There is a little song that I started singing whenever Cali needed to go to the bathroom and thought that she needed me to help her – when she really was quite capable of going by herself! So our compromise – I sing the song while she goes to the bathroom unassisted! The song has carried over and now Rose requests it when she just can’t make it on her own:

You can do it

You Can do it.

You can do it, Yes You Can!

Repeat.

(I don’t think it goes to any particular tune – music isn’t really my thing)

This song has been prominent in our home for 3 years and I’m thinking it will continue with the younger kids. It’s funny to me what things the kids remember and remind you of and request. What things become tradition or the norm as we raise these kids. I’ll keep singing this song as long as it lets me stay at the task I’m doing while my child successfully uses the restroom!