Within the past couple of months, Brooklyn has learned to communicate quite effectively using both words and actions. One of our favorite consequences of this new skill was her ability to tell us when she needed a diaper change (or even when she was about to need one.) Then there was no guessing game or having to actually lift her up and smell her bum... ick! So the child was trained that if she told her mommy that she had pooped, her diaper would be changed. The lesson backfired. Since Brooklyn learned that saying "poop" or "stinky" would invariably lead to a little one-on-one time with Mom or Dad, she now says it CONSTANTLY!!! For example, right now she is in her crib because it is nap time. I guess she's not in the mood to take a nap because she is screaming "POO-POO!! STINKY!! EEEWWW!! STINKYYY!!!" I'm watching her on the monitor and she is even grabbing at her diaper and acting like it is absolutely filthy. I just changed her seconds before putting her down, so I don't believe her. I hardly ever believe her anymore because she just says it to get attention. So now, our little girl's skill is of no use to her. She still tells me when she's dirty, but she also tells me the same thing 100 times a day when she's NOT dirty. So since I'm not that gullible, she often ends up having to spend some extra time sitting in her own poop. Go Brooklyn.
UPDATE: Just so you don't think I'm a horrible mother, her diaper was clean when she woke up.
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