He's Killing Me

I need a lock for my laundry room.

Is it normal to have a 2 year old that does his own laundry? Because mine does, and it's freaking me out.

Every few days for a couple of weeks I'd notice that my washing machine was running. And I didn't start it. I figured that one of the twins had started it, but I thought it was just one of them messing with the buttons.

Then I started noticing that someone was taking the clothes out of the dryer, throwing them on the floor and transferring the clean clothes from the washer into the dryer. I know I should have been thrilled, but I don't like anyone mixing things up.

Yesterday I had dirty clothes in the washer but it hadn't been started. I came in later and all of the dirty clothes were in the dryer. Ugh.

And then the light went on. My selective little laundry someone is Spiderman. Yes, Spiderman. And he's so concerned with the laundry because he only has 2 sets of Spiderman pajamas and slippers and since that's all he'll wear, it's important that one set is clean at all times.

Today Spiderman spilled water on his Spiderman top and promptly put it into the dryer and started it.

I'm alarmed. I'm pretty sure this isn't normal. I have a 2 year old child that calls himself Spiderman, refuses to wear anything except his Spiderman clothing, cuts his food with a saw, AND does his own laundry. It just doesn't seem right.

New Breed of Superhero?

Experiments with Pee

Scientific Method

Will John be a scientist when he grows up, or is he just fascinated with his own pee?

1. Use your experience: Consider the problem and try to make sense of it. Look for previous explanations. If this is a new problem to you, then move to step 2.

Problem: John has peed in areas that are not appropriate. He has peed on the kitchen tile, a concrete slab, the carpet and a plastic bag. This is not an issue of him peeing his pants or not making it to the toilet in time, it is purposeful.

2. Form a conjecture: When nothing else is yet known, try to state an explanation, to someone else, or to your notebook.

John likes to hear the sound of his urine hitting different surfaces.


3. Deduce a prediction from that explanation: If you assume 2 is true, what consequences follow?

Perhaps John will become a scientist when he grows up. If this might be true, then it will follow that he will hand me a ziplock baggy of pee and proudly tell me it's his. If he is just interested in pee, then he will still hand me a ziplock baggy full of urine and announce it is his.

4. Test : Look for the opposite of each consequence in order to disprove the hypothesis.

In progress. Sinking suspicion......... I can expect more "experiments" in the future.

Wordless Wednesday-After 3 hours at the park