Potty Trained: His Uncle’s Nephew -

It was much easier than this (Wikipedia)

Potty training was a breeze. We waited until the summer, about 3 months ago, because both I and Mrs. Head of the Heard would both be around to lead the training. We were prepared for a long haul, but within a couple of days we had basically cracked it. Obviously there was, and still is, the occasional accident, but it was all pretty much a painless transition.

There have been two interesting things to come out of the whole process. The first happened quite quickly and we have no idea where it came from.

When Mr. T asks to do a wee wee he is quite happy to have other people in the bathroom. When he has to do a poo poo, though, he has always been adamant that he be left alone. He started by saying ‘Daddy, tai’ which is his version of the Portuguese word ‘sai’ which can be translated as ‘get out’. This has now developed so that in English he says ‘Daddy, go away, me do poo poo.’ I always leave the room with a smile on my face, but I just don’t understand where he learnt the need for privacy at such a moment.

The other thing that he has developed is the length of time he now takes sitting on his potty. He demands to have a book to read, or if there is no book he will sing a song, usually The Beatles ‘Hello Goodbye’. Again, I don’t know where this behaviour has come from as neither his mother nor I spend more time on the toilet than is absolutely necessary.

There is only person we know who does spend some quality time sitting on the throne is his uncle Nano who is quite happy to take his iPad with him and disappear for hours on end. But as his uncle lives in Sao Paulo and we live in Curitiba, I fail to see how he could have been a direct influence. Maybe it’s just in the genes and Mr. T truly is his uncle’s nephew.