May 12, 2005
Bowel Movements and Body Parts (would you expect any less of me?)
So you guess what we've been up to.
Gideon and I both recommend this book, Once Upon a Potty by Alona Frankel. It comes in a boy and a girl version. I only have one complaint. Yes, Katie, they use a silly word for penis. It's cool 'cause the book talks about all of Joshua's nice and useful parts like he doesn't need to be ashamed that a penis pees and a bum poops, then calls the penis a pee pee. My take on that is that if you don't need to be ashamed of it, why does it need a silly word? I can see the practicality in calling pee and poop that cause urination and bowel movement are hard for lots of kids to say. Plus in this day and age lots of adults don't even know the right words for them. That's all I'd change about the book. No, kids aren't too young for those words. They should be taught there's nothing wrong with those parts, but that they are made to be kept private, just like peeing and pooping are. Also, that many people are uncomfortable talking about them and we should therefore out of respect for others keep our talk about these parts and their actions in a private setting (such as the internet).
Now lets see what kind of comment spam I get from the words in this entry.
Check out this video
of Isaac with our pastor, Leroy. They adore each other.
The boys and I are off to Chattavegas this afternoon. I'll leave the boys there for the weekend (wipes tear dramatically from the corner of her eye) while Andy and I attend Dave and Meadow's wedding and celebrate our fifth anniversary. Thanks yet again, Mom and Dad.