Língua da Gente - Portuguese Podcast: Dialogs

Intermediate 02: Marquinhos Wet The Bed Again.


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Ah yes, the challenges of potty training our children. Is my child normal? When is the right time to start? Am I doing anything wrong? This lesson gets us into this topic, and all in Portuguese of course.

Dialogue

A: Ô Antônio, o Marquinhos fez xixi na cama outra vez. Já não sei mais o que fazer.
B: Bom, eu nem sei, até que idade é normal que criança faça xixi na cama?
A: Sei, não. A Marina me disse que criança até 5 anos ainda pode fazer xixi uma ou duas vezes por semana.
B: Então, o Marquinhos está nessa faixa ainda. Agora, no caso dele, você acha que ele faz sem querer, ou é só preguiça dele mesmo?
A: Não sei, viu? De dia não tem problema nenhum. É só a noite mesmo. E de dia ele já vem correndo até da casa dos amiguinhos.
B: Bom, acho melhor então não entrar em pânico ainda. Vamos começar evitando que ele tome líquidos depois das 18 horas. Vamos ver se isso ajuda, né?
A: E eu acho super importante também valorizar cada noite que ele passa sem fazer xixi. Eu poderia preparar um calendário para botar adesivos, umas estrelas para premiar cada noite que ele acordar, não e? sequinho.
B: Concordo, a gente não pode ficar com raiva, nem xingar ele, ou humilhá-lo, não é? Acho que com tempo, isso se resolve sem maiores problemas.
A: Sim, é verdade.


A: Oh Antonio, Mark wet the bed again. I don’t know what to do anymore.
B: Well, I’m not even sure, up to what age is it normal for kids to wet their bed?
A: I don’t know. Marina told me that kids up to five years in age might still wet their bed one or two times a week.
B: So, Mark is still within that range. Now, in his case, do you think it is on accident or is he just being lazy?
A: I don’t know, you know? During the day he has no problem. It’s really just at night. During the day he even comes running in from his friend’s house.
B: Well, I don’t think we need to panic yet. Let’s start my making sure that he doesn’t drink any liquids after six o’clock. Let’s see if that helps, right?
A: And I think we need to praise him for every night that he doesn’t wet the bed. I could make a calendar where we put stickers or stars to reward him for every night when he wakes up, you know, dry.
B: I agree, we don’t want to get upset, or make fun of him, or embarrass him. I think that with time this will take care of itself without any other big problems.
A: Yes, it's true.
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