My Son and His Simile

I relayed a recent potty training story to my cousin, who is a speech and language specialist, and she was very excited. "Oh my gosh!" she said. "He's so smart! He's using a simile!" Now, I had simply thought the story was funny, but since my cousin thinks this was a sign of my two-and-a-half-year-old's brilliance, I'll share it.

A few days ago, my son suddenly declared that he had to go to the potty. We've put potty training on hold for now but there was no way I was going to turn down his request. He sat on his little seat and tried and tried and tried, but nothing happened. It was clear that he needed to (How shall I say it for maximum decorum in a blog? Oh, forget decorum) poop. He tried so hard that he asked me to hold him while he tried. How sweet is that? But even as a team we were unsuccessful.

I gave him his, "Yay, you tried to go potty" treat, and then told him that I was leaving the light on and his pants off so that we could run back when he thought the poop was coming. I went into the kitchen and in just a few moments I heard a very slight straining sound. I ran into the living room to find him clutching his toy lawn mower's handle, mid-poop. There was nothing I could do at that point (Thank goodness for Terrazzo floor - at least the clean up was easy!) so I just waited for him to finish. As he stepped back to examine the rather large poop, I was afraid that he would be upset about the whole thing, and I said something encouraging, like, "Oh well, we'll try to get it into the potty at another time. Accidents happen!" Then I noticed that he was grinning.

"That looks like a pickle," he announced, and then he giggled.

He was right, too, which is part of what impressed my cousin so much.

My son, the genius.

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