May 2, 2006

• More scarring for Isabelle

  The recent fish food incident brought to mind another event that could have scarred my daughter although she seems to be going on with no noticeable effects.

  My children have always had open door policies. If the door is shut they feel it should be open. This really didn’t bother me much when they were younger but now it causes issues so I have learned to lock some doors at certain moments, one of which is the bathroom door.

  When Isabelle was three I was in the bathroom taking care of the thing you usually take care of in there. when the bathroom door opened and Isabelle poked her head in I cried “EEK!” which is my usual response when my privacy is invaded in that room. Isabelle giggled and slammed the door. I could hear her laughing outside the shut door and knew she was going to open it again. I finished my bathroom business,quickly flushed the toilet,and jumped up to hide behind the door. Just in time,  my daughter opened the door,paused then shouted “Mamma” and ran to the toilet ,clutching the sides and leaning her little head into the bowl she yelled “mamma” again. I started laughing hysterically. Isabelle turned her worried face towards me and quickly took on a look of disapproval reaching over and hugging her, I  tried to explain , while laughing so hard  tears were running down my face, that there was no way a person could get flushed down the toilet. 

  I know it’s cruel but  really I had no idea that was the direction her young mind would take. I was simply hiding but in retrospect it makes sense…where else was I going to go.

  • 11:33 pm
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