The Poo Theory

According to Ivan aka 'Poo Master', the key to a successful poo session has to have the following:

1. Good comfy potty
2. Sit like almost squat position with legs apart
3. Nice, relaxing environment
4. Able to de-focus to other activities eg. read newspaper, magazines so that not too stressful thinking of it

In order to achieve this, we first need to replace her existing potty. We bought her a nice one from Babyland, almost like a bumbo sitter, with a panel for her to lie back. The potty is a bit too big for her, so we added a towel to support her.

I was quite pleased when she first sat on it. No more holding on to her from the back. And I noticed this potty made her legs spread a little. Yes. Then I gave her the cloth book for her to 'read' / 'lick' / 'suck'. Ivan's keywords 'De-focus.. de-focus'. Whatever... as long as she would sit in it. And surprise, surprise, she happily sat on it, enjoying her freedom to turn around and played with her book.



Mommy and Daddy then took turns to hum 'Ngmmmmm Nggmmmmm', showing her the 'push' expression. After about 10 mins or so, Valerie suddenly stopped playing her book and pushed. Within seconds, a pile of nice poos came. Yes, they were all soft. HURRAY!! The potty works!! I couldn't believe it, but sometimes Ivan's nonsense wasn't so nonsense after all :P

We tried a few more times with this potty and over the next few weekends, she poo-ed without problems. She is still on medication twice a day, but we will slowly reduce the dosage. But for now, I'm just so glad those enema days are over...