I gotta go pee-pee
I don't know why, but my daughter has the prodigious ability to decide she has a bathroom urgency at the most inopportune times and places. Just yesterday, for instance, I had just finished a rather extensive (and expensive) shopping excursion at Costco. I had all the food loaded in the trunk and had JUST finished buckling BOTH kids into their car seats when Amy suddenly got that desperate look in her eyes and started chanting, "mommy, I HAVE to go PEE-PEE on the potty, NOW!" Now mind you, this was AFTER I'd already set her on the Costco potty and unsuccessfully begged and pleaded for her to try and go pee-pee. It's these times I wish I carried around a port-a-potty. But since I don't, and probably won't, I had to haul both kids BACK across the parking lot and into the store restroom.
Probably the most inconvenient bathroom emergency (so far) occurred late one night while I was driving back from Nashville International Airport. Our flight landed well after dark. It took awhile to get luggage, the car, and find the right freeway (I'm directionally challenged). When I finally got onto the highway headed toward Chattanooga, it was already well past 10 pm. Within minutes of our homeward trip Michael fell asleep and soon Amy's eyes started to flutter. I settled back into my seat, finally relaxing after hustling all day. Suddenly, Amy jerked to life: "Mommy, I have to go POO-POO."
"Can you hold it?" I pleaded.
"No, mommy, stop the car so I can poo-poo on the grass."
"Ah sure. Let me get this right. It's 39 degrees outside and 10pm and you want mommy to stop the car along a major highway and hold you in a squatting position so you can go poo-poo. Not going to happen. Can't you hold your poo?"
"Mommy, I have to go poo-poo, NOW!!!" continued at escalating volumes until I wanted to pull my ears off... finally out of desperation, I found a random well-lit gas station and hauled BOTH kids into the restroom so Amy could poo. Unfortunately, by the time she finished, Michael was wide awake and screaming his protests so I had to stop and feed him before I could reload both children and resume our homeward journey. We should have made it home before 11 pm but thanks to said interruption it was almost midnight...
Probably the most inconvenient bathroom emergency (so far) occurred late one night while I was driving back from Nashville International Airport. Our flight landed well after dark. It took awhile to get luggage, the car, and find the right freeway (I'm directionally challenged). When I finally got onto the highway headed toward Chattanooga, it was already well past 10 pm. Within minutes of our homeward trip Michael fell asleep and soon Amy's eyes started to flutter. I settled back into my seat, finally relaxing after hustling all day. Suddenly, Amy jerked to life: "Mommy, I have to go POO-POO."
"Can you hold it?" I pleaded.
"No, mommy, stop the car so I can poo-poo on the grass."
"Ah sure. Let me get this right. It's 39 degrees outside and 10pm and you want mommy to stop the car along a major highway and hold you in a squatting position so you can go poo-poo. Not going to happen. Can't you hold your poo?"
"Mommy, I have to go poo-poo, NOW!!!" continued at escalating volumes until I wanted to pull my ears off... finally out of desperation, I found a random well-lit gas station and hauled BOTH kids into the restroom so Amy could poo. Unfortunately, by the time she finished, Michael was wide awake and screaming his protests so I had to stop and feed him before I could reload both children and resume our homeward journey. We should have made it home before 11 pm but thanks to said interruption it was almost midnight...
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