For our final team bash and to celebrate a birthday, we went to Pizza Hut. Classy, I know. But really, it's the classiest thing we've got around here. We take what we can get!
We were finished eating and Josiah had gotten down to play with his cars. In the aisle, of course. Soon, a family came in and sat in a booth across from us. The little guy (1.5) had split pants on. Nothing new. But it's what his momma did next that made me turn my head and cover my eyes. She plopped his bare bottom (and other parts that hang out) ONTO the table!!
To her defense, the Chinese see the table and floor as equals: both for trash. So I'm sure she wasn't going to let their food touch the table....but, still.
If you're unaware of what split pants are, click here. I'm afraid if I post a pic, I'll get flagged for having an inappropriate blog. :)
Do you wonder why they use such pants? Because they potty train their babies at about 6mos! It's amazing, really. (Minus the whole pants part.) The grandma (who is usually the caretaker so parents can work) will watch for the baby's cues to learn when they need to use the bathroom. Often, they'll make a whistling noise to correlate with the action. The pants make it easy to help the child go potty anywhere, anytime. :)
I wish it was more common here, potty training coco would be so much easier!! If you have a chance, would you bring back a couple of those split bottom pants for coco? I'll pay you back for them. :-)
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