Is anyone finding it awkward to take kids out without toilets open?

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Is anyone finding it awkward to take kids out without toilets open?

Public toilets are open where I am. You just need to plan your trip accordingly

Not just those with kids. Lookup 'lockdown loos' , there's a map of open loos.

Toilets are open where I am.

I don't go anywhere without a toilet near by, three kids and a terrible bladder!

Thanks everyone, I'll check to see what's open.

Where we've been they've been shut.

Yes, it's very tricky. There's a lack of public toilets at the best of times but there's really only supermarket ones open where I am.

I am finding it hard for me!!! Let alone children.

Harder for me than the kids some days.

My kids are older but I basically only go to places within half an hour of home at the moment.

Toilets are beginning to open now. There were real mixed opinions on it but not having anywhere to wash hands wasn't great when people were still going out and about!
I have a bad bladder so throughout lockdown I did a lot of countryside walking where I could wee outside!

So far we've only been going to National Trust properties & other bookable places where there are toilets (or country walks where you can do a wild wee in the woods ). DS panics if there's no toilet (& I prefer to have somewhere to go too).

Kids are fine, it's me who needs the toilet the most often!

Yes bloody difficult. You don't get all that much notice with a toddler so you can plan your trip however well you want but it's still going to be tricky. Have fortunately got a carry potty for emergencies which is kept in the boot.

Toilets are open most places here and have been for weeks.

For young kids you could use a potty. You can get disposable liners which absorb the urine, like a nappy, and then go in the bin. Or some people just throw the urine into a hedge and wipe out the potty.

We just have a potty in the boot of the car but we have kept it there (barely used) for years. At least knowing it is there makes journeys less stressful.

Logistically with school age boys, it's not too bad, but it's going to be a pain to train them back up to have to use random toilets again.
I'm struggling with running. Normally in urban areas I plan routes around toilets in parks. They're still shut. I'm used to going in the countryside where privacy is not an issue, but it's a much greater safety and health concern when in a public park.

I've got a sensitive bladder so have been concerned about this for myself. Mainly we've been walking in the countryside where I can nip behind a bush, but, TBF when we have been to other places there has been a toilet open. I bought myself a pack of 'travel jane' on recommendation from another thread (it's a little bag of gel stuff to pee into) but I don't know if I'll ever use them. I intended to practice at home before we went out for the day but can't bring myself to do it