I've told this story to a few people with whom I felt I could share it without feeling too much embarrassment. It didn't work out so well for me, but my mom loves it, so I figured I'd share it here.
Guppy is now talking up a storm of fragmented two or three word phrases which is awesome, but a couple months ago (at about 21 months old) two word phrases beyond "bye... maMA" were fairly unheard of. He also wasn't much for speaking in a public setting, like stores, until he was very comfortable.
During that time, Guppy and Lim and I went to Barnes & Noble. A place where he is oddly comfortable. I think it's the stuffed animals they sell there as well as the shelves of books. Not necessarily a bad thing. Lim and I love books and want him to as well. So far so good.
Lim was in the kids section looking for books for Guppy and he decided it was a perfect time to take a jaunt all the way to the other side of the large book store. My job at that point is to follow him and make sure that he doesn't destroy anything on the way. We got as far away from Lim as we could without leaving the store and Guppy started trying to pull books off the shelf, and I tried to put them back before any damage was done.
I had some... digestive issues that day and so I let out some gas and it ended up being just barely audible. I don't know why gas is embarrassing or funny as it's a part of human nature -- truth be told, I giggle a lot at gaseous outburts. But only when it's appropriate to do so. Guppy hasn't learned the social norms surrounding this yet, so instantly pointed to my crotch and said very audibly, "Dada poop!" I was fairly certain that the whole store had heard him, so I said at about the same volume, "That's right! Lots of books!"
And then booked it (ha!) back to the kids section to see if we could leave.
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