Bruce Lansky and friends have finally found an outlet for their juvenile sense of humor. This is the most delightful collection of songs and rhymes imaginable to help move 2 to 4-year-olds through the process of toilet training. It includes hilarious songs children and parents can sing to the tunes of familiar songs. Each song or rhyme has an important teaching or motivating function. Parents will immediately understand that these songs and rhymes give them a seemingly magical way to gain their child's cooperation in the toilet training process. And the children will want to sing these songs over and over again. (I suppose it could be a problem if they sing these songs in church; but that's the risk most parents will be happy to take.)
- This song helps children become aware-when they start squirming and squeezing their knees-that it's
time to run-don't walk-to the potty:
(sung to the tune of "Do You Know the Muffin Man")
"When you do the pee-pee dance/ You squirm like ants are in your pants/ You'll squeeze your knees
and then you'll know/ To the potty you must go."
- This song will be sung by kids when they're on the pot and waiting to hear the "tinkle" sound:
(sung to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star")
"Tinkle, tinkle little tot/ Sitting there upon the pot/ Any second now you'll see/ Sprinkle, splash,
you'll go pee pee."
-This song helps motivate children to pee before going to bed-so they're less likely to wet the bed (or at least not get it quite as drenched:
(sung to the tune of "Frere Jacque")
"It's Your Bedtime/ It's your bedtime/ Time to Pee/ Time to Pee/ Wash with soap and water/
Wash with soap and water/ Go to bed / Go to bed."
- This songintroduces children to the entire process of defecating. The children will sing this one over and over-unless they're laughing too hard:
(sung to the tune of "Hokey Pokey,")
"You take your undies down/ you take the potty out/ You sit your bottom down/ and you push the poopy out.
You do the tushie-pushie/ Till the poop is in the pot/ That's what it's all about!"
This song congratulates children on a mission accomplished:
(sung to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It")
"If you pee-peed in the potty shout hurray, HURRAY!/ If you pee-peed in the potty shout hurray,
HURRAY!/ If you gave it your best shot/ And your pee is in the pot/ If you pee-peed in the potty shout hurray, HURRAY!"
-Here is another song that gives children permission celebrate their accomplishment:
(sung to the tune of "This Old Man")
"I can poop/ I can pee/ In the toilet, yesiree!/ I can flush the potty and/ Wash up when I'm done/
Going potty sure is fun!"
In short, these hilarious songs and rhymes will turn toilet training into the most fun rite of passage ever.
(We sincerely hope school age kids don't start having accidents so they can get in on all fun in the bathroom.)
