Happy New Year. 2008 will bring wonderful things. Things like anal suppositories.

I teach English and will usually avoid redundancies, like ATM machine, butt I had to squeeze anal in there ahead of suppository. (Is there another kind of suppository? I almost don't want to know...)



So 2008 started with a terrific day off from work during which I coached my 4 year old daughter to, yep, go poo. (C'mon, everyone does it, and parents can back me up: it's a main topic.) I motivated like a drill sergeant and my wife encouraged like a midwife. My wife, Betsey, was a real nurturing support. I was a buttinski.

And, man oh man, I was right there for the birth of both of my kids, but this new year's day poo was by far the worst. No epidural, friends. I did start considering an episiotomy. The thing is, we used just 1 of the 25 suppositories a week ago (successfully), and we still have the other 24. Any mention to our little girl of a next suppository results in shrieks of terror. (Why, I wonder...)

Well, we got it out after all. We sort of won our own little bowl game.

Now we're working on drinking more fluids, getting that fiber, and NOT holding it in. People of the world, I beg you: do not hold it in. Go, go, go! Otherwise, I've still got 24 little rectal evacuants to shove up your a**. (Charming, I know.)

For you fanatics out there, keep reading, there's a whole sub-culture:

http://www.poopreport.com/

Any advice on toddler constipation? Please comment! Happy New Year!