Holding hands

Necessary background -- "Nu-nu" used to mean "little." Recently, she has started saying little, but sometimes, she falls back into the old.
Other necessary background -- when she poops, she likes someone to hold her hand.
Last bit of background -- there are big poopies and little poopies -- little poopies are when she passes gas. She made this clarification a long time ago.

It is nap time, and she has indicated that she needs to poop.

She's sitting on the potty in her bed room -- it is a blue Bjorn Potty. The color doesn't matter as much as the fact that we don't have our daughter sleep in the bathroom.

She indicates that she is going to poop. This indication is subtle, only a trained parent knows the signs of his or her child, and this sign is that the lining of her eye between her eyeball and her eyelashes become a crimson color. Mommy asks a simple question: "Do you want to hold my hand."

Tahlia's face turns red, a second indication that she is pooping, but, to our surprise, as she holds her breath, she shakes her head.

She hasn't pooped, and she leans forward and says, "Tahlia can do nu-nu poopies all by her oaf." The "oaf" is actually "self." The "oaf" is usually pronounced "oat," and so the "f" sound is a huge accomplishment, which we acknowledge. And the "oaf" is drawn out to emphasis that she is a big girl.

And for a moment we all smile.

Then Tahlia reaches out her hand, "Mommy, hand."