Little girls and public toilets!

[Mooshie]

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!!!!!

mooshie: how does one 'scorn'?
[laugh]

i agree in some ways that you don't want to make the little un afraid to go to the loo.
they might struggle at school without you to reassure/help them.
maybe it's a matter of dicsussing if the toilet looks clean enough or not & why.
then little un can make an informed decision.

of course, lots of dirty sods who haven't washed will be going on to smear their germs all over door handles etc after going to the loo, so maybe it's all fighting a bit of a losing battle & best to try not to end up OCD.

Seeker, my boys would only wee in a bottle if there was no toilet or if the toilet was dirty, i had no problem with them weeing between parked cars or behind a tree ( they actually enjoyed a bit of al fresco weeing)! They are both prolific hand washers, the younger has to moisturise because his hands are so dry from overwashing!

@ Ragged, I'm not worried about nursery so much as only small children use the toilet, not adults.

Oh dear, the hand-washing compulsion is speaking volumes.

@mylifewithstrangers, my boys dont mind being dirty as in mud from the park and things like that, but they cannot abide sticky or dirty hands.

i once heard that germs are good for the child's immune system, & being overclean can trigger allergies - is this an old wives tale?

i used to try to keep my baby immaculate - saw it as a way to prove i was a good mother!

if she even got a smudge on a bib, i'd whip it off & into the wash.
all toys that had fallen on the floor were washed or put in the steriliser.

then i put baby on her playrug, went to get her toy, turned round & found she'd learnt to roll over & was licking the carpet with great enthusiasm.

after that i eased up a bit & let her get a bit dirtier!!!

I believe kids should come into contact with a bit of bacteria from time to time, I have enough general household ones of my own which I can share with them, I don't need anybody elses is all!

mooshie: has this been of any help in solving your concern?

@ Kathyb1, not really! But i googled girls urine bottle and found the most amazing thing, a portable urinal!!! its a bottle with a thing on top that channels the urine! gonna give it a go!!

hurrah!!!

maybe all those motorists stuck in the snow should have ordered 1!!!

lol

Mooshie, please don't

Don't pass on your inhibitions to your daughter. Do you think most other Mums out there whip out pee bottles for their kids in public loos. Really they are not a serious health hazard. I think dealing with portable urinals sounds like a worse health hazard.

What happens when your kids need a poo when out? And when they are by themselves - this will happen eventually.

poo in the bottle!!!

@Mylifewithstrangers, I don't know what other mums do, thats why i'm asking on mumsnet!!funny enough my boys have no toilet issues (apart from refusing to use a dirty one) and they are fairly regular, as in a poo after breakfast and one after dinner so thats takes care of the pooing when out. Actually this might make them sound as weird as me but they would never poo in a public loo.....i'm hoping daughter is the same!

@ kathyb1 thats funny!

mooshie: sorry to be laughing at your serious thingy, but i can't help it!
seriously entertaining - tears in eyes from laughing!!!!

hope it all works out

when your child brings home 1st serious flame, make sure to mention this thread!

I completely understand your 'fear' of public loos. I'm the same, don't know why but it just disgusts me.. can't help it. :( Have to really just switch off my fears when I take DS to the toilet. He poos quite a bit when out and about so I've gone through all the wipe with wipes/water before seating, and putting tissues down for him thing. Sometimes he needs to go so urgently I just have to plonk him on (occasionally on very grimy toilets) without wiping. Ugh! I don't like the idea of seats that go on top of the toilet seat either as it seems even worse than just washing DS's bottom during his bathtime and he tends to touch the toilets more to stable himself if I use those.

Envy all women who aren't afraid to just sit on public loos, coz it's yuck-yuck yuckie to me. I've been hovering since I was around 4 years old (far as I can remember) and never mess any seats or toilets. I cannot understand how some people can go in and leave toilets in such disgusting state. My son has even learnt from me now if he accidentally leaves the tiniest little drip of wee he cleans up straightaway. Wish everyone else would leave toilets clean too. :)

Just wipe the seat over with a wet wipe if it bothers you. I imagine most people's bums are reasonably clean in any case, but I guess this is why french-style squat toilets could be a more hygenic option?

A big turning point in my life was when I realised there was practically nothing you could catch from a loo seat unless you had an open wound on your thighs.

Since then I have plonked myself down quite happily on anything and everything, and shock horror, I haven't had any associated health problems whatsoever.

No longer do I have to spend hours wrapping the seat in loo roll, like my mum does.

No longer do I suffer thunderbox cleanliness anxiety disorder.

I am a free woman. Ladies, sit, relax and enjoy (but wash your hands well afterwards).

Ooooh, just read ragged's post. Yes, have to lift seat up to hover otherwise it's unfair on people who need/want to sit, even if it's the tiniest of drips.

Can't believe I'm typing this. lol!

I think you are very rather OTT about this, but each to their own

We have a Potette Plus which may help you - a seat to cover a loo when in public loos (never used this function tbh) and it converts to a potty if there is no loo around or you think it is too minging

Oh and useful for camping too

Wow you're going to give your kids a total complex about toilets. What do you think they'll catch?! Chill out, maybe let them pee behind a tree occasionally. A boy weeing in a bottle? Nuts!

Oh I've read the next page now and see you don't mind trees- good! But the handwashing thing sounds a little worrying- aren't you concerned you've given the one with sore hands a bit of a phobia?!

@ Anonmum2, soooo glad to meet someone who shares my quirk! I remember as a small child I went to a service station loo and my mum was helping me to hover and she over balanced and my bum touched the seat, I cried for about 10 minutes, and another time, i went to play at a friends house who lived in the next block from me, I went to the loo and SHOCK HORROR!!!!!! Limescale city and wet tissue on the floor!?!?!?!?!? I ran out of the house and wet myself on the way home because there was no way I was weeing in there! I was about 5 at the time..... Its not a fear of disease so much, just an aversion to other peoples bodily fluids and stuff.
@ Jade80, all of my kids just like clean hands, I've never had to tell them to keep their hands clean, its just an inbuilt 'thing' that they all seem to do naturally....

Gonna get me one of these!!!!

www.virtualvillage.co.uk/portable-urinal-toilet-for-travel-and-festivals-009605-001.html?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=shcomp

Sorry the last link doesn't appear to work, anonmum2 maybe you want to check this out!

www.amazon.co.uk/Unisex-PORTABLE-URINAL-Guaranteed-Travelling/dp/B002UDRETK