How you crappin'?

[Quality Start Machine]

The coworker in the next cube has very definitely just shat himself. I saw him awkward walking stock straight, obvious clenching to the bathroom and on the way back noticed a very visible ring on the seat of his pants. I'm having a hard time not laughing because this guy is the worst.

I hope he goes back to his desk and you are huffing dookie the rest of the day.

[Wheezer]

"This appears to support an association between flush energy and aerosol production" (from here).

I'm somewhat concerned about methodologies that don't explicitly consider whether someone is sitting on the toilet or not.

[flannj]

I can't believe this thread is 26 pages long.


(actually, given this group I'm not surprised)

[Bort]

I can't believe this thread is 26 pages long.


(actually, given this group I'm not surprised)

Even weirder, not more than 15 minutes ago, when cleaning up after my son (you know what's great about having a 5-year-old that is still in diapers for the foreseeable future? NOTHING) I thought about this thread, having no idea it had been bumped.

[Canadouche]

I can't believe this thread is 26 pages long.


(actually, given this group I'm not surprised)

Even weirder, not more than 15 minutes ago, when cleaning up after my son (you know what's great about having a 5-year-old that is still in diapers for the foreseeable future? NOTHING) I thought about this thread, having no idea it had been bumped.

My 3.5 year old is having serious anxiety about it. He goes through periods where he poops daily (for which we reward him with ice cream at the end of the week); then he has an accident, gets stressed out, and holds it for days until he can't anymore, sometimes in his drawers again. Kids, man.

[Bort]

I can't believe this thread is 26 pages long.


(actually, given this group I'm not surprised)

Even weirder, not more than 15 minutes ago, when cleaning up after my son (you know what's great about having a 5-year-old that is still in diapers for the foreseeable future? NOTHING) I thought about this thread, having no idea it had been bumped.

My 3.5 year old is having serious anxiety about it. He goes through periods where he poops daily (for which we reward him with ice cream at the end of the week); then he has an accident, gets stressed out, and holds it for days until he can't anymore, sometimes in his drawers again. Kids, man.

He literally WILL. NOT. CRAP. unless he is alone in his room at night. We went through a hellush few months with his ABA therapists where we tried to force the issue. Nope.

We're hoping if we can get his language and communication a bit better, the next trial will be easier.

[Chuck to Chuck]

I can't believe this thread is 26 pages long.


(actually, given this group I'm not surprised)

Even weirder, not more than 15 minutes ago, when cleaning up after my son (you know what's great about having a 5-year-old that is still in diapers for the foreseeable future? NOTHING) I thought about this thread, having no idea it had been bumped.

My 3.5 year old is having serious anxiety about it. He goes through periods where he poops daily (for which we reward him with ice cream at the end of the week); then he has an accident, gets stressed out, and holds it for days until he can't anymore, sometimes in his drawers again. Kids, man.

Reward him with prunes.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

I can't believe this thread is 26 pages long.


(actually, given this group I'm not surprised)

Even weirder, not more than 15 minutes ago, when cleaning up after my son (you know what's great about having a 5-year-old that is still in diapers for the foreseeable future? NOTHING) I thought about this thread, having no idea it had been bumped.

My 3.5 year old is having serious anxiety about it. He goes through periods where he poops daily (for which we reward him with ice cream at the end of the week); then he has an accident, gets stressed out, and holds it for days until he can't anymore, sometimes in his drawers again. Kids, man.

He literally WILL. NOT. CRAP. unless he is alone in his room at night. We went through a hellush few months with his ABA therapists where we tried to force the issue. Nope.

We're hoping if we can get his language and communication a bit better, the next trial will be easier.

You both have my sympathy.  Been lucky to not have to go through this with my 2, but we've seen it with nephews on both our sides (plus a couple friends' kids) and I know it sucks.

[Yeti]

I can't believe this thread is 26 pages long.


(actually, given this group I'm not surprised)

Even weirder, not more than 15 minutes ago, when cleaning up after my son (you know what's great about having a 5-year-old that is still in diapers for the foreseeable future? NOTHING) I thought about this thread, having no idea it had been bumped.

My 3.5 year old is having serious anxiety about it. He goes through periods where he poops daily (for which we reward him with ice cream at the end of the week); then he has an accident, gets stressed out, and holds it for days until he can't anymore, sometimes in his drawers again. Kids, man.

As someone who experienced similar issues as a kid, I really wish I knew what clicked for me. At a certain point, the anxiety kicked. I empathize with you guys. I'm sure it was confounding for my parents

[flannj]

We never had these issues in our household.

But I have a neighbor with an at the time 4 year old or so son.
He was on the toilet by himself and decided to create artwork.
The walls, the white bathroom door, the sink, the bathtub. Everything looked like it had been finger painted in chocolate cake frosting.
The mom took photos and posted them on Facebook.

It was astonishing.

[Yeti]

We never had these issues in our household.

But I have a neighbor with an at the time 4 year old or so son.
He was on the toilet by himself and decided to create artwork.
The walls, the white bathroom door, the sink, the bathtub. Everything looked like it had been finger painted in chocolate cake frosting.
The mom took photos and posted them on Facebook.

It was astonishing.

Takeaway: people do strange things on social media

[Canadouche]

I can't believe this thread is 26 pages long.


(actually, given this group I'm not surprised)

Even weirder, not more than 15 minutes ago, when cleaning up after my son (you know what's great about having a 5-year-old that is still in diapers for the foreseeable future? NOTHING) I thought about this thread, having no idea it had been bumped.

My 3.5 year old is having serious anxiety about it. He goes through periods where he poops daily (for which we reward him with ice cream at the end of the week); then he has an accident, gets stressed out, and holds it for days until he can't anymore, sometimes in his drawers again. Kids, man.

He literally WILL. NOT. CRAP. unless he is alone in his room at night. We went through a hellush few months with his ABA therapists where we tried to force the issue. Nope.

We're hoping if we can get his language and communication a bit better, the next trial will be easier.

I wouldn't expect it to work in your case, because I figure you've already probably tried something like this, but my wife developed a reward system she calls Poops for Scoops. She draws an ice cream cone and puts five numbers on it. Every time he uses the toilet, he gets a "sprinkle" (a sticker he puts over one of the numbers). When the cone gets all five sprinkles, we take him for ice cream. It generally works, but just not in the last two weeks or so. We're trying to sweeten the pot with oatmeal cookies.

[Tonker]

Nobody gives me fucking ice cream when I do a poo on the bog, and yet somehow when I shit myself it's apparently a bad thing and all my fault.  Fuck sake.

[Yeti]

Nobody gives me fucking ice cream when I do a poo on the bog, and yet somehow when I shit myself it's apparently a bad thing and all my fault.  Fuck sake.

You get a week holiday for each poo. Quit yer bitchin

[Canadouche]

Nobody gives me fucking ice cream when I do a poo on the bog, and yet somehow when I shit myself it's apparently a bad thing and all my fault.  Fuck sake.

Hey, randomly, I was thinking about you the other day. I hope I'm not calling you out or anything, but how's your fitness quest going?

I gained back 20 or so pounds in the last 10 months, but it's coming off again as I starve myself and continue running most days.