See, baby Nate is infatuated with bathrooms. He thinks crawling in to them is really neat. I'll spare you the details of his affinity for the commode, but trust me, he's not old enough to sit on it but he's big enough to pull himself up....fill in the blanks.
Anyway, today he was crawling down the hall at breakneck speed, headed straight for his 'promised land' when he was obstructed by some cardboard box inners. At this point I had not yet had my hero revelation, so needing to wash my hands I simply walked over the immovable (to him) mountain.
He looked at me as if I had just leaped the moon (to him, I did) and I proceeded to his wonder-world to wash up. So to him, being able to go in to the bathroom WHENEVER YOU WANT is the best, the tops, hero-worthy.
Ahhh, having a toddler is so rewarding!
Epilogue:
Eventually he navigated his way around the obstruction and once he was clear he put his little motor in overdrive. He made it in record time and was making a bee-line for the lid (mouth high) when suddenly I bellow...
"NATTTHHHAAAAAANNNNN....."
He pauses, momentarily....then chuckles like 'yeah I hear you, and yes I know, and no, I don't care...'
"NAAAATTTTHHAAAAANNNNNNN NOOOOOOOOOOO...."
Normally he processes this as, 'continue when ready' but this time he actually looked at me. Upon seeing my frown and disapproving head shaking, he tilted his head to the side.
There he was kneeling at the crossroads.
Toilet.
Dad.
Toilet....Dad....toilet......
He looks at the toilet as if to say, 'see you later sweetie, nothing personal,' and
Crawls Away from the Toilet!
YESS~ He CAwT!
So now I'm sure I'm his hero, because not only can I go to his favorite place whenever I want, I can get him to stay away from it, too!
I wonder if this will work when he's 16?
hahaha! Too funny! Luckily Matthew has not discovered that yet. He does like the tub though. And I totally empathize with "noooo" meaning "continue please".
ReplyDeleteI'm really glad, for your sake, that he picked you over the toilet. Although, that would have made for a LOL post! :)
ReplyDeleteRia: Yeah; it's as if 'no' is an aggravation to Nate because it side tracks him...usually only momentarily though! I'm sure me laughing at his celver nature doesn't help, it's just that he's so dang cute!!
ReplyDeleteKristy: At least this time he did...lol. If he hadn't I can just see the blog posts...'why my parenting stinks...'