to think that a potty in a trolley is a step too far?

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Saw a woman with her two small girls going into the supermarket. She casually told the smallest to pop her potty in the trolley.

I felt sick. I try not to package vegetables etc, but rather put them unwrapped straight into the trolley in a bit to do my tiny bit for the planet. But never again. The idea of residual faeces in the trolley (having landed there when a potty was left there...) ending up on my food repulsed me.

AIBU or is that utterly revolting and unacceptable? Food goes in supermarket trollies, not receptacles for human waste...?

www.thehygienedoctor.co.uk/supermarket-trolley/

www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/6794263/Five-disgusting-facts-about-your-supermarket-Chip-and-Pin-machines-have-the-same-bacteria-as-public-toilet-seats.html

And besides, your fruit and veg is likely to have more dirt/germs on it already than it will pick up in the trolley
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/nov/07/dr-dillner-wash-fruit-vegetables

Although personally, it's the bacteria off the meat packaging transferring that I'd be most worried about.

Totally agree in the early stages you need a potty to hand all the time and it is not practical to stay at home for weeks while they are training. Plus research shows it can make the prices longer if you put them in pull ups to go out. Better to take a deep breath and go for it, and then it's better in a potty than on the floor. My friend's toddler used a potty in the bank once, bet they were glad it wasn't on their carpeted floor. Also a potty can be easily cleaned and disinfected after use (much easier than a toilet) so it's no necessarily dirty at all.

My friend's toddler used a potty in the bank once, bet they were glad it wasn't on their carpeted floor

What?? Oh yes, I'm sure they were full of admiration for your friend having a handy potty.

When I was potty training dd she had cracked it at home on the potty so thought she would be fine out and about, but she hated using the big toilets. So for a while we did have to take the potty everywhere with us, either in the bottom of her buggy or yes in a shopping trolley. It was always clean before putting it in there and often in a bag. Plus she never used it around the supermarket, we would go to the toilets where she would use it, I would clean it and away we went. She just didn't want to sit on a big toilet. It wouldn't bat my eyelids at seeing a potty out with a family, other than to think, thank god that's over !

Good grief, far more germs on your raspberries flown in from back of beyond than the piece of plastic no one actually saw this child pee in!!! Swab half the supermarket you'd likely find more bacteria!!!

You can't expect the mum to spend months in the house til child is potty trained, is this not being better prepared than pissing in the aisles??

No one's is saying spend mo the inside.

if it takes no the then your kids aren't ready anyway.

there are just some places where it's nit appropriate. food shops. or any shops really. cafes, doorways, on a bus etc

out at the park or a quiet corner in the town somewhere. not so bad.

but unless there are toilets near by there's nowhere to dispose of it anyway so perhaps a potty isn't the best option.

what if your child decides it needs a poo and your half way through the checkouts. are you really going to have it shutting as you pack your bags?

abandon shop hold up customers while you find a corner.

or just use your brain realise somethings are just stupidity and use a pull up.

months

ffs phone

"Good grief, far more germs on your raspberries flown in from back of beyond than the piece of plastic no one actually saw this child pee in!!!"

Exactly!

Nope. I still think you do not need to carry a potty, no matter how clean, around in your supermarket trolley.

If your child needs to go so instantly that there is a risk of soiling the floor of a shop, or bank or cafe, then they should be in a pull up. If you were paying for something at the till, or doing a transaction in a bank, do you really think it's OK to say "hang on a minute everyone! My child needs a poo/wee". and then get a potty out there and then?

And it's nothing to do with how dirty the unwashed fruit is in a supermarket. It's about saying the entire world has to put up with my child's excrement because I refuse to put them in pull ups for a short outing.

I use detol wipes all over our potty after each use, it's certainly cleaner than a trolley. YABU for assuming it's covered in shit. If there were no toilets in a super market while I was potty training I'd do the same, but we tend to carry a small loo seat adapter as well as Milton sterilising wipes.

YANBU - if they need to carry a potty, then they should put it in a bag. YABU ti be soooo annoyed.

And for the potty training comments - if a child has to go immediately they tell you then they should be in s nappy/pull ups as they are clearly not at the stage not to need those when out and about. Thought that was obvious

I had a travel potty during potty training if I knew we would have instances of not being near loos for more than 15 mins or so. Eg long car journeys, bike rides, long walks etc

My 2.5 year old has been potty trained for four months. Whenever we are out I still put him in pull ups theses no way I could drop everything in the middle of shopping to find a toilet which could end up being out of use. He's quite excitable and often leaves it to the last minute to tell me he needs to wee.
I would also never take a potty out to supermarket/ cafe etc I would love to bexause he gets confused and doesn't want to pee on himself with the pull up on but it's our problem to deal with rather than subject everyone else to something so unhygienic.
It is self entitled to subject everyone else to this because you don't want to set him back on potty training

My 5 year old often comes out of school desperate for a wee (they aren't allowed to go within the last 15 mins of school apparently ). I keep the potette in the car exactly for that reason. I'm not about to put an almost-6 year old in pull ups to avoid her needing a wee in the car.

Keeping it in a car is fine. My son also needs a wee as soon as he gets out of school. Carrying it round in a trolley like an instant portaloo is not.

Putting children in pull ups mid potty-training is not recommended. We had to take a potty with us to shops - not to use mid aisle, but to use in the loo as he wouldn't use in toilets.

A disinfected potty in a strong thick carrier bag is not a hygeine issue.

Once a child is in pants (during the day) they should not be put in pull ups, it confuses them and makes the whole process take longer.

She should have had the potty in a carrier bag and hanging off the hook near the handle bar. When a child is in early stages there isn't much notice before the wee is coming!

Today I saw a boy, probably 4, doing a stand up wee outside my library. There are toilets inside, probably a 1 minute walk tops. I find that more annoying as he should be able to hold on and also being taught weeing everywhere is not acceptable.

Well if your not prepared to use them.then yiu make adaptations.

do not take your chikd to places where there are no facilities and the walk to the doors to go outside is too long they are likely to soil themselves.

make sure your kids go before you leave the house
maybe use a toilet if you pass somewhere that has one and don't go into shops where the whole transaction is likely to take longer than your kid can hold it.

if you take a potty in a bag to use in the toilets provided fine.

but they are not to use om shop floors where people are trying to buy their food

And that doesn't mean don't go out at all it just means be a bit sensible about it.

like you wouldn't give them.massive drinks on a long journey where there are miles between service stations or lime yku wouldn't book a table for a family meal out at 8.30pm when your kids are too small to wait that long fir tea.

it's just one of the things you do

giles there is no suggestion that the child was using the potty and making them go before they leave, getting them to hold it in and not going anywhere with no facilities... Have you got children, have you ever potty trained? I think what you have said is ludicrous.

I have two actually. and potty trained both.

A disinfected potty in a strong thick carrier bag is not a hygeine issue

I agree. What I disagree about is people thinking it's OK to whip a potty out to be used in a shop.

I don't think that mum was BU. When I was potty training our 2 girls, we used to get about 20 seconds grace between "Dad!! I want a wee!" and wet knickers. I used to carry a potty around everywhere and can understand why that mum had one as well, especially as there were no toilets in the shop. If the potty in the trolley was slopping about with a recent deposit, you may have had cause to complain, but if it's been wiped clean, I can't see how it's any worse than a toddler standing in the trolley or someone putting their shopping bag in after it's been resting on the ground.

And the resulting poo? with no toilet to flush it down nor a nappy waste bin?

just carry that around?

Residual faeces! Grab the domestos Aggi!