Does everyone wipe themselves front to back?

[chicaguapa]

Bit of a icky subject but DD(5 yo) has a urine infection and GP is going to refer her for further tests ie ultrasound on kidneys etc.

Anyway mil says it's because DD wipes herself back to front. This is beginning to annoy me because my mum taught me to wipe BtF and DD just copies me. Although I know the advice these days is to wipe FtB but I can't change the way I was taught and I have NEVER had a urine infection in my life.

I wondered if I was really as scummy as my mil seems to be making me feel. BTW mil has two boys and no girls so has never had to teach anyone how to wipe themselves. I don't know how she does it herselves as we've not gone that far in the conversation.

V. funny link about the bidet.

Me - b to f.
DDs - f to b. Taught by dp as he didn't trust me to do it properly.

But how many people actually use a bidet. The MW suggested I use one regularly to keep my stitches cleansed. I opted for the proper bath I wave to say cos I wouldn't have had a clue where to start (but I do now obviously). The thought disgusted me (NHS cleanliness an all). She even suggested I fill it and wee beneath the surface to ease the pain . There was no way I was doing that either.

i have taught dd1 to wipe from behind, but i wipe from the front, but NEVER drag poo into fanjo area, ifswim. decided to teach dd1 the other way as i realised in my teens that i was in a minority! HOW do you get your arm behind you comfortably???

Isn't mumsnet great? Everything from "Should I sell my piano" to "Do you wipe your arse back to front?" All human life is here!

Christ, if you dont know where your arse ends and your fanjo starts well.....

I haven't read all the posts but now I come to think of it I would describe myself as - ahem - wiping "outwards". front bit - up and forwards. back bit up and backwards. all very seperate. sticks to the principle that stuff from the back shouldn't make it's way to the front. but I'm not at all sure I;d describe it as front to back.

I cannot believe I have just posted about my bum wiping habits...I;m off to find that thread about what defines classic mn...

This is prob a bit tmi

If i have a no 2 i wipe front to back, for a wee i wipe back to front lol.

I'm like BandofMothers. I wouldn't like to get my hand too far round the front in case of drips! (as well as infections). dd often gets sore around her vulva, but I think that's because she just isn't very good at wiping at all (more a damp knickers problem I think). Of course then there is also the stand up sit down controversy, or in my house the whole handful of loo roll scrunched up (ex and ds) vs the three sheets folded up neatly (my mum's instructions, which I have handed down to dd!)

ok. I have stood up in the sitting room to practice. I;m not at all sure I get this. What does "front to back" actually mean? are there people who wipe their bum by putting their hand through their legs?? and I don;t care how big your arse is everyone can reach it from the back. surely??

dh said what I feel. in response to the thread title he said "what, when wiping your arse or your fanjo?" (well, he said minge, but that's not very mn). says it all really. they're two separate things.

ooh nooka. dh is a 3-sheets folded man. I keep telling him he ought to live a bit dangerously. he keeps telling me I'm bad for the environment.