Just a Smidge

Just a Smidge

The Spica Cast

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Marc Schmatjen
Oct 20, 2011
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“Daddy, I need to pee.”

“OK, buddy, hang on. I’ll be right there.”

My fully potty trained, three-year-old son is lounging on his back in the corner of the living room in a borrowed bean bag chair. He cannot be bothered to get up. I grab the plastic urinal bottle out of the “potty bucket,” and get down on my knees in front of him. I undo the protective …

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