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Yesterday, my 2 year old daughter stood in front of the toilet on her stool, looked at me, and belly laughed while attempting to “tee-tee like Daddy.”  I apparently made the mistake of laughing, which doubled her efforts, and now this is a real<em> issue.  </em>Savanna was distraught to find that actually c<em>ouldn’t </em>pee while standing and we had our first <em>conversation</em> about the reason that she doesn’t have the convenient choice of standing urination. Keeping the importance of avoiding pet names for the vagina, I carefully explained that she can not pee standing up because she doesn’t have a penis.  She laughed.  I laughed.  Then I tried pointing to the location on both of our bodies and explained that girls pee from their bottom and boys pee from their penis.  Not one to be easily discouraged, she tried pushing her pelvis OVER the toilet to prove that girls can, in fact, pee from a stand.  I sort of wondered if she might be successful with this attempt, but she didn’t go for it and I couldn’t predict what would happen for her.   This is all cute and funny until we land in a public restroom.  There I squat dangling her body over the commode, careful not to touch the disgusting public potty, while she wiggles fiercely in effort to STAND.  I’m all, “Savanna, let’s just sit this time and….HEY, you’re a girl, so you have to sit…YOU DON’T HAVE A PENIS LIKE DADDY, and so you have to sit, not stand.”  I can almost hear the listeners thoughts as they overhear all of this.  ”How old is that kid?  Does she have gender identity disorder?  What the Hell is going on in there?” At this point, this issue has become a real point of contention for Savanna.  I’m trying to think of solutions that will work for us while not causing her teachers to think that we wear dildos around the house.  I happen to agree with Savanna in her assessment of the situation.  It is, in fact, a real inconvenience to have to sit or squat.  The ability to just stand would be particularly useful right around the time we hit third trimester.  I think it must be proof that Mother Nature has a sense of humor. If any of you have any stories to share on this issue, do share.  In the meantime, I hope you get a good laugh.  It will increase your nitric oxide, if only for a few moments, and nitric oxide is the health promoting biochemical that promotes all of the mood related neurotransmitters.  This is why you feel great after a good laugh or a funny movie.  Nitric oxide also promotes increased blood flow into the capillaries, which is a considerable benefit for anyone with cardiovascular disease or diabetes.  If you’ve ever heard of “The Joy Diet,” it’s based on the principle that short, frequent bursts of nitric oxide will lead all of us down the path of health and happiness.  Live, laugh, learn, and return tomorrow. Get Paid to Blog!! <code>http://www.today.com/ctr.cgi?idx_mem=12106&amp;mode=vip </code>

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