On a warm but gusty day, we went to Yokohama to meet Aidan's wife, Sachi, and their new(ish) baby Eryssa. He was back at home in California but she had come home to introduce the baby to her family. The four month old was very cute, as mixed race Japanese kids often are (forgot the camera, so no pics).
I knew that Emily was due for a poo and no sooner had we got to Sizzler and loaded up our plates than she was saying 'I want to go home'. I knew that signalled an imminent event, so I took her off to the loos. They had a special cubicle with a full-sized and a kids' sized toilet side by side, which I thought would really tickle her, so we sat down next to each other and she did seem amused. But I think the backlog was too uncomfortable for her and she then began to get upset and insisted on having her nappy back on. After a while we returned to the table. Only ten minutes later she was getting agitated again so this time Nick took her while I tucked into my massive plateful of delicious salads. They returned after five minutes with nothing to report. Finally she did seem to be ready so I took her again. She got very upset when I tried to get her to sit on the mini-loo, so I let her soil the nappy. We were all cleaned up and about to wash our hands when I realised she had done some more, so we queued up again to go in the special booth and went through the whole process again. The situation is very exasperating and worrying. I can't see how we are going to go about training with things the way they are, so will consult a professional back at home.
After the meal we strolled over to Leaf mall where we parted with our guests. Nick took Emily for a long-promised play in Kid-O-Kid while I had a coffee break. Though a big concession with a hundred or more seats, Starbucks was packed so I had to take my drink outside, where the warm blast felled whole lines of parked bicycles. Nick went way over the allotted hour as Emily refused to leave and was having such a good time.
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