boy baby

Liam is struggling with emerging from his babyhood through the lens of a poopy diaper. Ok, I'm too much in academic writing mode, but there youhave it. Yes, Liam is basically pooping in the potty - wahoo!!! Lord almighty, I never thought the day would come - but detachment parenting really worked.

But he is so very sad about losing the diaper and its infantile representation. He continues to ask to "suck the ama" and he keeps asking/wanting to be a baby. This morning as he was waking up..

Liam: "I want to be a baby."
Me: "You'll always be my baby, and you're also a growing boy."
Liam: "Can I be a boy baby?"