots of good and great things (and some not so good, like intentionally tormenting your sister while driving) that come with children who are very verbal early on - this has got to be one of the best. She's not quite two and lately it seems always has some choice words for us.
Back to the dream: Anna wakes up screaming, inconsolable - Sam is unable to comfort her for several minutes, she doesn't want her blankets, her pacifier, milk - anything at all! She's just screaming at the top of her lungs. Finally I go in, which is usually less than helpful at 2 am, and I try to give her her blankets and her pacifier. She promptly throws them away screaming, "NO NO NO!!!" I finally figure out she's yelling, "I pooped!" Oh, okay, so we lay her on the floor and while I'm changing her diaper, that is totally NOT dirty, Sam hands her her blanket again. Again, she throws it off and starts screaming again. We are so confused and have no idea what to do now.
Then we hear these words of wisdom, "NO blankie! It's messy!!! Don't make me messy! I poop on blankie! No pacifier! It's messy! I poop on pacifier!!!"
Oh my goodness, it took everything we had to not burst out laughing right then and there - she actually had a dream - as far as we can figure - about pooping on her things. She couldn't have them because they were poopy. I almost died. Laughing so hard as soon as we got her back into bed we couldn't even get back to sleep.
And there's your happy poop thought for the day. You are welcome. I truly hope you find this as amusing as we did ;)
***I'm adding this other poop piece b/c this is probably the first and last time I will EVER talk about poo on my blog again. Truly - Kind of can't believe how many times I've typed the word today. Little bit mortified actually now that I'm thinking of it. But truly, the story needed to be shared. Good thing for talking babies, huh?
- This past week Anna has pooped on the potty twice and peed in it once! Yay!!! I know we still have a long way to go but there is hope. It's a long way from, "Anna do you wanna pee in the potty?" "Noooo, that's silly!"
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