Two splash triumph

A weird one this and non-parents may want to skip it, but here goes.

A couple of months back, when Helen began her maternity leave, we redoubled our efforts on the potty training front hoping to get Dom sorted before the new arrival. Despite everything Helen had ever said about that woman, she bought Gina Ford's 'Potty Training in One Week' and seven days of star charts and perseverance later we were off to a flying start. Or so we thought. Six weeks on, he had a sudden reversal and there were enough 'accidents' to make Michael Buerk dizzy. Advice flowed in - 'It's the change in the weather,' 'They all go backwards before they get it', 'Buy a mop'. Salvation came from the unlikeliest quarter, a video that Aunty Jo found on t'internet of a little Japanese-speaking tiger, his friend the smiley toilet, his supportive singing parents and eventual big-boy starry pants triumph. (And a bizarre advertising coda). We now have nightly requests to see the little tiger on the 'chomputer' and he sits patiently on the toilet, 'just like little tiger, aren't I?' Yay.

The only thing that doesn't bear thinking about is how Jo happened upon this video or the search results she must have waded through to get it. I daren't even click the 'See more like this' button.