First off they just asked nicely. Next they got cross and didn't ask so nicely. When that didn't work they tried bribing me with a candy machine (Joel was particularly keen on this approach), another failure there then led to blackmail.....but finally, almost by accident, they hit on the proper motivation.
On a family trip to IKEA Joel got to go and play in the kid's playroom, while i had to go shopping with mom and dad. NOT FAIR...but kids in diapers weren't allowed.
Thus started several weeks effort on my part to try and work out exactly how to go pee. Mom and i spent hours in the bathroom. I knew i needed to go...but how? Once mom tickled me until i got hiccups..unorthodox perhaps, but it worked! And then, while we were away at camp on Anvil island, i got it. Instead of sitting for 5-10 minutes, getting up, sitting down again, waiting some more..repeat as necessary...it just happened, straight away.
Phew.
Of course, since we were stuck on an island there wasn't an IKEA anywhere near by, but we got home on Saturday at the start of the holiday weekend and today we finally went. Not only did i get to go in the playplace, we also had meatballs for lunch, and ice-cream afterwards, and our friends Ethan and Stephen came too, to help celebrate.
What a great day!
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