Thursday, September 11, 2008

are you serious!?

i hear banging on my door at like 8:55 this morning, about 5 minutes after i put zooey to bed. i'm rinsing out poop from keaton's diaper in the toilet... i open the door, it's a cop. "we got a report of a baby screaming. are there any babies here?"
"yeah, i have two - and yeah, like 30 minutes ago keaton - oh here he is - was screaming because he didn't want me to change his poopy diaper. so, i just let him cry it out a little then he let me change him..."
"ok, so everybody is ok?"
"yeah, thanks for checking..."
"good luck. obey your mom."

what the freak... i feel like my motherhood has been challenged or something. like the guy was really nice about it. i think he just had to come because someone had said something, and he seemed to know that kids scream and cry sometimes, but it really unnerved me... i kinda just want to give keaton and zooey tranquilizers until they hit 8 or 9 and go from there. i don't know... i'll simmer down in a little while. what was i supposed to do let the poop bake on his butt then give him a horrible rash? he's freaking two years old, he can't decide if he wants to leave crap on his butt or not. ugh! oh well, in a couple of days or weeks or months or years, i'm sure i'll love telling the story and laughing about it. thing is, he reminds me of me...

6 comments:

Sara said...

Oh my word. If I had a nickel for every time my 2 year old screams, I'd be living in Westlake. Too funny!

Unknown said...

for real! i didn't think it was too funny at the time - pretty much there now. about an hour and a half after the cop left, keaton got his bike stuck and started screaming like someone was sawing his leg off - i about flew through the roof trying to get in there and knock him out so he couldn't scream anymore.

Unknown said...

haha, i'm posting as scott again... it's really kelly :)

Sarah Hogan said...

An easy mistake since you guys look like the type of people who beat their kids:) We had someone call the cops on us one time because our puppy didn't like being in his kennel and barked all day. The guy lived 3 houses down and around the corner. Give me a break.

Anonymous said...

yep

Sarah Hogan said...

Do you have the poop-sprayer thing that hooks to the toilet?