Things every child should avoid saying (or doing) while being potty trained--

unless, of course, they love sitting on their potty chair:

• "Puddle!" 
• "It's coming out!" (After she was on the potty, I realized she was referring to the clip in her hair.  Sorry, girl.  We're not in the position to take chances right now.)
• "On a belly!" (Only, to my potty-training oriented brain, it sounded like "on a potty" which is exactly where she was headed until her big brother did her the great favor of translating the phrase.  "No, she's swimming.  She said she's on her belly." Got saved that time.)
• Cry or shriek.  Because any time she cries or screeches about anything, whether legitimately or in play, it gets interpreted as a mishap waiting to happen and she gets whisked to the potty.
• Walk stiff-legged.  Self incriminating when you are in this stage of life.  Best to save duck impersonations until after the panic of potty-training has faded into a thing of the past. 
• Look startled. Also self incriminating.

You know you've been potty training all week when walking onto carpet feels like you've gone on vacation.