But, there is a part of potty training that every parent forgets and that is potty training
your child in the public restroom.
I have found myself trying to balance a baby with one arm while assisting a pooping
child in the public restroom at the grocery store and keeping a preschooler from doing naked belly slides in the neighboring stall — simultaneously.
Not exact matches
Once your
child is fairly comfortable with using the potty at home, you can introduce him to using the toilet
in a
public restroom.
places for a woman to comfortably feed her
child in public (short of going to the
restroom, and that is just not comfortable).
Breastfeeding mothers who nurse their
children in public bathrooms, family
restrooms, cars, changing rooms.
Even if she is comfortable eating her lunch
in a
public restroom stall, I wouldn't recommend
children of any age eat there.
Being able to pull over and have your
child use the potty
in the car is convenient and much cleaner than most
public restrooms.
I t might be a bit on the thin side but it's huge so there's more fabric to work with for breastfeeding, covering the baby's car - seat, stroller, bassinet even laying the baby /
child on the floor on his / her tummy as for me I use this a lot for a burp cloth and use this at changing station
in public restrooms and on the
in home changing table.
Once your
child is fairly comfortable with using the potty at home, you can introduce her to using the toilet
in a
public restroom.
They allow you to continue successfully potty training your
child by helping them feel confortable even
in a
public restroom.
In This is How it Always Is, Rosie and her transgender
child, Poppy, travel to Thailand and find a very different cultural response to transgender people and the question of
public restrooms.
Tattling was always a pet peeve of mine and, whenver one of mine would come to me witha complaint that someone had hit, or grabbed, etc., I learned to say, «What happened just before he / she hit, grabbed, etc.» I believe anything parents can do to foster a positive self - image (that means private, not
public, discipline, even if it means a quick walk to a
restroom or back to the car), and to encourage mutual respect (allowing a
child to express how he / she feels about the discipline being meted out by the parent, and giving an age - appropriate
child a say - so
in the discipline) will not only benefit the
child, but will benefit all those who encounter that
child during his / her lifetime.