potty training moments

I cannot remember how successful we were in potty training our kids. Ayi being seven years old now has a long gap with Pio our youngest, who is now two years old. Sometimes when I take a bath, I bring Pio along and I would show him how daddy pee. But when I would ask him to try to imitate me, he would just shake his head and say 'wala', or that he does not feel it's time yet. Other times, he would try it and then I would hear pffffft followed by that foul smell, 'Ay utot lang' he would say with a sinister grin. Yes, we have funny moments inside the bathroom. He learned to poop first before peeing because it was easier to teach him. Whenever we see him groaning or moving his stomach we would run to sit him in the toilet seat. But to catch him before peeing is entirely different.

There is one particular day when we decided to take off his diapers and I told Pio face to face that if he feels he wants to pee, he should ask me or mommy to go to the toilet. Of course, he does not remember and we would only hear him say 'weewee' after he had just wet the floor. One day, I caught him holding onto his crouch that's when I realized he would pee. I brought him to our bathroom but just before I got his shorts off, he let go of his warm urine. I went down to his level and talked to him again face to face explaining that he should wait to take off his shorts before or else he would wet them. From that moment, he seems to understood it and the next one was a succesful pee to the bowl! My wife and I were clapping for him and he seems to enjoy our congratulations. The next day, Suzette called me over the phone to tell me the news that Pio went to pee four times without fail to the bathroom. One thing that helped her that day was scheduling Pio's trip to the bathroom.

The next day, Pio gets to go on a vacation to his lolo and lola in Paranaque. Suzette told them how the little boy is now doing it in the bathroom and so she suggested that the routine be duplicated there also as Pio will be there for a few days. Probably familiarity also is a factor in this that is why Pio would be uncooperative or would just say 'wala' to them. Lolo Tony however was clever to encourage our son to show off how he pees to Maui! And so, every now and then, Pio would pee in their grassy lawn in front of Maui, the dog in Paranaque.