Poo Explosion Reason #1

I had come home from a Diaper Day movie with my fellow new-mom girlfriends one afternoon just as I finished a large iced tea from the Coffee Society in the Pruneyard in Campbell. Just what is a Diaper Day movie you might ask? Well, it is a movie showing (determined by the movie theater people) where it's kid- and baby-friendly. My girlfriends and I have made it to almost every one (although I must say each movie they've shown for the month of October have just sucked) and it's a blast being able to do normal things again, like watching a movie with your baby. The best part of going to these things is that you don't have to worry about your baby screaming, crying, or fussing because just about all the babies are also screaming, crying, or fussing. It's definitely one of those things that makes motherhood more pleasant (as opposed to just staying at home all day long with said screaming, crying, or fussing baby... not that Tyler is like that... most of the time anyway!).

Anyway, I had just come back from an early afternoon at the movies and had just polished off a large iced tea as I stepped in through the door to my house. As I went to dump the remaining ice in the sink (where my grandmother was washing vegetables for that night's dinner), my grandmother expressed distaste for my consumption of iced beverages. "You're going to give him an upset stomach because you're drinking things with so much ice," she warned. "Just watch!"

Later that night, Tyler had a massive poo explosion. This was something to be expected as he had been constipated for the past 24+ hours. As I was cleaning up the mess (and thank Heaven for cloth diapers as they make for fast and easy cleanup!), my grandmother loudly proclaimed: "See? I told you! The reason why your son had such a huge and messy poop was because you drank something with ice in it!"

"Grandma," I said, a bit exasperated. "The reason why he had such a huge and messy poop was because he hadn't pooped for almost two days!"

"No, it is not. It is because you gave him an upset stomach for drinking something with so much ice in it."

Sigh...