Poo in bath

[babajuice]

DD is 2. DH was bathing her and she did a poo in the bath. I told him that last time it happened, I fished out the poo, drained the bath, and gave her a shower instead. I then disinfected the bath and the bath toys.

I went into the bathroom a few minutes later. He had fished out the poo but was bathing her in the same water. He didn't see an issue with it as "the poo was solid". I was disgusted, and ended up draining the bath and showering DD.

He can't see what my problem is. I can't believe he doesn't see an issue with bathing her in poo water. It's totally gross, right? Or AIBU?

I would change the water and wash down. There's a lot more poo particles dissolving off the poo than there is just off a bottom. (Not that my DCs have ever done one solid enough to be able to be fished out).

Maybe I'm just too traumatised from an early childhood memory of shielding under the rubber bath mat from something that slipped out... Long memories are not always a good thing!

Agree with you. Even with a solid poop there is contamination. You are so right. So so right.

Yanbu. I think that very disgusting. I don't do things to DD that I wouldn't want done to myself, ergo I wouldn't bathe her in that water. Poo is full of nasty bacteria, regardless of whether it's your own! And no, I don't think that you get "just as much from the particles up your bum" like someone said. I'm pretty sure water doesn't actually enter your rectum during a bath!

The first time ds1 did this I acted as you did, completely horrified and bleached everything...

By the time ds2 did it I got him out and gave him a quick rinse with the over the bath shower...

Children are just gross

I wasn't delighted when DD did this with me in the bath with her! I usually scoop the poop, shower the toddler and chuck the toys in a bucket of dettol.

Between the age of about 10 months - 18 months DD did this every single time she was bathed. Drove me nuts. We got used to fishing it out then washing everything down before disinfecting. Was very glad when she grew out of it.

Omg who cares. Ffs.

I wouldn't want to bathe in water I had shat in. Anyone?

You probably won't get much empathy here however...I remember on a thread about peeing in the shower at least one person said they peed in the bath regularly.....as in, whilst they were sat in it. Noooo

We started sitting ds on a potty after tea and before bath from about 9 months and this helped catch a lot of poos that otherwise would have ended up in the bath.

I would've fished it out and drained the water. Wash/rinse dd off with the shower. Not disinfect the bath or toys though.

Yanbu, you get the kid/s out, fish out the poo, rinse and dettol the bath and toys then shower the kid. Poo water is gross, even for a solid.

Dd1 ate her own poo. She is now 10 and perfectly fine.

Baldricks pee in the bath, whilst having a bath? Euw, no.

I actually don't have an issue with peeing in the shower, but sitting in pee or poo water - just no.

ladeyjadey

I mean, that actually made me laugh, but yes, I suppose in the grand scheme of things, a bit of poo isn't going to do any harm!

My dd did a poo in the bath a few weeks ago. She had eaten a million raisins that day. They don't digest and instead all came out of her, rehydrated floating around the bath tub. That was a fun Friday night scooping them all up. what was more fun though was dd looking into the bath tub and crying because she wanted to eat the raisins!

Hahahahaha Lestat

"why can't I eat the raisins?"

"Because you've already eaten these raisins!"

I'm afraid I'd be more of a 'fish it out' kinda gal. I probably would let the water out and shower her, but don't think I'd bother disinfecting the toys.

It did remind me of a time where a friend asked me to watch her baby son in the bath. I called out to her that 'Aaron's pooed in the bath!' (pre-children for me) and when she came in, she looked at me in annoyance and said 'didn't you see him do it?'. WTF did she expect me to do ? Catch it in my hand?

I'm with you on this op! Yuck!

I've always emptied and cleaned when this has happened here

'Shower head girl' is definitely a type of porn!

I'm with you OP. I'm no clean freak but my DD 17 months did that this week and I drained and disinfected before running another bath (fortunately her big sister hadn't got in yet!)

I would of done like your DH did TBH then after the bath I would of Rinsed the bath out Yes but I wouldn't disinfect the bath or bath toys.

She's 2, it's her tiny poo was in the bath for a very short time. The things DC eat I think it's very unlikely bathing her in that water would do her any harm at all

I'm with your DH. That is what I would of done

Showering child, disinfecting bath and toys is overkill IMO. She's 2 a tiny solid poo in a TBH a for a few seconds before a parent removes it will do no harm

Hahahahaha don't have a water birth then, they don't use the sieve to catch the baby you know
I was sat in that water forever and it certainly wasn't changed at any point if you get my meaning, even my newborn baby had a dip in it