![]() Pull the back of the underwear out and away from the bum then pulling both sides out, sloooooowly slide the underwear down his/her legs (the wider leg stance helps to minimize poo smearing down the legs).Have your child stand with his/her feet apart, slightly wider than his/her shoulders.Carefully remove the pants/leggings/bloomers, pulling them out away from the underwear and poo bulge in the back so it doesn’t catch and have your child step out one leg at a time, set aside. ![]() Do a quick visual inspection of the damage, noting if there is any poo high up the back of the underwear/pants.Remove or pull up and secure any loose top clothing like shirts, dresses, skirts, etc.Move next to the toilet and stand the child on an easily cleaned surface (not on rugs, towels, etc.).Assemble your necessary supplies including plastic bags and wet wipes, I also like to have a bowl handy.So, here’s my expert advice and procedure for dealing with soiled underwear: And while I’m still on the fence about the cloth diapering (I figure I’ll at least give it a try), I can confidently say that potty training 3 of my own kids and countless others while working as a preschool teacher has taught me the fine art of dealing with soiled underwear. When I decided to cloth diaper Pipsqueak, it was always with the intention of “so long as he is exclusively breastfed,” not sure I’m up for the task of rinsing real poo once he starts solids and the past few weeks have certainly given me the opportunity to really think about it as I spend way too much time next to the toilet, rinsing out underwear. But I’ve tried to remain calm with him, stay positive in the frustration of constant dealing with soiled underwear and just continually reminding him to run to the potty if he feels the poo coming. If you ask him about not putting his poo in the potty, he’ll simply tell you “poo stuck” ( his speech has come a long way!) but that’s clearly not true since it easily and regularly comes in his underwear. It seems we will be struggling with the #2 part of potty training with Doodle just as we did Sugarplum. He’s not had a pee accident in quite some time and I usually don’t even know when he’s gone as he’s so good about just heading into the bathroom and taking care of his business on his own (clearly not a first child, I followed Honeybun in and out of the bathroom for a looooong time!)īut pee is where it ends. We started back with potty training Doodle a few weeks ago and after our initial failure in the fall, it’s gone amazingly well.
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