My son shat by the footpath.

[LumpyMcBentface]

He said he was going for a wee, on our twenty minute walk home from school. He went behind a bush next to the footpath. When I went to pull his trousers up the evidence was there to see (and smell). He proclaimed innocence to start with and then giggled uncontrollably all the way home.

I usually have poo bags with me but I'd left the dog at home and hadn't considered I'd need them for walking a five year old. So I had to leave it.

We scarpered down the path and I think we got away with it, but I am mortified.

Should I have gone back to clean it up? I considered it but then, erm, didn't. I'm now feeling a bit guilty.

How bad is this? Please tell me your children are as gross as mine!

As long as it doesn't happen everyday, doesn't bother me. A 5 year old shitting by a path sometimes can't be helped, it's not like the OP did it.

Make DS pick it up. Some of us retch at the sight of poo.

Of FFS! Get a grip people. A five year old shat in bush - not right slap bang in the middle of the path.

So if my dog shits next to the footpath that's OK and I don't need to clear it up?

I wouldn't worry about it, he's only a little boy.

What would you do though, Bearfrills? He's only five.

It's honestly never happened so I've no idea what I'd do. I usually have nappies with me so I suppose if they were so desperate they couldn't wait I'd squeeze child into a nappy, let them poo in it, then bag it up in a nappy sack for disposal at home.

OP my DD did same thing in a play park when she was about 5. Went for a number 1 and number 2 quickly followed I made her pick it up using a bag as I wasn't going to touch it Grim alright!

ItchyPoo Park?

This is a bit OT but I came home about an hour ago and was confronted by a big handsome fox who took one look at me and hid in the shed. I've previously found poo in there and thought it was from a large cat. Now the mystery is cleared up without the need for DNA testing. Unless you and your son live near me.

I remember seeing a poor mum in Covent Garden quick stepping her way to a pub toilet with her 4ish year old who was pulling away trying to get his trousers down. It dawned on mum that he was not going to make it so he ended up crapping just outside the tube station in front of a load of tourists. Some nice chap offered her his doggy poo bag to help clean up. Poor women looked mortified.

Idlewilde, you made a 5 year old pick up her own poo?
Seriously, it's a 5 year old child's poo, not plutonium,

Nope my boys aren't as gross as yours

Weeing in public is only allowed in certain situations... And they will only do "number twos" at home.

My DC are feral. I wouldn't have batted an eyelid, but I always have poo bags sadly no paper bag for my head to hide my shame so my standards are low but I would say YANBU

Of course you should have gone back& cleared it up

don't worry, ds2 confessed to pooping in the wooded area in school when in reception (just turned 4) when we got home from school. I was mortified and rang the school to tell them and give rough location and offer to come and clean up. They were lovely about it, I was

Chav in the making? Really?

usual

You could say it was a Kinder Surprise

ffs it's small child who mistook a poo for wee it happens, it's not about being a child being gross.

Screaming at NUMBER TWOs!

I wouldn't, surely it was an emergency/accident? (Most five year olds can hold on for the walk home from school unless caught really short - not that I've experienced it). As for the disposable potty, he's five!!!!!

No big deal. It's biodegradable. Until recent years, people let their dogs shit all over the place and weren't expected to clear it up.

Chav in the making? Jesus Christ it's a little boy he's 5 ffs! Would you rather of him shat his pants and walked home in it?

There's worse things happening in the world than a kid shitting in a bush, breathe.