Another playground, another diaper

Shane's streak continues. All throughout the neighborhood playgrounds, Chick-Fil-A, and now Burger King.

I tried to take Shane to two different model train stores on Monday, but both were closed (go figure).

I took Shane to Burger King to make amends and explore somewhere new.

Shane took off running when he saw a new play-place. He scrambled up squirrel-fast. He ran through the tunnels above me for maybe 2 or 3 minutes before he quieted down...

...and started grunting.

We all know what that means.

"Shane, are you pooping?" I already knew the answer.

"No." Shane lied.

I waited until the grunting stopped.

"I need to change your butt. Come down, please."

"No."

Shane pooped a couple of hours prior to us going out. He was taking antibiotics though, and those can cause diarrhea. Diarrhea makes for nasty diaper rash.

There were three options as I saw it:

1) Tell Shane to come down again

2) Crawl up after him.

3) Wait him out

I asked Shane to come down once or twice more, but I already knew that wasn't going to work. The boy is stubborn and he wants to be the boss. There was no emergency, so I didn't want to climb up myself, either. Those crawl places are hard plastic and not as comfy on adult knees.

I went with option number 3. Normally, I'd just kick up my feet and sit in a chair. Shane eventually comes down to check in. It can take him 10 to 15 minutes and diarrhea has cooked his butt in the past, so I didn't really want to wait that long. I figured that: A) Shane would eventually want to slide and B) if I positioned myself just right so he couldn't see me, Shane would probably come looking sooner.

I caught an ankle, before he got too far. Shane was very upset when I pulled him out, but our rule is "If you poop, no more playground." I had diapers in the car (what experienced Dad does not?), but I prefer to avoid public restrooms when home is less than 10 minutes away. I grabbed some chicken nuggets for Shane to eat and we pulled away.

I saved a buck on the chicken nuggets at Burger King, but it wasn't worth it overall. Chick-Fil-A has better nuggets and more kids running around.

Bottom line: Shane likes to poop on playgrounds.