Pee, Juju, Pee!

Back awhile ago I read a post on Silicon Valley Moms Blog where a mom chronicled her trials and tribulations with potty-training her toddler. I thought that was a bit of an overkill but now I'm itching to tell all ye faithful readers the color, clarity and quantity of all the products of Juju's bodily functions. She is a month away from her second birthday and she's finally started to pee in her potty consistently! She now pees in her potty without being prompted and even pooped in it today! I am sure this is against some super nanny cum potty nazi's rules somewhere, but I rewarded her handsomely for the poop after cheering her loudly with Auntie. She's been holding it in for days! Mr. Mouse Potato swore that he could even smell the poop in her large intestines, but it simply refused to exit. I promised her a trike if she repeats her performance tomorrow (the trike is already in the garage--might as well make an occasion of it).

Being in China helps with the potty training. When we take her out, all we put on her is a pair of toddler underwear. If she needs to go, rather than rushing to a non-existent bathroom nearby, we simply pull her underwear down and she just goes, wherever we happen to be. All the kids on the playground do this and we all accept that the kids are running around on each other's dried urine (but it's not acceptable to actually pee on the play structures and slides, though I'm sure it's been done before). I imagine we'd embarrass our pants off if this had been Burgess Park in Menlo Park. Looks like she's on track to be potty-trained before going back to preschool in July.

I won't bore you with all the accidents we've had in the past week. The nastiest was when she got so mad at us that when she screamed with all her might she squeezed poop out all over her little chair and cushion. We rinsed some of it off in the bathroom sink and Auntie said the drain was clogged for days as the poop refused to disintegrate. Oy, I'm feeling queasy just writing this...