Well, this fancy-looking chair is my potty! Interesting huh.. Once I lift up the lid on the seat, I can pee or poo into it.
This was how it started...
Mummy and Daddy fretted quite a bit over my resistance to potty training. Efforts to introduce me to potty training started as early as when I was close to 24 months old (2 years). Mummy and Daddy thought I was kinda ready since I was able to say Ariel pee pee and Ariel poo poo. Stubborn me! I refused to co-operate. Whenever Mummy encouraged me to sit on the round (non-fanciful type) potty, I would always give lots of excuses like "Ariel bathe first." "Ariel sit later okay"... or I would throw a tantrum to show my displeasure. Sighs... the adults were helpless and decided to take it easy and go slow on the training.
After I turned 2, Mummy and Daddy decided it was time to go full force (Mummy was also pressured because one of my GUG classmates, she was already toilet-trained!). So they bought me training pants (hoping that I would feel uncomfy peeing into it and it would motivate me to use the potty) and they scouted around for a nice-looking potty. We went to several Mothercare outlets (those were were expensive - $70!!, so they decided not to take the risk in case I refuse to use it) and finally at Kiddy Palace, they saw the one in the picture. Mummy and Daddy asked me to choose from a few and I told them that I liked this too.
Phew! I was true to my words... I was excited to sit on it the moment I came home. Mummy and Daddy were worried that I would be aversed to the word "potty" (as from earlier experiences, whenever the word "potty" was called out, I would protest) told me this was called "Ariel's Toilet Chair". Well, kinda worked!
For a few days, I was not given the diaper. So Grandma and Mummy kept reminding when it was time to pee. Many "accidents" took place as I was wet puddles of water on the floor. oops!
A few days later, I suddenly remembered I had this DVD which I watched since my baby days called "Elmo goes potty". That was the turning point. I modelled after Elmo in the show and I pee-ed into the chair. When I announced proudly to Mummy "Mummy, Ariel pee-pee!" Mummy at first thought I was pulling her leg. Haha! When she realised it was for real, everyone was overjoyed by my accomplishment! They clapped and hugged and kissed me. Wow, so much for pee-ing. Indeed a milestone worth celebrating. As a reward, I was given an ice-cream!
Within 1 week since we bought the chair, I have been making steady improvements. The latest... I was able to pull down my own panty, say to Mummy and Grandma that Ariel wants to pee and poo.. and reach out for my toilet chair or say I want to go to the toilet.
BRAVO to ARIEL!
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