all about poop

whew! (warning: gripe session coming)

these past few days have been torrential. caleb has been ... difficult, to say the least. for some unknown reason, he's been waking up at 6 every morning (his usual was 7:30 or 8) yelling. i feel like he has some vendetta against me. he's so happy with victor. but once victor hands him off to me to get ready for work, he freaks out. crying, clawing, backbend, screaming. this pretty much continues throughout the day unless we're with other kiddos, or until daddy comes home. the other morning, sunny brought justin over, and caleb acted as if he didn't know the meaning of tantrum. sigh. he is an extrovert to the extreme. PLUS, he has been pooing 5 (sometimes 6) times a day for the past 6 days or so. it's so strange. he's gone from once a day to 5 or 6 times? what's going on? i'm not sure, but i think the culprit is

the gerber soft straw cup. up until recently, caleb rarely drank much water. maybe 4 oz a day if i was lucky. he also didn't ever hold his own sippy. he was too lazy to hold it and tilt it back. so we bought this cup for him. he LOVES it. with it, he has been drinking around 14 oz. a day on his own, without me having to hold it for him or even cajole him to drink. do you think all the extra water can cause him to poo that much more? well, if it's because of the water, then i don't mind as much. but if it's because he's sick in some way, then i'm more concerned.

uh oh. the boy has woken from his nap. let's pray that he's in a good mood and that he'll treat mommy kindly.