To ask how you cleaned up poo?

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Potty training. Sigh

There has to be a better way than bumble-fucking my way through antibacterial wipes and spray and gloves and dcs wiggly pooey butt and a nappybag and baby wipes for that?

Looking forward to progressing to the toilet, but in the meantime...suggestions??

antibacterial wipes and spray and gloves

Do you work in a zoo or something?

Put them on the toilet from the start and use loo roll. I never used gloves either.

Use whatever you want 😂. Usually just toilet roll & antibacterial wipes or spray

Are we talking poo on the floor, poo in their pants or poo in the nappy?

With the floor, I got toilet roll, picked it up, cleaned the floor and then cleaned up child.

In their pants, take pants off, bin them, clean up child

In the nappy, normal cleaning method

In their pants, take pants off, bin them, clean up child Take pants off, put them to once side, clean up child. Then shake large loose poo off pants into toilet, use toilet paper to remove more, add pants to washing (unless they're too far gone, in which case pre-wash by hand with soap and water, then wipe over basin and taps with kitchen spray).

It's all good practice for caring for elderly parents and later, elderly DH. (Not to mention the occasional elderly pet on the way).

@MereDintofPandiculation Not the sort of practice I want! Bring on the AI care robots! :-(

Underwear is washable

I know underwear is washable....but dh is very squeamish on things like this and refuses to have them in the washing machine. And since he does the majority of the washing, he gets to say no pooey pants in the machine

My recommendation is to not potty train until they are ready.

We got through it with zero accidents. Its a lot easier that way.

Tuck trousers into socks to prevent turd escape. Go commando until potty training well established, use just loose trousers instead.

If they're pooey, use loo roll or wet wipe on child. Take trousers and shake turds into loo then turn inside out as far as you can manage and blast off any residue by holding where toilet water comes out during flush. Put in reusable wet bag or potty and wash.

No need for gloves and antibacterial spray!

As pp said I'd wait. No accidents....as yet lol
Also poop in the washing machine is grim.
Anything more that a vague faint mark and they're going in the bin here

Just wipe it from child with wipes or loo roll.
Pour potty contents into loo. Flush. Wipe potty with anti bac wipes or spray. Clean every evening with disinfectant and water and wipe dry with kitchen roll.
It's that simple.

Put them in on boil wash and put dettol laundry in.

I second (or is it third now?) waiting until ready. No accidents whatsoever here.

P.s not being goady ...

Nursery practitioner here, I'm very well practised at cleaning up poo! Get as much poo into the loo as possible, remove child's dirty clothes and bag up immediately, wipe up child, get child to wash hands, then tackle mess on the floor. I prefer dettol, paper towels and a nappy sack.

Then again, most messes can be avoided by waiting a while until the child is ready. When ready there will be very, very few accidents after the first day or so. Also, get the child to use the toilet from the word go, rather than the potty.

Corral the shitty child in the bath and hose them down with the shower if it's really bad

This isn’t a popular opinion but I potty trained my 2 using pull ups so any accidents were in the pull up not on the floor. Everyone seems to think you have to go straight to just underwear but pull ups worked for me and both DC (boy and girl) were trained very quickly.

@Soubriquet - seriously!! Sorry but I think your DH needs to give himself a shake. Poop flushes - pants wash - what's the big deal?!

@Thurmanmurman - totally agree. I used pull ups for a short while and then straight to pants and the toilet. No potty. Ever. Was easy as anything.

I'm also curious to know just where exactly the child is pooing

Thankfully I never had to clean it off the floor.

I did usually bin clothes that got poo on them. For the sake of rescuing a pair of pants and trousers that cost the sum total of a fiver from Asda, it just wasn't worth it.

At best, get the child on the change mat and use wet wipes. At worse, run a bath.

I used washable nappies and DH is a farmer so his clothes are alwaysfrequently covered in poo. My washing machine has never failed to remove all traces. Decent biological washing powder is your friend here. I am always at people binning pooey clothes!

@Soubriquet what did you do when they were babies? I have a separate washing up type bowl for scrubbing/vanish and use Dettol laundry cleanser. Yesterday just ten minutes after dressing DS there was a poonami/explosive nappy leak, I bagged up the offending clothes for scrubbing wiped him down as best I could, Dettol wipes on the changing mat, baby on his bath seat and hosed him down with the shower, then scrubbed clothes with stain remover and straight in the machine. I would've had to throw out a vest, leggings, top and socks all of which are less than a week old!

For floor usually baby wipes and same for ds backside. Underwear gets emptied into toilet and prewashed with fairy liquid and hot water. I refuse to throw out underwear or trousers that has a bit of poo (can't afford to keep hunting down dinosaur underwear 😂😂)

antibacterial wipes and spray and gloves

It’s your child’s poo you’re clearing up, not novichok!