This is one of those stories. The ones that will be repeated from here on out. One of the most embarrassing things in your short 6 year old life so far. You will forever never be able to think about peeing in a cup in the future without rethinking this story in your mind and trying to remember to stay balanced on the toilet.
Today, I took Ava in for her 6 year check up. After the kids turn 2 years old the pediatrician requires a urine sample be left on the counter before your appointment. The kids think this is the grossest thing ever, why on earth would you pee in a cup and then place it where everyone could see it?
To top off the embarrassment they are not nearly coordinated enough at this age to sit on the toilet and hold the cup and pee in said cup. So, mom has to help you by holding the cup. You're nervous because you don't want to pee in front of your mom (even though she wiped your butt 500 times per day for 2-3 years) and you don't want to *shock* pee ON your mom or your mom's hand as she holds the cup.
So, Ava walks in the bathroom. Shy because this is really the first time she remembers that you have to do this, embarrassed because mom is there. She looks at me wide eyed when I explain the process to her.
No worries, babe...just pee. I'll do the rest.
She settles down, concentrates and starts to pee. She fills the cup up halfway and I say OK, that's enough. I remove the cup and for some reason she doesn't adjust her position right and she starts peeing straight OUT! Holy cow! I'm screaming, Ava stop! Sit right, stop peeing! She can't stop it, it's spraying everywhere. The floor and my shoes, my feet, my legs, her pants, shoes, and panties, everything. The pee is still coming out! Geez, has this kid pee'd at all today? She's starting to panic. There is pee everywhere, we are covered in pee.
I honestly don't care. I've been pee'd on by more than one kid and I'm wearing flip flops. But, my poor dear has wet panties and leggings and now has to figure out how to exit the bathroom with wet pants while we still have to wait for the doctor's exam.
Luckily, she has a longer shirt on so I dry her, myself, the bathroom, etc and I tell her just to keep her shirt down and don't sit down on the chair because she'll leave a wet butt print.
We waited 45 minutes for our appointment. When the doctor came into examine Ava we explained that there was a misfire on the toilet during the peeing in the cup time and that really Ava is properly potty trained at 6 years old ;-) Poor girl...she giggled later and sighed, "yeah, mom, I was so embarrassed by that".
So, here....I post this on my blog so that everyone can see that we are all human and I'm sure there are some people who have misfired while trying to pee in a cup and who if they haven't they've thought about the possibility and froze at the mere thought.
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