Feelin’ a little flush? Potty training survival tip


I typed this up recently for Nancy Dancehall – she’s potty training her twin boys. As a public service, I thought I would post my one super-dooper, potty training survival trick.

How to Remove Poo from Child's Underwear
You will need child's cooperation so get child involved by saying, "Mommy's going to show you a really neat trick but I need your help!"

1. Gingerly remove the child's outer pants. Be careful NOT to remove underwear or disturb contents.
2. Stand child up on the potty seat so that he/she is facing you. Child's bottom should be directly over the open potty.
3. Tell child to place his/her hands on your shoulders for balance (they will need to support themselves slightly)
4. Carefully roll down the back of the child's underwear to expose contents (for best results, contents should not be smashed).
5. At this stage, the poo should begin to loosen from underwear. Before performing next step, ask child to count down with you "3...2...1...0"
6. Once you reach "0" yell, "Bombs away!" and carefully flip poo out of underwear allowing it to drop into open potty below. Be careful not to flip too hard else you will miss open potty. Finish removing underware from child (clean child as usual).

WARNING: The following steps must only be performed AFTER you have removed underwear from child!

7. If underwear has not completely emptied, hold tightly onto them with one finger and vigorously dunk them repeatedly into potty water. If this still does not dislodge remaining poo, there is a final option.
8. Grasping the underwear tightly with one finger, dunk into potty and flush. DO NOT LET GO OF UNDERWEAR! Repeat if necessary. Rushing water will remove remaining poo.
9. Wash underwear as usual.

Like most things, this technique requires patience and practice so do not be discouraged if your maiden poo flip does not go according to plan. Good luck!!!