Mother Warriors & Penguins have the Scoop on Poop.

Facebook is addicting, and cool, and fun.. and a timewaster. But, sometimes you need that, right? I know that I do.

So, on facebook, a bunch of us "Mother Warriors" of amazing kids with Autism were commenting on each others status updates and the topic turned to our kids (poop). One mom joked that "Autism Moms have poop on their walls" - ha!

You see, most of you know that once you become a mom all bets are off in terms of what's appropriate to talk about or not. You start to talk about things like poop right in every day conversation. For "regular" moms those poop talks pretty much stop around the time your child graduates out of diapers and successfully potty trains. But for Autism Mamas those Poop discussions don't stop at potty training. For some of us, our kids are not toilet trained at all, or until much later than typical children. I was lucky to have successfully toilet trained my autistic son shortly after 3 years old which is pretty much "on time" compared to neuro-typical peers.

Still, he was toilet trained but his poop issues.. wild. My kid could outpoop most adults. As an infant, he suffered with some constipation issues but then things changed full circle. After he got loaded up with vaccines then he literally had poop dripping out of his butt. I know, gross. But, I'm not alone. Most of the stories in the book Mother Warriors all recount similar experiences. For my son, the most immediate difference we saw after putting him on the GFCF diet was that it cleaned up his gut and his poop issues. Amazing Results, I must say. No more diarrhea, no more runs - after eliminating gluten and dairy products. Regular "healthy" poop, and that is a good thing. There's much to be learned about poop and if you have a strong stomach then click on over to The GFCF Poop Blog which has photos. Gross but REAL.

So, why I am blogging about Poop today? Well, you see. Yesterday I saw the most fabulous little stocking stuffer. Yes, I'm easily amused.

This was in my local Rite Aid pharmacy for $2.99. I didn't buy any but I'm tempted to go get this one. It is the Penguin Pooper that waddles and poops out chocolate candies. My 3 year old daughter's class has a letter of the week and this week it is the letter P. No, I'm not sending her in with the Penguin Pooper - she said that it is for boys. I still think I'm going to get one (or more) for stocking stuffer and joke gifts.


You too can have your very own Penguin Pooper too from Amazon.... a must have for Christmas 2008.