Potty Talk

A word of warning  -- this is straight potty talk.  This morning I find myself back at the beginning of the Dylan #2 do-loop.

At least once a week we are pulling together a recipe for Dylan to relieve himself.  When the time comes, we quickly divert his diet to straight prunes (and possibly pear juice)... which fortunately for us, he rather enjoys -- then we play the waiting game.  You can't help but try to self-diagnose -- perhaps it's too much oatmeal, did we give him something new, maybe he's sick, etc, etc.  One thing I've learned though is -- this, along with many other ailments, will pass with time. 

We are by no means in new territory with the blockage situations... past experience with another kid in our family has us well prepared.  In fact, we still are dealing with it today.  Maddie is pretty much fully potty trained when it comes to the #1.  However the #2 process can be quite lengthy (in the 10-15 min range) and also requires just the right yoga position to help move things along.  This carefully orchestrated (required) process is making potty time quite difficult.  Like her brother, we are also making some diet modifications to help facilitate the process.

Anyway, enough about that.

Bottom line is:  if things go as anticipated, around 5PM tonight -- Dylan will be all smiles.