Baby's first poop in the tub: August 6, 2007
Though I'd heard many, many other mothers talk about their children pooping in the bathtub, I'd long ago gotten over that fear, due to the fact that Alex has never, ever done it. I'd get after John for refusing to give Alex a bath using the "tub-poop" defense and I'd counter with my belief that since he hasn't done it in nearly two years, he's not likely to start now, so go get the bubble bath already!
I was wrong. This afternoon as he was playing in the bubbles, he stopped moving and started grunting. And almost immediately, there lying on the bottom of the tub was a little brown turd. Having become immune to any and all bodily functions and excretions, I took it as an opportunity to take him out of the tub and stick him on the potty to hopefully finish his business there. He promptly clamped his cheeks and refused to do any more business.
As a first time tub-poop goes, I count myself very lucky. Alex had been suffering from a bout of the squirts all weekend so I've been giving him Gatorade and water in lieu of juice, making this bowl movement thankfully solid. I just drained the tub water and picked it up with some toilet paper. It could have been so much worse.
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