The many toilet signs of Ning's

First, there's the ubiquitous "boo" which can mean toilet or milk. Then there's the bringing of both hands together trying to sign "toilet" in ASL (American Sign Language) which either ends with frustrated flapping of both hands or putting the cooperative thumb into her mouth.

The surest sign of all is the stop nursing, pull both legs up and thump down or starts shuffling towards the toilet, this one usually is for poo.

The best one is after bedtime, she'll pull her legs up, rotate to land her legs on either Papa or myself repeatedly, refuse to nurse, until she either wets her nappy and cries, or I bring her to the potty. Like last night. Sometimes its quite a rude awakening when you get thumped in the stomach or other sensitive areas.

The amazing thing is she doesn't cry first, but makes these signs in her sleep, occasionally accompanied by "uh uh" sounds. Right after I put her in position, she'll pee, eyes closed all the while. The moment i put her back in bed, she's fast asleep already. Then I'll fasten her nappy, button up her jumper and shift back to the middle of the bed.

Just now, while playing sitting up beside her cot, she suddenly blurted "tte tee tte" without looking up from her play. So I asked her if she wanted toilet. No response, busy playing. Then after a while, she looks up scans room and stared at potty. Then back to play. I plucked her up to go, she complained a bit, then peed in the potty.

I'm so in awe. I mean, from birth to now, this is really a big achievement.

Ning is a definitely a "clean-wanna-be" baby.