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A few months ago, Phil learned how to do thumbs up. EVERYONE got the thumbs up for about a week. Constantly and consistently. If Phil saw you, he gave you a big ol’ happy thumbs up where his usual high five used to be.

Last weekend, I had a moment of inspiration while we were talking, and I told him “Did you know there was a thumbs DOWN?”

Mind. Blown.

I explained how thumbs up meant yes, you like something.

Thumbs down meant no, you don’t like it.

And we started giving thumbs ups and thumbs downs all over the place.

He’s 2 and a half, and he’s really developing that sense of… how do I put it delicately… potty humor. So of course our conversation ended up at poop.

Does it get a thumbs up? Or a thumbs down?

DEBATE TEAM!

 

There’s a few things I really love about this video. Number 1? That “are you kidding me” was totally unscripted, which is why I busted out laughing after it. I have no clue where that came from.

(Ok I do know where that came from. That came from me trying to do something on the computer, it not cooperating, and me yelling “are you kidding me?!” But how did Phil think to add it into this conversation?!)

The other thing I love, that I noticed after I had seen this video on YouTube a few times… is that I’m totally mouthing what Phil’s saying as he says it.

Why am I doing that!!

What a dork.

I do want to give myself a big ol’ Mother of the Year pat on the back for my restraint. As this was going back and forth between my son and I, it was all I could do to not go all vintage SNL Point/Counterpoint Dan Akroyd on him and yell “Jane, you ignorant slut!” at my 2 year old on a video I knew was going to be funny enough to put on the internet.

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Where do you stand on the poop in the pants issue? Thumbs up, or thumbs down? Join our debate team in the comments!