Friday, August 20, 2010

The Mystery Puddle

The other day after sending Xander to his room for a time out, we discovered a puddle.

I asked Xander what the puddle was from and said he did not know. We searched all over for a rogue sippy cup or some leak or something to no avail. Again, I asked Xander where the very large puddle came from and he said he wasn't sure, but maybe the water jumped out of the toilet or maybe Ruby put it there or something.

I didn't feel that he was lying to me about not knowing how the puddle got there, but I didn't feel like he didn't know either, if that makes sense. It was strange! I asked him if he peed on the floor in his room and he said no. The puddle didn't smell like pee, but it didn't NOT smell like pee, yet pee was the only thing I could think of that could have created this particular mystery puddle. If Xander had realized he'd peed on the floor he would have told me... I think.

I made him clean up the puddle and then sanitized the floor just in case. He then removed the towel to hang it up and dry. Today I was moving the towel to wash it and guess what?? It smelled like pee. Go figure.

Me: Xander, guess what?
Xander: What mom?
Me: Turns out that puddle in your room was pee after all!
Xander: How very interesting!

Man, this kid kills me. I told my mom in law this story and she told me that he's probably sleep walking. Hooray.