“When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950)
Quick cheery verses to say with your baby at the potty when they are done.
Have a read, try them out with clapping and singing, twirling and dancing; see which you and your babe might enjoy. You can easily adjust to use your little one’s name, and your usual term for wees, pees and poos, potties or loos, and even toots!
– Sung to the tune of “La Cucaracha” and it goes like this:
“I made a pee-pee on the pot-ty. Cha cha cha cha cha cha cha.”
-or-
“I made a poo-poo on the pot-ty. Cha cha cha cha cha cha cha.”
(With thanks to Samantha, Mom to Elizabeth)
“One thing my daughter really likes is our potty song after she has gone. She sings it, I sing it, we sing it together. She even sings it when she takes herself potty and that informs me to act quick before it gets spilled! By 18 months old, my daughter and I can communicate fully about her potty needs. It’s amazing!”
– Sung to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
“If there’s poopy in your booty let it out (poo poo)
If there’s poopy in your booty let it out (poo poo)
If there’s poopy in your booty and it’s more than just a tooty
If there’s poopy in your booty let it out!” (poo poo)
(With thanks to Lissin)
– Sung to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
“If there’s poopy in your booty let it out (poo poo)
If there’s poopy in your booty let it out (poo poo)
If there’s poopy in your booty and it’s more than just a tooty
If there’s poopy in your booty let it out!” (poo poo)
– Sung to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
“Tinkle, tinkle my young son,
You’ll feel better when we’re done.
Peeing in the potty, not in your dipe,
Makes cleanup easier, just a quick wipe.
Tinkle tinkle my young son, you’ll feel better when we’re done.”
Tinkle tinkle little one,
You’ll feel better when you’re done
Pee on the potty, not in the dipe,
No mess to clean up, we just need to wipe
Tinkle, tinkle, little one
You’ll feel better when you’re done.
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– Sung to the tune of “You’re the One That I Want” from Grease
“You went poop in the pot,
Poop in the potty
ooo ooo oooo, honey
Poop in the pot
.. and you went pee
Oh yes indeed!
You went poop in the pot”
(With Thanks to Janey Jefferson)
– Sung to the tune of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”
“Tinkle, tinkle little pee
What is coming out of me?
Making yellow in the bowl,
I wonder where it will go?
Tinkle, tinkle little pee
Now I feel so happy.”
(With Thanks to Christine)
– Sung to the tune of “Apples and Bananas”
We like to pee, pee, pee,
pee-pee in the potty
We like to poop, poop, poop,
poo-poo in the potty
(With thanks to Radicalmama!)
– Sung to the tune of “I’m a Little Teapot”
“I’m a little baby, cute and smart;
Here are my fingers, here is my heart; (point to each as you sing it)
When you look at me, my brown eyes twinkle; (or blue, or green, etc.)
Hey, look at this…..I made some TINKLE!!!”
(With Thanks to Lyn Fernandez and her daughter Christina)
– Sung to the tune of “It’s My Party” by Leslie Gore.
“It’s my potty and I’ll pee if I want to,
pee if I want to, pee if I want to,
you would pee too if you felt like I do.”
(With Thanks to Emily)
– Sung to the tune of “London Bridge is Falling Down…”
“(Baby’s) pee pee’s falling down, falling down, falling down
(Baby’s) pee pee’s falling down- into the potty”
(With Thanks to Sharon in New Jersey)
– Sung to the tune of ” London Bridge is Falling Down…”
“Pee or poo is falling down,
Falling down, falling down,
Pee or poo is falling down
My sweet baby”
(With Thanks to Elena)
“Potty, potty, potty song
We will sing the potty song
So it does not take so long
We will sing the potty song
Potty, potty, potty dance
We will do the potty dance
So we do not poop/pee our pants (vary which one)
We will do the potty dance”
(Repeat ad nauseam)
Later it can become a call and response song:
Parent: Potty, potty...
Child: potty song!
Parent: We will sing the…
Child: potty song!
Parent: So it does not take so…
Child: long!
Parent: We will sing the…
Child: potty song!
– Sung to the tune of “Who Took the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?”
[during pottying]
“Who’s putting poop in the potty chair?
YOU’RE putting poop in the potty chair!”
[After, during wiping]
“Who put the poop in the potty chair?
YOU put the poop in the potty chair!
Who did it?
YOU did it! Yaayy!”
(With Thanks to Maura)
“You’re a little tea-pot,
Short & stout,
Here is your handle,
There is your spout!
When the tea is ready,
Hear you shout,
Pick you up,
& pour you out.
Do you have to poo now,
Little Boo?
Here is your potty,
If you do!
We will always love you,
Yes it’s true!
No matter what
You ever do.”
(With thanks to Heidi)
“this really calms our little one down while on the potty.”
– Sung to the tune of “Frere Jacques”
” Let’s go wee wee, Let’s go wee wee,
Pss pss pss, pss pss pss,
Ah! Now that feels better,
Ah! Now that feels better,
Let’s go play,
Let’s go play”
(Charndra)
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– Sung to the tune of “Frere Jacques”
“(Bay- bee, bay-bee!)
Do you have to pee?
Do you have to pee?
Let’s go potty,
Let’s go potty,
pee, pee, pee,
pssss, psss, psss”
(With thanks to Beka)
– Sung to the tune of “Frere Jacques”
“Little (Baby)
Little (Baby)
Gotta go?
Gotta go?
I can see you squirming.
Let’s go to the potty.
Here we go.
Here we go.”
(With thanks to Drakka)
– Sung to the tune of “Frere Jacques”
“We like poopy,
We like poopy.
Yes we do!
Yes we do!
Poopy in the potty,
Poopy in the potty,
Yes we will,
Yes we will.”
