I could use a bidet.

[Anonymous]

Since these things only need sink plumbing, they should be fairly easy to install in an existing bathroom provided there us is space.
I see many of them in Florida, seems like they are great for the elderly who can't bathe that often, and have problems with incontinence.

[Anonymous]

Buy some cottonelle wipes.

[Anonymous]

omg, I've always been curious about who uses a bidet and why. Thank you for answering questions honestly PPer. But gosh I have to say toilet paper has always been sufficient for me. Seriously fascinating to me.

And you say it's like a sink. Do you just squat over it? Stick your bum in it? I'm very sincerely asking.

[Anonymous]

Toto Washlet!

When that happy day comes when I get to renovate my bathroom, that's one of things I'm most looking forward to.

[Anonymous]

The wipes will not do the trick if you really want to be clean like you would be after a shower. My mother is 86 and she has to wait for the aid to help her with a bath. So she is able to go a couple of days without a bath by using the bidet.
BTW pp, you just sit on it like a toilet. Some spray water up at your bum and some have the water coming at you from behind like a water fountain. You can have hot and cold water, usually there is a bar of soap and a towel near by. I do not recommend that you use a bidet in someone else's house unless they are cleaned between uses.

[Anonymous]

Definitely getting bidet or a washlet.

Why? I like washing my ass!

[Anonymous]

OMG. You have to look at some of the homes in Great Falls. There are more mauve colored bidets circa 1983 than you could ever want! Or, if you prefer, there is a certain culture that literally installs faucets in their bathrooms and hooks up water cans next to the toilets. I'm not kidding. My friend is a realtor and sees it all the time. It's hysterical. I'm pretty sure either turns off many buyers.

[Anonymous]

My DH had never seen/used one until we took a trip to Turkey years ago. When we remodeled, his number one wish was to have one in the bathroom - so we got one. I can tell you there are a lot fewer tracks in his underwear since it was installed and for that alone, it's worth it! I also use it for the reasons a PP noted as well as for washing up after sex and soaking clothes. The kids use it for washing their hands, it's just the right height for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH had never seen/used one until we took a trip to Turkey years ago. When we remodeled, his number one wish was to have one in the bathroom - so we got one. I can tell you there are a lot fewer tracks in his underwear since it was installed and for that alone, it's worth it! I also use it for the reasons a PP noted as well as for washing up after sex and soaking clothes. The kids use it for washing their hands, it's just the right height for them.

where do i start? tracks? omg. my 5 yo doesn't have tracks. tell your dh to f*&ing wipe better. now you say you use it to clean up after poop, period, sex and THEN your kids wash their hands in it and you soak your clothes in it? totally grody to the max, dude

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DH had never seen/used one until we took a trip to Turkey years ago. When we remodeled, his number one wish was to have one in the bathroom - so we got one. I can tell you there are a lot fewer tracks in his underwear since it was installed and for that alone, it's worth it! I also use it for the reasons a PP noted as well as for washing up after sex and soaking clothes. The kids use it for washing their hands, it's just the right height for them.

where do i start? tracks? omg. my 5 yo doesn't have tracks. tell your dh to f*&ing wipe better. now you say you use it to clean up after poop, period, sex and THEN your kids wash their hands in it and you soak your clothes in it? totally grody to the max, dude

It really should be used solely for the bum. But some people do bathe the little ones in there and do some laundry. If you clean it, it is no different than sitting in the tub.
Some people who wipe well have a degree of fecal incontinence.

[Anonymous]

how do you wash the bum in the tub? trying to figure this one out logistically...

i am 2 weeks post-partum and am quite in love with my perineal spray bottle - i may never stop using it...

and after reading this discussion, i am very sad i didn't use the bidet at the hospital, but it was so daunting, given the degree of soreness i was experiencing... just thought the spray might hurt.

[Anonymous]

I wipe like a mad woman (dry and wet wipes) and still would have fecal matter present unless I washed up afterwards. I went to a doctor to tell him my bum bum was broken. I've heard the surgery is beyond painful, but I am looking into it. Currently, I am unable to have a bm outside of my home (which is sometimes uncomfortable). I love the diaper rinse thingy. I've never heard of one and now I will look into it.

[Anonymous]

Wait, isn't it like drinking from a public faucet, though? My kid drinks from a faucet and drips water from his mouth then the next kid to drink gets my kid's germs. Like any fecal matter or blood that gets rinsed down still hits the bidet parts and is then shared by the next person? How sanitary are they really if more than one person are using them?

[Anonymous]

Me too. I was just thinking about them yesterday!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wipe like a mad woman (dry and wet wipes) and still would have fecal matter present unless I washed up afterwards. I went to a doctor to tell him my bum bum was broken. I've heard the surgery is beyond painful, but I am looking into it. Currently, I am unable to have a bm outside of my home (which is sometimes uncomfortable). I love the diaper rinse thingy. I've never heard of one and now I will look into it.

Surgery for what? What is your bum bum's problem, exactly?