potty training and public bathrooms...

i want to slowly introduce DD to public bathrooms . what does everyone do as far as the toilet seat goes?

i'm a squatter and never sit on them, but obviously this can't be done with DD just yet. i find putting down tp annoying because by the time i put her on it's already fallen off. i was thinking of buying the disposable covers and carry them around in my bag...curious what everyone else does...

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depends on the age really, my ds was trained just before 2 years old, so i brought that potty seat with me in my truck and he squatted lol...then i started bringing the round thing that fits into the seat...and i would just disinfect the HECK out of it after we used it out somewhere..

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Posted by doublestroller

i want to slowly introduce DD to public bathrooms . what does everyone do as far as the toilet seat goes?

i'm a squatter and never sit on them, but obviously this can't be done with DD just yet. i find putting down tp annoying because by the time i put her on it's already fallen off. i was thinking of buying the disposable covers and carry them around in my bag...curious what everyone else does...

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I dread this I am terrified of public bathrooms myself, so I can't imagine how skeeved I will be with DD

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With the amount and type of stuff that a toddler puts in their mouth in an average day, a toilet seat is the least of my worries. I know people have phobias about them, but they are actually very clean. Pretty much ANYTHING other than the toilet seat has more germs.... (door knobs, the floor, toys, dirt, etc, etc....)

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I put down toilet paper and she sits on that. The grossest part, for me, is how close my face is to the toilet during the whole procedure--you really get to see how tiny those stalls really are...