Poopie Talk

Erik is already 2+ months into being a two-year-old and many already knew from before that Erik had been getting potty trained ever since he was a wee little one. In his new class of "Jr. Pre-schoolers" now, the teachers are consistently doing "potty walks" and on-demand requests as well. Erik has been in there for about 2 months already with his new teachers.

We sometimes take it for granted that he's already more than 3/4 way into being fully potty trained. At home, Erik communicates to us pretty regularly when he needs to use the bathroom. When we're out and about, away from our home, Erik will also tell us his needs as well.

So when the teachers excitedly tells us recently that "Erik went on the potty today!" OR "Erik requested to go to the potty himself!" both Mummy & Daddy's reactions were like "Ok, nothing new here, he does that at home all the time." Of course, the teachers were a little "disappointed" at our reactions because they were just super happy and excited to see his achievement as well. Erik even gets a STICKER as reward for communicating so well :o)

However, after a bit of reflecting, Mummy realized that Erik hasn't been communicating to his teachers about his needs in the past. We weren't worried that he wasn't going to the bathroom at school since he does it regularly at home. So no real pressure from us but we had been gently reminding him every day during drop off to "use his words" when he needs to go and to tell his teachers.

So yes, it is an exciting event! It means that Erik is 1. being more assertive in his communications to his teachers, which is great, when the ratio is 1 teacher to 7 students. 2. more comfortable in asking his teachers for help/assistance. 3. recognizing his body's needs among toddler chaos and distractions!

So YEAH! Hooray! This is a great milestone for Erik!