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Potty Talk

Preschooler: Mommy, you forgot to change Baby Rae’s stinky.

Me: No, I changed it while you were drawing.

Preschooler: How big was it this time?

Me: I don’t know.

Preschooler: Show me with your hands.

Me, making an oval shape with my hands that scales about 3 inches in length: About this big, I guess.

Preschooler: Was it round?

Me: No, it was more oval.

Me, thinking to myself: Why are we having an entire conversation that revolves around my toddler’s bowel movement?

Preschooler, reading my mind: I like to see how big Baby Rae’s poop is.

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· January 5, 2009 · Tagged With: Mom Humor · Filed Under: Child 1, Tales from the Trenches

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  1. Katy says

    January 6, 2009 at 7:21 pm

    So funny! We have these conversations too. Carly always has to see Taylor’s poop when I change her!

Hi, I’m Kate

I’m a wife, mom of five kids, writer, speaker, storyteller, bibliophile, runner, eating disorder survivor, and perfectionist in recovery. I'm the author of Getting Past Perfect: Finding Joy & Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood  and Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body.

I’ve tried a lot of things in my life – anorexia, bulimia, law school, teaching aerobics, extended breastfeeding, vegetarianism, trying to be perfect and failing miserably at it – and through it all I’ve been writing. And learning to embrace the messiness of life instead of covering it up, making excuses for it, or being ashamed of my brokenness or my home’s sticky counters.

Nowadays I’m striving every single, imperfect day to strike a balance between keeping it real and keeping it joyful.

 

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―Flannery O'Connor

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