Canada Day Potty Training 2012

A most "memorable" Canada Day weekend was had by StranMcCann. Taking advantage of three days off work, Emmett's Mom and Dad decided to use the long weekend to blitz potty training with Emmett. What a weekend. It certainly pales in comparison to Canada Day's gone by [insert sarcasm here], when they used to bike and hike in the mountains and stay up late to watch fireworks. This year, they were chained to the potty, asking Emmett to "Tell us when you have to use the potty, right?"

Canada Day 2010 - Jasper Parade

Canada Day 2011 - on the beach with cousins in Kelowna

Canada Day 2012 - Housebound with his parents...

...and his big boy underwear.

 Fortunately, and to the delight of his parents, Emmett caught on quickly, and will head off to daycare showered in praise, bursting with big boy pride and clean underwear.

(As much as they wanted to, his parents have refrained from putting the photo of Emmett's first turd-in-the-potty online. An online turd would probably come back to haunt them, in thousands of dollars of therapy when he is 21).

Emmett peed in the potty!

Alberta— The Canadian Press
Published Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 7:43PM MST

Breaking news
The shouts of glee could be heard all over the northeast..."He peed in the potty! Emmett peed in the potty!"

While brushing his teeth last night, naked as usual, Emmett got down off his stool, mumbled something about having to go potty, then started peeing on the floor. His Mom, careful not to react to the stream flooding the bathroom, grabbed the potty, opened it, and calmly directed Emmett to sit on it. However, the mess had been made, and she was certain the opportunity was lost. "I saw the pee on the floor, and figured, oh well, at least he told us he had to go. That's a start. Next time, he'll make it to the potty."

Taking her attention away for mere seconds to call to Emmett's Dad to bring some rags, she turned back to discover Emmett was still peeing, this time in the potty! Emmett's Mom and Dad cheered and applauded, as Emmett sat naked on his potty, looking up at them blankly. Little did his parents know, he had been using the potty for a month at daycare.