What Was I Thinking?

Every family has their potty tricks. Some of them are designed, and some occur by accident (no pun intended -- really). Ours are strictly accidental.

When Mister Man was potty training, we didn't use candy or toys or physical bribes to get him to go or once he went. No, silly me, the first time he went on the potty, I sang to him. And no, I didn't use a normal song, I made up a song. Doesn't everyone?

(As a side note, we have songs for brushing our teeth, washing our hands, combing our hair and so on. And they're all ones that I "made up" using existing tunes. Fortunately, the only one I still have to sing every time is the tooth brushing song, and they think it's funny when I "mess up" the words, so we get some extra brushing in.)

So he goes on the potty for the first time, and I start to sing. And he thinks it's the greatest song ever. And so I sing it every time he goes. And of course Daddy has to learn and sing the song, too. And the first time he poops on the potty, I change the words to the song to reflect that. And I soooo regret it. Especially since Mister Man remembers us doing that and insisted we do the same for Little Miss. Except that Mommy somehow conveniently forgot the words, so only Daddy has to do it. And only for poops.

When we were visiting at a friend's house when Mister Man was new to the potty, he had to go while there. And he went poops. My friend volunteered to accompany me on his guitar. (This is the same friend who sans girlfriend at the time came to Mister Man's first birthday party and was the entertainment, spending forty-five minutes singing kids songs on his guitar -- gotta love him!) I tried to demur, but he wouldn't have it.

Halfway through the song, he gave me a look and stopped playing, demanding to know if I actually had words for the entire song. Ummm yeah. I wasn't smart enough to stop at the end of the first verse.

Ten points to the first person who can name the original song.

Ohhh, someone pee peed / poo-pooed on the potty, all the live long day
Someone pee peed / poo-pooed on the potty, just to pass the time away
Can you see the pee pee/poo poo streaming, turning the potty yellow/brown?
Can't you hear the pee pee / poo poo splashing, go-o pee pee/poo poo, go!

Pee pee/poo poo won't you go, pee pee / poo poo won't you go, pee pee won't you go in the potty?
Pee pee/poo poo won't you go, pee pee / poo poo won't you go, pee pee won't you go in the potty?

Someone went pee pee on the potty, someone went pee pee I know-oh-oh-oh, someone went pee pee on the potty for the first/second/third/etc time today!

And he's going pee pee on the potty, pee pee on the potty, pee pee on the potty -- for the first time today.

Remind me that while song is wonderful and all, my talents do not lie in songwriting. Good blackmail, however, for once they start dating, I think.