The Toilet Is Not A Garbage Can

My 23 month old son, "G", loves to help around the house. He loves to help me vacuum and sweep the floor, set the table (which usually consists of grabbing all the forks and spoons out of the drawer and placing them on the table), and he especially likes to put things in the garbage.

Yesterday I asked "G" to put a lid to a glass jar (that used to have pasta sauce in it) into the garbage. He took it, ran out of the kitchen and into the bathroom. He often puts things into the bathroom garbage so I didn't think anything of it... until I heard the toilet flush. I am pretty sure he flushed that lid down the toilet, for now the toilet is plugged and no amount of plunging on my part has made it unplugged. I think I may have to call a plumber.

Toilet Surprises

I've been finding odd things in the toilet lately. This is not about poop, so don't worry. My 22 month old son "G" has a new fascination with sticking things in the toilet: Q-Tips, dinosaurs, mega-blocks, rubber duckies, you name it. I think he likes the 'plop' sound it makes. Who wouldn't? I don't think I'd mind so much if I didn't have to reach in and grab it. It's not as if the toilet is really dirty (I clean it regularly), it's just that it's the toilet.  I don't know what to do to make him stop. I've told him that putting things in the toilet is yucky. He says, "Yucky," and then a couple hours later I open the toilet lid and surprise, there's another 20 Q-Tips in the toilet. I guess I'm just going to have to keep some extra disinfectant around.