No. I bring my children to the bathroom BEFORE we leave. If I could not trust their ability to not have accidents in public, they would be put in a diaper or pull-up. And in most cases, we were never out of the house or not within an actual toilet for more than two hours. If my child could not go two hours without using the bathroom, I would seek medical help.

Yep, we've always had a potty in the back of both cars. Mostly it stays in there, but if we are going to be away for a long while, such as to the park, I'll carry it along.

We have this one:
http://www.target.com/p/my-carry-potty-blue/-/A-13474591?ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&AFID=google_pla_df&LNM=13474591&CPNG=Baby&kpid=13474591&LID=9pgs&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=13474591&gclid=CPOxosLsw78CFQ1gMgod1woAfw

I just empty the urine or feces into a big toilet once we've found a restroom or upon returning home, then wash with soap and water, and put it back in the car. No big deal.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anybody answered the very important question of what the hell do you do with a bucket of piss and shit in your car?

Urine gets dumped and stool goes into a plastic bag. Just like dogs, not rocket science.

Dumped where??

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people being so mean spirited about this? It's not necessary. Dd is 2 and too small for a toilet. She almost never goes poop outside the house, and if she did, we would dispose of it in a toilet. It is a small price to pay for not dealing with diapers anymore. She is totally potty trained and refuses to wear diapers or training pants so what are we supposed to do? And how is pooping in the car somehow more gross than popping in a diaper anyway?

2 year olds don't get to "refuse" anything. However, a parent who thinks it's okay to shit in random containers would never understand that.

No, but it makes her upset, and why backslide? If she prefers underpants and going in the potty, who cares? I don't care if she's "fully" toilet trained, she's two. I'm doing what's most convenient for us as a family. I like her going on the little potty much more than changing diapers. Of course we put her on the potty before we go out, and of course she can hold it for most short trips. Personally, I would prefer to carry around the seat that goes on regular toilets, but DH thinks that's completely gross for whatever reason.

And again, how is pooping in a baby potty more gross than changing diapers on the three year old? Honestly, when I see people changing diapers for 3 year olds, I feel sorry for them and for the kid. They're way too old for that. It's gross.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is getting as batshit as the one where the lady walked 8 miles. Someone must be having some fun trolling this weekend.

The subject of this thread is batshit. Toilet-training means training your child to use a toilet - which involves training them to void their bladders before they leave they house whether they think they have to "go" or not and learning to use public restrooms. It does not mean following your child around with a plastic bucket for their convenience.

PP was right - this will be the most entitled generation in history.

Yeah. In the good old days the kid peed his pants and his parent beat the crap out of him for it. Much better.

Totally like dog, but less gross. It's a child Learning! In our 1st week of potty training my stubborn almost 3 yo, she had to go every 15 mins and was learning how to completely empty her bladder. While we mostly stayed home, we had some errands and had to drive daddy to work one day. She peed in her little potty in the shadow of the Capitol. Gotta do what you've gotta do (especially with an infant in tow, too).

Anonymous wrote:Has anybody answered the very important question of what the hell do you do with a bucket of piss and shit in your car?

Our potty has bags that seal up. I toss as soon as I find a trash can. No big deal.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anybody answered the very important question of what the hell do you do with a bucket of piss and shit in your car?

Urine gets dumped and stool goes into a plastic bag. Just like dogs, not rocket science.

there's the rub

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Anonymous wrote:Has anybody answered the very important question of what the hell do you do with a bucket of piss and shit in your car?

Urine gets dumped and stool goes into a plastic bag. Just like dogs, not rocket science.

Yep, and you wash out the potty when you get home. No big deal.

I did this with all my kids except in the back of a subaru. I had a small potty seat which came in handy. Not all spray parks, playgrounds, in the middle of a shopping mall parking lot, we're easily accessible to a restroom.

Plus, by the time you have kid #3 you don't want to schlep your whole crew all over trying to find a restroom for the youngest when thete is a perfectly usable one in the hatchback.

You do what you gotta do.

Anonymous wrote:Has anybody answered the very important question of what the hell do you do with a bucket of piss and shit in your car?

Urine gets dumped and stool goes into a plastic bag. Just like dogs, not rocket science.

Has anybody answered the very important question of what the hell do you do with a bucket of piss and shit in your car?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is getting as batshit as the one where the lady walked 8 miles. Someone must be having some fun trolling this weekend.

The subject of this thread is batshit. Toilet-training means training your child to use a toilet - which involves training them to void their bladders before they leave they house whether they think they have to "go" or not and learning to use public restrooms. It does not mean following your child around with a plastic bucket for their convenience.

PP was right - this will be the most entitled generation in history.

I agree with this. If you are driving around with a disposable potty in the back of your car you are not toilet-training your children.

So, say you have a few very young children with you at a park for playing and a picnic... If one child has an urgent need to use the bathroom, you are really going to load up everyone and everything into the car to rush around trying to find a public toilet rather than just use a little potty (private, clean) in the back of your car? Again, this is for very young children -- say pre-school and younger.

So you are going to pack everyone up and rush back to your car in the parking lot but not use the public bathroom which is probably right near the parking lot in most large public parks?

I'm a NP here but we do a great deal of traveling with twin 3 year old boys who have been potty trained for over nine-months and this dire situation has never arisen for us. I make them use the bathroom before we leave the house or hotel and we do not stay in any rural, bathroom-less area for more than a few hours anyway. I have to say I find this new trend of carrying around your children's toilets to be ridiculous.

I grew up in the 70s and I remember my parents having a portable potty in the back of the van for my younger siblings we went on long trips. I imagine they had it for me as well, but I would be too young to remember. It's certainly not a "new trend". But you can go back to your handwringing if it makes you feel better.

Yes, of course, if your family did it then it must have been a worldwide trend that I simply missed. Let me rephrase - it is a low-rent trend. Feel better?

Yes - we do. Soooo much easier than trying than trying to drag three young kids into a public bathroom.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is getting as batshit as the one where the lady walked 8 miles. Someone must be having some fun trolling this weekend.

The subject of this thread is batshit. Toilet-training means training your child to use a toilet - which involves training them to void their bladders before they leave they house whether they think they have to "go" or not and learning to use public restrooms. It does not mean following your child around with a plastic bucket for their convenience.

PP was right - this will be the most entitled generation in history.

I agree with this. If you are driving around with a disposable potty in the back of your car you are not toilet-training your children.

Totally agree. I'm not really sure why people are being so hostile about it. But I do think it's odd that people carry little potties around. If your child can't "hold it" until you get to a bathroom, he's not potty trained.

And your point is…? Children don't go overnight from wearing diapers 24-7 to being 100% completely potty trained. Or did you wave some kind of magic wand to make this happen?

+1 It's not weird. Using a toddler potty is an intermediate step towards being potty trained. We bring our potty when we go for a walk to the park because it is often a 90 minute trip and the only real potty on the way is a port-a-potty (We tried using it once and it was so completely disgusting that DD wouldn't use it.) We've used our little potty a couple of times on the sidewalk and I don't give a toddler-sized piss what anyone things about that.

If your child uses the toilet before she goes to the park and cannot go without urinating again for ninety minutes then she has a medical condition. Plan ahead and teach her to use the bathroom BEFORE she goes out - you know, act like a good mother.

I think it's vile to allow your toddler to pull down her pants on a public sidewalk and pee into her portable toilet. You are treating her like a dog.