𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘁𝘀

Liamani's Mess

     Jasmine and Anthony were standing in the hallway with their daughter, Liamani, who was two years old. They figured it was time to start potty training her because she was getting older, and let's just say that it was not going very well for them so far. They had been standing in their apartment bathroom waiting for the toddler to go to the bathroom for the past twenty minutes. "I can't wait here anymore, Jas. I gotta get to the studio. I love you, and I will see you later," Anthony said, grabbing his keys and leaving quickly.

"Wait! Don't-" Jasmine started, but the door closed before she could finish. Jasmine sat down on the floor in front of her daughter.

"Well, I guess it's just you and me," Jasmine said, tickling Liamani's belly.

"Stop!" the little girl giggled.

"You want something to eat? I bet that'll get you to go to the bathroom," Jasmine reasoned. "Ice Cream!" Liamani smiled.

"No, but... If I get you regular food, and you go to the bathroom. I will take you to get ice cream when your papa gets back from work," she explained.

"Okay," she responded.

"Okay let me see what I can find for you," Jasmine said walking to the kitchen, leaving Liamani alone in the bathroom.

     When she got to the kitchen, Jasmine realized the main thing she forgot to ask. "What does she want to eat?" Jasmine said to herself. Not wanting to walk back to the bathroom, she started looking for random foods. While she was pulling food out the cabinets, her phone started ringing. She looked over to see it was her mom, Kim.

"I'll call her back," Jasmine thought and ignored the call. Jasmine went through the kitchen finding any and everything her daughter would eat. She took small portions of everything and put them on a plate. Then, she grabbed a sippy cup and filled it with juice.

"This should be good," Jasmine said. She walked back to the bathroom and handed her daughter the plate. She left a towel with the girl too. "You're responsible, right? Mommy needs to go make a phone call, but I'll be right back. Use the towel to wipe your face when you're done eating," Jasmine explained and walked into a different room.

     Liamani finished the food a few minutes after Jasmine left. A bit later the food made its way out of Liamani's body and into the potty. When the little girl got up to tell her mommy that she was done, she accidentally knocked over the tiny toilet. "Uh-oh," she said. Liamani looked around for something to get the mess up with. She saw her sippy cup on the floor. Liamani poured the cup of juice over the mess on the floor thinking it would help clean it. She grabbed the towel her mom gave her to try and wipe up the liquid stuff and the solid stuff too. The little girl looked at the towel and the floor after she was done. The floor was not any cleaner, and the towel looked all brown.

"Mess," she said to herself. The little girl's eyes started to fill with tears. She walked to her mom and reached up for her.

"I love you! Alright. Bye, mom," Jasmine said, hanging up the phone, "What's wrong baby?" she asked, picking up Liamani.

"Mess," the child answered pointing at the hallway. Jasmine walked into the hallway and saw the smears of juice, pee, and poo on the floor along with the extremely nasty towel.

"I in trouble. Mommy not like mess," Liamani whimpered while leaning into her mother.

"You're not in trouble, sweetpea. Mommy shouldn't have left you in the bathroom alone. Now sit here while mommy cleans this up." Jasmine said. She set Liamani on the floor and began to clean.

     When she was done she grabbed Lia and gave her a bath. Then she took a shower herself. Once they were dressed, they got in the car. "Where we goin," Liamani asked from her car-seat.

"To get Ice Cream," Jasmine answered.

"What bout' Papa?" the little girl responded.

"He left, so he doesn't get ice cream," Jasmine explained. They spent the rest of the day having fun and eating ice cream.