Mythbuster $1,000

When my mother's generation was having babies someone perpetuated a myth that she found out first hand today is in fact just that, a myth, totally unfounded in reality.

The incident that destroyed this myth forever went something like this:

Bellerina is in the tub at my mom's house.

Bellerina looks at my mom and says "poop".

Nana replies "No, no honey, babies don't poop in the tub".

3 second pause

"Oh my God! You pooped in the tub!!!"

Bellerina then looks at my mom as if to say "Did I not just tell you I was pooping? Why are you surprised?"

So my mother got Bellerina out of the tub, got out a plastic bag and used it to scoop poop out of the tub as though she was taking a dog for a walk, and then proceeded to immediately bleach the tub.

Moral of the story, when Bellerina was younger I expressed concern about an incident like this to my mother who said "Babies don't poop in the tub".

Myth Busted!