I Need to Hide!

Can someone explain to me why on earth toddlers feel the need to hide to do their business? I just don’t get it. When there is a perfectly good potty to sit on and fill to their hearts desire, why, oh why, do they ask to be excused from the table to hide?!?! So we are trying our best to get Jakob to eat his dinner when he starts whining that he needs to get down and hide. Hide! So I told him no, that he can’t go and hide, and if he needs to poop then lets take a stab at the potty. He fought me on it, but eventually gave in (once I had placed him gently in the bathroom and taken off his shorts and diaper!), and grabbed a Little Einsteins book to read while attempting to do his business. He then asked for some privacy! I love that. It is too cute. So we left him alone for a while. And sure enough he pooped on the potty! So he very proudly called for some assistance and showed off his achievement. Then he even put on his shorts by himself. I couldn’t believe that, he is usually quite last when it comes to dressing himself. So he then proceeded to the kitchen to get his “prize” – 5 M&M’s for pooping! Very exciting. And now he is down at the beach with his daddy, probably having a blast. Gotta love it.