"Mommy...I think this is the grand finale of pooping for today...."

that is what Noah said to me tonight after he had gone about 10 times.....before he finally had a nice sized bowel movement. Yes...when he wipes and we go through this ordeal it is not like 1-2 times per day.......it occurs 10+ times per day.....because he will try holding his poop in......and then only let a little bit out in the bathroom in the toilet because he is afraid he is going to miss something.....so he has to wipe and I check and wipe what is left and we clean up.....only to have this entire episode repeated about 20 times in a day. He finally had a large bowel movement and proudly announced he thought it was the grand finale of his pooping for the day.

BUT it was not meant to be. He had one more large one and then a couple of what I call pip-squeak poopies which again is where he tries to hold it in and only a tiny bit comes out.

We have to go through the wipes and cleaning up and all that each and every time because he is still not wanting to always wipe himself. He finally will do it....but it is an ordeal. By the end of the day however..he finally was getting better.....so eventually we will be back in the swing of things.

it is exhausting to say the least.

mommy loves you....my little pooping machine.....;X