Cleaning the potty...

[GirlCroosh]

DD is 2 and we're introducing potty training. She wees on the potty and the toilet and has just started pooing on the potty and toilet. Yay!

But... I was unprepared for how disgusting cleaning poo out of a potty would be. With a nappy, fold it over, wipe bum, bin. But the potty? Urgh. She's slightly loose today so it's been worse.

She does wee and poo on the toilet as well so I'm encouraging that. But our bathroom is downstairs so we do use the potty for upstairs.

I've been rinsing it with water after wees, then an antibacterial wipe and another rinse with water at the end of the day. After she pooed in the potty today, I've dumped a load of bleach in it and used the toilet brush to scrub it clean. But I don't want her getting cleaning product residue on her bits. But a wipe doesn't seem enough...

Help! How do you clean a potty??

[justanotherday4]

A little bit of toilet roll in the bottom before she goes might help? This was what my mum suggested to me, and soon she will be able to hold to get to the toilet hopefully.

[Havetothink]

I'm probably not doing the best thing but I've been chucking a baby wipe over the poop and using a nappy bag to scoop it then following with a dettol wipe. I tried putting it straight down the toilet but it made the mess 1000 times worse. Pp suggestion could be worth a go but if she wees first surely it will stick?

[mrsoutnumbered]

I just rinse and then wipe with an anti bac wipe. If you like using bleach perhaps just do that once at the end of the day?

I rarely use bleach. Can't stand the stuff.

[GirlCroosh]

Thanks for your tips!! I've been using paper to line the potty and scoop / tip it out so less mess all over the potty to start with.