Kelly watched the clock as she waited for her timeout to end. She let out a few careful farts to relieve some of the pressure in her bowels. Finally, the daycare worker came over.
“All right, time to check that diapy.” The daycare worker pulled back Kelly’s diaper. “Clean. Wow. Well, in that case, do you still need to make boom-boom, or were you lying to try to get out of timeout?”
“I need to poo-poo,” Kelly whispered, switching to a babyish way of talking in hopes that it would help her case.
“Then let’s get you to the potty.” The daycare worker picked Kelly up and brought her over to a toddler training potty. To Kelly’s horror, it wasn’t in a separate room, but in the main play area. Her horror only increased when the daycare worker removed Kelly’s daycare uniform and diaper, then put her naked butt on the training potty. “Make boom-boom like a good girl!”
Kelly was tempted to try to continue holding it, just because she didn’t want to poop in front of someone. But she also didn’t want to risk having an accident in a diaper. She pushed once. With a loud fart, her bowels emptied all at once into the potty.
“Good girl, Kelly!” the daycare worker gushed. “Can you tinkle?” Kelly stifled a sigh, but peed as well. At the sound of liquid hitting the plastic potty, the daycare worker beamed. “Wow, such a big girl!” The daycare worker wiped Kelly, then, to her surprise, brought her over to a changing table. “I think you can be moved up to big girl pants. But you tell me when you need to go, okay?” Kelly nodded eagerly.
The daycare worker put Kelly into training pants, redressed her, and then set her down to empty the potty. Kelly couldn’t help but feel proud of herself for moving up to pull-ups. Wait, no, she shouldn’t feel proud, she was an adult! While Kelly was battling with this sense of pride, the daycare worker returned.
“All right, Kelly, go ahead and play for the rest of the time. Your parents should be here soon.” The daycare worker left. Kelly looked at the clock again. Her jaw dropped. The day was over, and children were being picked up! How had that much time passed?