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Is your child ready for potty training at nursery? Here's the place for all your toilet training questions.

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Little girls and public toilets!

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Mooshie · 07/12/2010 13:20

How the bloody hell are you supposed to get a little girl to wee in a public loo! There is no way i'm going to plonk her peaches on a seat where god knows who else has sat but whenever I have taken her to go, the wee goes all over the floor and my feet! There must be a foolproof way of getting the wee into the toilet! HELP!!!!!

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MemooMerrilyOnHigh · 07/12/2010 13:20

Antibacterial wipes!

JustDoMyLippyThenWeWillGo · 07/12/2010 13:22

I used to carry that mini loo seat thing everywhere, and second the abti-bacterial wipes!

PaisleyLeaf · 07/12/2010 13:23

I used one of those 'toodle loo' folding toilet seats with DD.

RockinRobinBird · 07/12/2010 13:28

You carry on as normal, wipe first if required, then wash her hands well when she was finished. Can't see the problem.

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Mooshie · 07/12/2010 13:30

Justdomylippy, 'mini loo seat thing'? please eaborate, you too Paisley leaf!

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HuwEdwards · 07/12/2010 13:30

put strips of loo roll where she'll sit. used to do this with DDs, no idea why really, as soon as they're big enough they do their own thing anyway. Like Rockin says, just instill good hygiene.

NoahAndTheWhale · 07/12/2010 13:32

My DD sat on the seat, as do I. Nothing has happened to her or me.

PaisleyLeaf · 07/12/2010 13:38

toodle loo
Really handy for out and about and visiting. More so than a travel potty, I think.

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Mooshie · 07/12/2010 13:39

Noahandthewhale, unfortunately for me and my Daughter, I have a irrational dislike of all things communal, especially where moisture is involved!

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mylifewithstrangers · 07/12/2010 13:40

Line seat with loo paper if it really bothers you.

I just make sure they wash their hands really well after.

RockinRobinBird · 07/12/2010 13:40

I do always wonder what people are actually afraid of. My mother hovers and causes herself much grief in the process. She still can't tell me what she expects to happen to her if her cheeks actually touched the seat :o

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Mooshie · 07/12/2010 13:43

It feels to me like one step away from rubbing bottoms with a stranger....

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seeker · 07/12/2010 13:44

And try very hard not to pass on your irrational fear of loo seats to your daughter!

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Mooshie · 07/12/2010 13:45

And funny enough, i'm not as worried about her hands because i make sure she touches NOTHING. I take her outside and use a couple of wet wipes on her hands afterwards, i dont like to hang around!

Boys are so much easier, an empty water bottle, no problems!

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Mooshie · 07/12/2010 13:47

Thanx Paisleyleaf will check that out!

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RockinRobinBird · 07/12/2010 13:50

But most people's arse cheeks are clean, it's the bits underneath that may cause concerns and they don't touch the seat. Your arse cheeks are no different to your elbow or shoulder.

seeker · 07/12/2010 13:52

"
Boys are so much easier, an empty water bottle, no problems!"

And then what do you do?

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Mooshie · 07/12/2010 13:53

@ Seeker, I tip it down the toilet!

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BlockedPoster · 07/12/2010 13:53

"rubbing bottoms with a stranger"

lol lol lol

I don't think I've ever rubbed bottoms with even my closest acquaintances.

RockinRobinBird · 07/12/2010 13:57

So you make your son go into the cubical and wee into a bottle which you then empty into the loo? You really need to sort this out. That's not a healthy approach to instill in him.

kathyb1 · 07/12/2010 13:57

lol: best read today!!!!!
rubbing bottoms....
might try it!

doesn't it drive you crazy when some smart-dressed lady leaves a cubicle in a mess &, worst of all, doesn't wash her hands - eughhh!!!

amazes me how many ladies do that!
Shock

i always feel like making a remark, but is that a wierdo thing?

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Mooshie · 07/12/2010 13:57

BlockedPoster, I dont think I have either, hence my reluctance to do it with anybody else!

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Mooshie · 07/12/2010 14:02

@RockinRobinBird, I only did it when they were very small or when there were no toilet facilities, as soon as they were big enough to reach on their own and to understand not to touch the toilet then they were on their own!

KathyB1, people with no toilet etiquette are to be scorned!!!!!!

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seeker · 07/12/2010 14:02

Hang on - so you are out with your ds. He needs a pee. So you get him to stick his willy into a water bottle, which you then take and empty into the loo. What do you do with it then, rinse it out for next time?

Honestly - this is not a road you should be going down. There is nothing that can happen to your child if he/she used a public loo so long as he/she washes his/her hands really well. Which I presume you'd insist on at home anyway?

ragged · 07/12/2010 14:03

What do you expect her to do when she goes to nursery or school? How many strangers bottoms will she indirectly rub up to there? Or do you intend to teach her to hover by then -- how well can a 4yo master the hovering technique, anyway? Xmas Confused

I'm an adult and If I tried to hover whilst weeing I'd get half of it on the seat, anyway, or does one lift the seat for hovering? Not that I really want to know, I'm happy with the simple and obvious approach.