I am a survivor of a weekend potty frenzy with my granddaughter. Before her second birthday, Emma was an enthused participant in toilet training but the novelty waned until she was a visitor in her little friend's house next door. Ellie was proudly climbing on her step stool to use the potty and had "big girl panties". The light bulb flickered, and Emma became dedicated to the task.
In case current bibliophiles have scant information on the books available to bring the lesson home, Emma's favorite is Everyone Poops. Course there's one, Potty Book for Girls which has the trainee calling grandma to share the accomplishment. Those potty calls kept me entertained with her squealing, "I went poop grandma, and I got M & Ms", and did brighten my evenings. Course there's also: Too Big for Diapers, Big Girls Use the Potty, Grover Has to Go, and Elmo Goes Potty with buttons giving sound to flushing, hand washing, etc.
The thrones can range from musical chairs that alert the household, a fold-up portable travel seat, or a "On the Go" potty for camping which uses a recycled plastic bag for disposal, to the traditional stool.
Things have changed since my day! Now there are special disposable pull-up imprinted with Dora, Princess characters, Pirates, Cars and Sponge Bob with "triggers" that turn cold to warn the child they're wet.
Hygiene is practiced with a passion with liquid soap pumpers or foaming soap lathered on tiny hands after using Huggies clean team disposable wet toilet tissues. The sticker chart at Day Care honors the amount of times gone along with multitudes of praise, bathroom ditties, and victory dances to commemorate the task.
Another milestone on her life's journey. Where does the time go?
Contributed by Ann.
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