Last night Garry and I were enjoying an episode of Wipeout around 10:00 when we heard a bizarre noise behind the couch. It sounded like a water hose aimed at the side of the house.
Wait a minute....
All at once I leaped over the couch and opened the boys' bedroom door, where I caught Zachary peeing on it. The noise and movement startled him, but it was obvious he was dead asleep. I ushered him to the bathroom where he could finish his business. It's a good thing I stayed to supervise, though; his next target was the garbage can! Once I was sure his aim was accurately trained on the toilet, I ran upstairs to get a can of Spot Shot for the carpet mess.
[Meanwhile, Garry was convulsing with laughter on the couch. Lest you judge him as completely useless, he had cleaned up about five rounds of Gavin puke (three of which got on Garry) earlier that night. It was definitely my turn to deal with bodily fluids.]
When I got back, Zach was wandering around the hall looking confused and Garry was laughing even harder. Garry had been telling Zach to flush the toilet and Zach just didn't get it. Apparently he went into the bathroom four times to do this little chore, but somehow the synapses misfired. Eventually I walked him into the bathroom, held his hand while he flushed, and guided him back to his bed. Silly boy.
There is also a footnote to this story. I fell asleep on the couch last night and made the mistake of leaving the can of Spot Shot by the boys' bedroom door when I stumbled up to bed. This morning Zachary emptied the aerosol can (it was probably 75% full) all over the place. He swears it was just on the carpet, but the entire basement reeks of the stuff.
Some day Zach's really going to be mad at me for publicizing this. I just need proof -- I don't make this stuff up!
pass it on!
8 comments:
Ah, so Zach inherited the infamous Dent/Dixon sleep genes. Sorry about the carpet.
That is so funny! I have a brother who did that same thing. He still sleep walks to this day.
Hilarious!! It must be more common than we realize, cuz reading your post brought back vivid memories of finding my 5 year old sister squatting between the dresser and the bed doing the same thing...and didn't remember a thing the next morning. :)
Yep, seems to happen a lot. I have a brother who confused a tv with the toilet when he was about that age. Huh, we should do a study. ;)
I'm pretty sure that one of my brothers tried peeing in the fridge and the clothes-hamper while asleep when he was a kid... You'd have to check with my mom on that one... The other brother didn't have to be asleep--he peed everywhere no matter what. :)
That is so funny! The crazy thing is that last night while Adam and I were watching TV we heard the door to the baby's room open so Adam went to investigate and Josh had gone in there and was just sitting on Luke's rocking chair. He was totally sleep walking! There must have been something in the air last night.... Sorry to hear Gavin is sick, hope he is feeling better today!
SOOO FUNNY!! He too will laugh at this someday!!
Congratulations on leaping over the couch! Bravo to Garry for cleaning up the puke. Cheers for you for acting quickly and getting everything cleaned up and Zach back to bed. I don't suppose he remembers a thing.
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