Like the toddler he is, Thing 2 is always in a state of perpetual sound and motion. If he isn’t jumping, singing, dancing, running, or asking questions, then he is crying, whining, fighting, or throwing something.
There is, however, one time when he stops all of the above activity and remains stationary and quiet, for many minutes at a time. It’s when he has, what we call in our house, a DD (that’s Dirty Diaper to you non-parent readers).
He likes to find a quiet spot, usually where his play animals are, and he’ll “do his business” so to speak. Thing 2 is somewhat potty trained for #1, and he doesn’t like to tell when he has a DD. So he’ll just keep playing quietly until I come over and change his diaper.
On occasion, I have known about the DD, but was enjoying the peace and quiet too much, so I didn’t change it right away. Maybe 5, 10 minutes. OK, 40 minutes. On occasion. OK, every weekend.
This isn’t that bad, right?? You know you do it, too.