“Look where I pooped,” he said.
Posted on | April 24, 2007 |
So, apparently, while I was away on my glorious weekend adventure, Bean and DH had a great deal of fun wielding hammers, hauling measuring tapes, and in general, doing boy things. DH reports that at one point he was doing something in another room and he heard the back screen door open and shortly there after Bean yelled, “Daddy I pooped on da step!” As proud as could be.
And indeed. He had.
About a week ago, when the weather had just turned from miserable to tolerable, Bean and I were outside cavorting about in the meadow. Since we’ve been potty training, and since he had not gone in over an hour, I decided it was time to show him one of the most fabulous things about being a BOY. That he’s entirely equipped to drop trou and pee anywhere he so should choose. Without the mess of squatting, and quite possibly peeing on one’s shoes, which, being a girl who has climbed my share of mountains, and hiked my share of back woods trails, and taken endless road trips where there are no bathrooms between point X and point Y and the distance between the two is at least two hundred miles, I know all about.
The sheer glee of that yellow arc.
He was hooked.
He started making a getaway to the back door whenever the urge to pee struck. “Mama, I peed on the step!” he’d yell, until I explained that I’d prefer if he’d pee, NOT ON THE STEP, and that any old bush or grass patch is far more acceptable.
But the poop thing. Totally unprecedented. And miracle of miracles: he didn’t step in it.
Are all little boys this enamored with this going outdoors business?
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April 24th, 2007 @ 7:43 pm
yes. Although i don’t remember. the yellow arc thing is funny.
April 24th, 2007 @ 7:51 pm
You have no idea what you have unleashed! Boys (and my man) think it is the best thing ever to pee outdoors. I make them pee around my gardens so the deer won’t eat my flowers.
April 24th, 2007 @ 8:05 pm
hehehe. when my little brother was 2 or 3 we went on a camping trip and for months after we came home he would only pee outside - he would actually go outside for the sole purpose of peeing. i don’t remember any poo - - but that’s not to say it didn’t happen. little boys are the best!
April 24th, 2007 @ 8:42 pm
my experience with two younger brothers is that yes, they all *love* to do their business outdoors. i can remember one summer when one of my brothers peed on nearly every tree in the yard (like he was marking them or something) and then he and his friend peed inside of a plastic guitar. he got in big trouble for that one.
April 24th, 2007 @ 10:13 pm
some guys never outgrow this…i dated a boy in college who peed outside every morning!
April 24th, 2007 @ 10:56 pm
Oh my! My little boy (4) is all about the yellow arc! He will pee outside in winter time if I let him. (It is sooooo funny!!!)
April 25th, 2007 @ 12:24 am
My little one never has…yet.
My older one went through it at about five or six. He did it at school, peed on a tree. I do remember the teacher was quite upset. Hysterical is more like it.
April 25th, 2007 @ 6:31 am
an additional fact about outdoor peeing besides the urge to write your name in the snow is. when in uneven terrain the male pee-er naturally gravitates to the highest point as to enjoy the the yellow arc in it’s longest possible glory–a tall cliff brings special joy.
April 25th, 2007 @ 9:05 am
Girls do, too, depending on the girl. My youngest absolutely prefers to go outside and will just squat at any given moment should she feel the need to go.
I’m trying to break of her of, but, ya know, when ya gotta go, ya gotta go. The horses go outside. The chickens and ducks go outside. The dogs go outside. We don’t have neighbors so I’m just not making a big deal of it.
Fortunately, she finds the nearest tree instead of the step!
April 25th, 2007 @ 10:03 am
We were at a softball game, and I heard giggling, and I looked around to see my 3-year-old son peeing right next to the bleachers. One of my daughters absolutely prefers to pee outside - and she’s 9! She’s going to be great at the road tripping someday.
April 25th, 2007 @ 11:56 am
hilarious!!
April 25th, 2007 @ 1:04 pm
I just wanted to drop a little note not related to the post, but to say that you have mentioned an interest in keeping bees earlier, and on the front page of our metropolitan newspaper, there is a photograph of my friend with an article regarding the dwindling bee population you may be interested in! Now that I’ve read more about the issues, I hope you do one day have time to start since it seems to be growing in importance.
April 25th, 2007 @ 1:21 pm
I understand your concern completely as it was one of mine with my first. Now I would give anything for my second to do it out-of-doors, or elsewhere other than his diaper. Maybe I should just skip the bathroom and take him outside. Hmmm …
April 25th, 2007 @ 2:49 pm
The bathroom is furthest away from tball field and the little boys on my son’s team all pee in the woods around the 3rd inning. One starts and the others follow, the mothers and fathers walk them over to this little patch of wooded area and stand so others cannot see.
April 25th, 2007 @ 7:04 pm
M–I would love to keep bees! I WILL keep them. But it’s a big undertaking. I’ve been reading all about the bee crisis. It’s such a tragedy. Bees are up and leaving their hives for no know scientific reason–except that so many crops are drenched with pesticides and are genetically modified, which I’m certain affects them. I cannot wait to have some hives–but first I need to get the apple trees and gardens in order.
As to so many of you who wrote about your daughters preferring the outdoors as well–I’m right there with them. Who would use a yucko porta-potty when there’s a lovely tree to squat behind?
April 25th, 2007 @ 7:44 pm
The kids are wearing nappies 24/7. What a pathetic situation. My little one is over the moon when I give him a chance to be free of nappy burden. Their childhood will disappear soon. We should give them a chance to enjoy nature without restrictions!
April 25th, 2007 @ 10:26 pm
Oh my goodness. Boys really are quite lucky in that it’s so easy for them. I still remember the FIRST time I went to the bathroom au natural…
But I cannot get over that he pooped on the stair outside! What a gift for DH!
April 26th, 2007 @ 7:35 pm
Are you kidding..? I’m 50 and I still like to pee outdoors!
Must be the breeze. Three of my four kids are boys and I think
it’s been a rite of passage for every boy in the entire extended family.
http://mainemousehouse.blogspot.com/2005/12/smokey-would-be-proud.html
-rfsul
April 30th, 2007 @ 9:05 am
That is too funny.
April 30th, 2007 @ 3:06 pm
I think so - my nephew just pooped in the back yard last night in one of the flowerbeds. He was a pretty proud kid when he was done.
June 21st, 2007 @ 12:36 pm
i love to whiz outside!!! on trees bushes!!!! go boys! (just remember to zip your fly)