How does your 2 year old go in public?

[mmommy]

Things you never thought you'd do before you had kids: carry around a portable potty seat for your kids in a bag.

http://www.amazon.com/Kalencom-2-in-...portable+potty

The Potette was great for us until they got used to going on the toilets, luckily it didn't take them long. It's also great for emergencies during car rides.

DH would set it up over the drain in public restrooms when DD1 was afraid to sit on the big potty because he could never figure out how to attach a bag to it (which is NOT hard to do)

[Pinky]

I'm really impressed with the Potette linked above... Didn't realize that you could also use it on a regular toilet. I think I'm going to get that and use the plastic bag/maxipad trick someone mentioned in a different thread.

This has worked with both Ds1 and Ds2.

I hold them with their back against my chest and put one had under each leg (thigh). Then I hold them over and facing towards the back of the toilet and aim for them to pee down into the toilet. This works best for pee but the kids can/have/do poop this way too. The best part is that they don't touch the toilet seat at all and there is no fear about falling in because they are being held. Dh has done this in front of urinals, too.

I saw someone doing this the other day at a local park, except they were hanging the kid out of the side of a parked minivan. No joke! It was just pee, but I was still shocked.

Good idea for over a toilet in a pinch! My DD doesn't like public restrooms either.

[TwoBees]

I know it's been said before but Giantbear I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooo glad you're here!!!

Now that I have wiped the tears from my eyes from laughing so hard, I have to say

As for the original question, I have been wondering this myself, because the thought of DD touching ANYTHING in a public restroom skeeves me out to the nth degree. But she won't use a little potty at home, only the big potty. I'm going to have to figure something out!

[BabbyO]

I don't really stress about kids (or myself) using & touching a public toilet. We are just VERY thorough about washing hands (arms & face if needed, too) afterward.

I just sit him on it backwards. My mom did this with my brother and I'm finding it works great for DS if he's freaked about a big toilet in public. You do have to get at least 1 leg out of the pants/shorts, but for my DS his legs are so short I have to do that if he sits forward on a toilet, too.

[queenmama]

I can't imagine carrying a toilet (even a seat) everywhere! Kudos to you guys!

DS had major issues learning to stand to pee (DH was "forced" to sit at home after he crossed the 6' mark and DS is on track to be at least that as well, so we trained him that way)... Even OUTDOORS, he had a mental hangup about it. So he had no problem sitting on a public toilet.

I love the tip from Simon! I'll have to keep that in mind if we have trouble with DD.

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[fedoragirl]

We keep a baby bjorn potty in the trunk of our car and run out when necessary. I try and get him to go before we leave the house and then I ask again before we walk into the store.