potty training on the go- yes even in clarks shoe shop

[tetherendtoo]

big thumbs up to the staff in Clarks shoe shop, aylesbury. in the middle of getting ds X2 fitted for school shoes, 2yo dd asked for the potty. we'd only been at the training 3 days so it had to be done. i whipped out the full size potty (she hates the portable) and she did her stuff. despite glares i calmly wiped her bottom and wrapped the whole lot in kitchen roll and polly bag, used hand gel, gave her a huge hug and went back to the shoe fitting. the assistant didn't bat an eyelid, and dd sat proudly smiling at her achievement. i have seen lots of kids being held up at kerb sides, standing in bushes and what have you, when they've just had to go. as long as you are prepared and can do it hygenically, there's nothing wrong with potty training on the go-even if it is in tesco, asda, so don't jeapordise your cherub's confidence by worrying what other people think!

I have toilet trained countless children. Mine were both 'done' at 2.5 ish. I waited till summer, stayed home for first few days and skipped potty in favour of toilets with toddler seats to begin with.

Then we used public loos (with portable toddler seat for first few times. All done in under 2 weeks. With no urinating in shops!

I've toilet trained two children and never had to carry a potty round with me. I would never have pulled one out in a shop to use. Totally unnecessary and unhygienic and certainly nothing to be proud of, which is what you seem to be.

Feel suitably lambasted, tetherendtoo?

I personally wouldn't have done such a thing and may have been aghast if I had seen it but only cos I'm not brave enough. Seeing the responses here have reinforced this fear.

Your dd is now toilet trained so you wont have to do that any more and she has the added gift of example of not worrying about what other people think.

As for hygene, I think its rather more hygenic than peeing all over the seats and floor of a shop that is unlikely to be best equipt to deal with it.

You should have taken potty training child outside to perform on potty on the pavement. Your ds's would have been in safe hands with the shop staff and they, and all the other customers in the shop, would have preferred your dd to have gone to the toilet outside.

Give a mum a break?

I'd just like to point out that OP is not me.

My DD wees in gutters.

OP, did you get my PM about our name confusion?