(With thanks to Maureen)
– Sung to the tune of “Frere Jacques”
“Going potty, Going potty
Yes we are, yes we are,
Baby’s going potty, baby’s going potty,
psss, psss, psss, psss, psss, psss”
(With thanks to Kylene)
Potty is for pee
Potty is for pooh
(Baby) can potty
for one or two.
(With thanks to Kerowyn)
– Sung to the tune of “Ten Little Indians”
“One little, two little, three little poo-poos,
Four little, five little, six little poo-poos,
Seven little, eight little, nine little poo-poos,
Ten little poo-poos on the po-tty”
(With thanks to Jennifer)
– Sung to the tune of “Going to the Chapel of Love”
” Goin’ to the potty and we’re
Gonna go pee-ee pee-ee,
Goin’ to the potty and we
Might go poo poo too-oo,
Gee I really love you and we’re
Gonna go po-o-otty …
Goin’ to the potty with Mom.”
(With thanks to Lori )
– Sung to the tune of “Born To Be Wild”
“Get your pee-pee ready
Head out on the potty
Looking for some poopies
Or whatever comes our way
Like a true Natures Child
You were born, born to use potty
We can try so hard but
We’re never gonna cryyyyy
Born to use potty”
(With thanks to Heather)
– Sung to the tune of “Skip to my Lou”
“Poos on the Potty, Skip to the Loo
Poos on the Potty, Skip to the Loo
Poos on the Potty, Skip to the Loo
Skip to the Loo my darling”
(With thanks to Pippa)
Do a Little Wee-Wee for You
– Sung to the tune of “Happy Birthday to You”
“Do a little wee-wee for you
Do a little wee-wee for me
Do a little wee-wee, do a little wee-wee
Do a little wee-wee, wee wee
Do a little wee-wee for me
Do a little wee-wee for you
Do a little wee-wee, do a little wee-wee
Do a little wee-wee, (baby)”
(With thanks to Elizabeth)
Potty Cheer:
“Pee-pee in the potty
Pee-pee in the potty
That’s where the pee-pee goes!”
(With thanks to Melissa)
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– Sung to the tune of “Wheels On the Bus”
“(Baby) wees and poos in the potty,
Wees in the potty, poos in the potty,
(Baby) wees and poos in the potty –
All day long”
(With thanks to Melanie)
“I sing it to help him relax when I’m sure he needs to go but he’s simply not relaxing.”
– Sung to the tune of “Oh My Darling Clementine”
“Oh (Baby) Darling, Oh (Baby) Darling,
How I love my little daughter
(Baby) Darling, (Baby) Darling
How I love you so much
And you’re funny and you’re happy
And I think that you are clever *
(Baby) Darling, (Baby) Darling
How I love you so much!”
(*I change the words often- special, clever, funny, pretty etc)
(With thanks to Fiona)
“Good morning! Good Morning!
Have a happy happy morning,
We’ll work and play and have a good day
But first we’ll say good morning!”
“I have this one for when we wake up in the morning- it’s my husband’s favourite and I sing it while we catch the morning poop.”
“Hooray for (Baby)
Clever little (Baby)
Did a little pee pee in the potty today!
Hooray for (Baby)
Sweet little (Baby)
Hip Hip! Hip Hip Hooray!” (and on and on..)
Om to (Baby)
“Om to (Baby)
Celebrate (Baby)
Sing it with an open and a joyful heart
Om to (Baby)
Celebrate (Baby)
Sing it with a joyful heart!”
(With thanks to Kate)
– Sung to the tune of “I’m a Little Teapot”
“He’s got a little poo pot,
Short and stout,
It doesn’t have a handle,
It doesn’t have a spout,
When he gets all filled up,
Then he shouts,
“Hold me over and poop me out!”
(With thanks to Denise)
You must dance, and sometimes lift him in the air as you make your way to the potty singing:
“Let’s go to the potty. Potty, potty, potty.
We’re going to the potty. Potty, potty, potty.
Pee, pee in the potty. Potty, potty, potty.
(Baby’s) going to the potty. Potty, potty, potty”…etc. (whatever comes to mind) and then of course, upon a tinkle..
“(Baby’s) peed in the potty. Potty, potty, potty.” …etc.
We sing the latter in the mirror and dip and dance our way back to wherever. He get’s quite tickled by the whole process.
There’s no real tune to our potty songs. I wrote it out as rhythmically as I could. (We also go up a half step with each line) It’s usually accompanied by us twirling, clapping and dancing. A true celebration.
Here’s another:
“(Baby) peed/pooped on the pot-ty, potty, potty, pot-ty.
(Baby) peed/pooped on the pot-ty, potty, potty, pot-ty.”
From here it can stop/fade out to applause or we continue with the
button ending of,
“’cause that’s where pee pee/poop poop goes.”
(With thanks to Twinkle, Mom to Ezra)
Visit this YouTube about Elmo’s Dad singing a potty song.
(With thanks to Nicole for finding this Potty Song!)
– and then I went looking for some more…
Looking up ‘Potty Songs’ on YouTube can be *a bit scary*, and certainly scanning the added comments is quite eyebrow raising, so I’ve picked out three for you so you don’t have to see the dodgy ones!
The first two are fun, I’d recommend having a listen to them.
The Potty Song – Quite lovely, a father sings their ‘potty song’ with his kids complete with cue sounds, like ‘psssshhh’.
The Potty Song – This one is fun, by Miss Scherling – a music teacher.
Once Upon a Potty The quality a bit poor, I get the idea it’s an old one, but there are some catchy lyric ideas in parts and lots of little kids climbing on potties… (Neither would I call it a ‘hilarious, must see’ video)
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