Port-a-Potty Effect

Kids get obsessed about weird things and the hardest part is deciding if it is legit or not.

My beloved Briggs loves port-a-potties.  He loves everything about them - being able to stand, the toilet, that they located in construction sites and parks, and that there is no hand dryer.  All of this stinks literally and figuratively for a parent who needs to accompany him every single time.

On Tuesday while driving down the freeway to Choo Choo Bob's he yelled "I HAVE TO GO POTTY!!!". In a panic I try to decide if he truly did or if he only wanted to go to the port-a-potty that he just eyed up in the construction site we were driving through.  I falsely exhibit confidence and told him he can definitely hold it until we got to our destination.  Faking it until you make it with a 2.5 year old, right?  After a few minutes I posed a terrifying question to my supposedly-potty-holding toddler, "do you still have to go?"  His response would decide our next 20 minutes of happiness or pee-soaked carseat...Luckily he had only experienced the port-a-potty effect and nonchalantly said, "no mommy."

If you take one thing away from this story here it is - please lobby to keep your local port-a-potties clean as some poor sap may have a young toddler who is obsessed with visiting the local Johnny.