Little boys weeing in public...

[MrsFruitcake]

Am I being U? Something someone said on another thread got me thinking about this.

At Kew Gardens on Friday, a little boy, probably about 4 or 5 had taken his pants down and was weeing into a bush in full view of his mother and her friends all sitting very nicely on a picnic blanket. We had to walk past on the path and he was about 2ft away from us.

Maybe I'm a bit old-fashioned, but if your child needs to pee, you get up and find a loo, don't you? Not continue chatting with scant interest in what your beloved children are up to...BTW - the loos were very close, I know, because DS aged 3 saw the little boy, wanted to have an alfresco wee too and was told no, we'd find the lavs.

Well I thought that we were doing really well with DD's potty training, but apparently not. We take a potty with us when we're out, find a discreet place and tip the wee into a bush. I had no idea that it was so objectionable to some people.

I'm genuinely astonished by those posters who said their DCs never weed outside, even while potty training- how did you manage it? Did you always stay close to toilets? We spend a lot of time outdoors, our local park has no toilets and in this weather it's lovely to spend an afternoon out there. A week ago we went out for a walk in the countryside, we were out for the whole day and only passed one public toilet. Should we have to stop doing these things just in case we offend someone when my DD needs a wee?