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My son shat by the footpath.

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LumpyMcBentface · 23/09/2016 20:18

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!

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HoneyDragon · 23/09/2016 20:54

Kids are gross though.

But they are not chavs.

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LumpyMcBentface · 23/09/2016 20:54

He's not actually five until Sunday. Does that get us a pass?

Also, I pick up our dog's poo religiously. Unlike the many others who clearly don't on the footpath leading from school. So I feel balanced, karma wise.

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manicinsomniac · 23/09/2016 20:55

I really wouldn't stress about it. Animals poo in the wild, this is not all that different.

Last week I took our year 5s (so 9 year olds) on a residential outward bounds trip. We were out in the peaks from 10 till 5 with no toilet access. Obviously most went for a wild wee but one boy came and asked 'what do I do if I need a number 2?' I was a bit nonplussed due to his age and just said 'hold it?' but he came back a bit later and said he couldn't. So we dug up some turf with a spoon and told him to bury it!

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LumpyMcBentface · 23/09/2016 20:55

I would go back but I'm not sure I'd be able to find it. It's a long path with lots of bushes, we live in a semi rural village.

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Believeitornot · 23/09/2016 20:56

My ds has unfortunately pooed alfresco. Sometimes when he needs to go he can't hold it in and literally has seconds before he can't hold it anymore (he has had accidents before).

This is rare though and only in parks. I've found a stick and dug a makeshift hole and tried to bury it.

ItWentInMyEye · 23/09/2016 20:57

Don't feel too bad, he's only young and it was out of the way. If anything you'll now know to remind him to use the loo before walking home! And always keep some nappy/dog poo bags in your bag or pocket for such emergencies

Evilstepmum01 · 23/09/2016 20:59

hahahaha! OP, when I was heavily pregnant, I was out for a lovely long dog walk when I had to pee.

I squatted down and......yup, I did a jobby. didnt mean to, but I was the size of an elephant, hormonal and apparently needed a poop. I gave no fucks, DH was amused, dogs were mortified, but hey if you've gotta go, you gotta go.

I did bag it, not easy! Does this make me a chav also? behold my lack of fucks

plipplops · 23/09/2016 20:59

DD did similar at least 3 times, it's gross but don't worry. She's 9 now and hasn't been caught short for ages...

Fannyupcrutch · 23/09/2016 21:00

Oh my god at all the pearl clutching over a little boy turding in the bushes. Its a kid, he was caught short. Its not something that the Op is encouraging him to do im sure!

As kids my sister was petrified of toilets after somebody told her a man lived down there and would grab you when you sat on it. One day my mum got a knock on the door from a super angry neighbour to say they were sat in the living room watching Antiques road show and happened to see movement through the window on their front lawn. My 4/5 year old sister had decided to squat for a poo behind their central feature rose bush. My mum was devestated , the neighbour furious and to this day that story still makes me smile like a loon. I find it very hard to be worked up about the peculiar places kids tend to poo when they are young!

PikachuSayBoo · 23/09/2016 21:01

I remember this happening to another mum in the park after school once. She was very flustered when her dd had a suprise poo behind a bush and told us all!

I'm currently in the Lake District and I am constantly amazed by the amount of human poo I find in the middle of footpaths halfway up mountains. Definetely human as there's shitty loo paper left by the side of it. Who the hell does this? At least go off the path. Ideally take a poo bag with you if it's enough of a regular occurrence that you pack loo paper!

SeasonalVag · 23/09/2016 21:01

I would have raised the nearest bin for a container. I've had to cover up diahorrea before, handfuls of sand, loads of soils, I basically did a spot of landscaping. My son was 2. Luckily he'd made it to a fence.

Cannot believe I'm writing about turds on a Friday night. Sigh!

Believeitornot · 23/09/2016 21:03

I'm currently in the Lake District and I am constantly amazed by the amount of human poo I find in the middle of footpaths halfway up mountains

Never had that problem in the lakes! You can get special shovels for such things. Man alive.

JaneJefferson · 23/09/2016 21:03

Oh it isn't that bad. It will weather away. Don't fret it.laughing @usual

CrazyNameCrazyGuy · 23/09/2016 21:06

I'd go back and clear it up. If your son popped into the bush for a wee then it's possible someone else will wander in there too.

Nothing awful/gross/chavvy about it - he's 5 and I'm sure we've all experienced that 'when you need to go you NEED to go' feeling at some point.

Just don't let him think that pooping in bushes is a 'normal' thing to do.

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TheWeeBabySeamus1 · 23/09/2016 21:09

You should have picked it up, but it's done now. As far as your son pooing in the bush, he must've really needed to go, I'm sure he didn't just squeeze one out as some sort of middle finger to society .

But you should look on the bright side, you've got a great story to embarrass him with when he's older.

Evilstepmum01 Best pregnancy story ever 😂

windmillsofyourmind · 23/09/2016 21:14

Not that big a deal but most kids do manage to keep it in till they get home. If someone gets the urge to poo does it really mean they have to do it immediately.

Dilligufdarling · 23/09/2016 21:22

I've had this with DS (4) as well. I used big leaves to throw it into dense undergrowth...

He said he just needed a wee... And usually poos at the same time everyday!

SoupDragon · 23/09/2016 21:32

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

Slightly different SoupDragon

Not really. Mammal shits by a footpath, you clear it up. No difference at all.

Sara107 · 23/09/2016 21:33

My dD had to poo in the middle of a well known Irish mountain beauty spot aged about 5. At least 45 min walk to nearest loo, what can you do if the child can't hold on? I dug a hole in the river sand, as deep as I could with bare hands and aimed her over it....

WhooooAmI24601 · 23/09/2016 21:36

This is not a 47 year old shitting in front of a park full of folk, it's a tiny child having an emergency code brown. Life is far too short to lambast someone because their 4 year old needed a poop.

dontpokethebear · 23/09/2016 21:37

Weeping at "the dogs were mortified" evilstepmum

When I was about five, I did a poo in a cardboard box, in the garden. I have no idea why. My mum was furious.

grumpysquash3 · 23/09/2016 21:38

A friend of mine was in the gardens of a stately home when she really really needed to pee, so she nipped behind a big tree, and promptly unexpectedly deposited a big diarrhoea into a rabbit hole. She was about 30 at the time (and not pregnant). She felt very bad for the poor rabbit :(

SoftSheen · 23/09/2016 21:40

This is really no big deal. If no plastic bag to hand just cover it with soil or leaves and move on. What happens to the poo of cats, foxes birds etc?

Evilstepmum01 · 23/09/2016 21:42

dontpokethebear their faces were a picture. I did explain they were to pick it up.

lmao at big diarrhoea into a rabbit hole! poor bunny!!

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