{"id":104,"date":"2013-01-24T07:33:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T12:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=104"},"modified":"2015-04-13T14:08:56","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T18:08:56","slug":"pottying-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/24\/pottying-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Pottying Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many people will suggest to you that when first potty training it\u2019s best to just stay at home for a few days.\u00a0 While this seems like logical advice, for many of us it\u2019s just not possible and eventually you will have to leave the house.\u00a0 Taking your potty training toddler out in public is a whole new monster from working on it at home<\/a>!\u00a0 Here\u2019s a few more tips for when you\u2019re out and about:<\/p>\n

–Make your child try to go before you leave the house.\u00a0 It\u2019s a great habit to get into and will hopefully keep you from having to run to every public restroom when you\u2019re out.<\/p>\n

–When putting your child in a car seat or buggy, protect the seat in case of accidents.\u00a0 I don\u2019t recommend going out and buying one of those expensive piddle pads (who chose that name anyways?!?!), I simply use a clean diaper, basically putting it on under the child but I don\u2019t fasten it.\u00a0 I keep one in every car seat and buggy so we have it to throw under for added protection at any time.<\/p>\n

–Have a stash of necessities with you at all times including: multiple pairs of clean underwear and pants, clean shirts, clean socks, clean shoes, wipes, plastic bags.\u00a0 It will be awhile before your diaper bag gets lighter or gets to stay at home<\/p>\n

–If you\u2019re worried about germy public bathrooms, invest in some fancy (and expensive) toilet seat covers.\u00a0 I prefer to just cover the seat how I would for myself and then lift my children onto the seat and have them hold my arms while I balance their waste to keep them from touching the seat.<\/p>\n

–If you\u2019re out for an extended period of time, take your child to visit the toilet as often as you would at home.\u00a0 Usually public bathrooms are more exciting than at home so kids won\u2019t fight you going (I once visited a restaurant bathroom 4 times in 20 minutes with Sugarplum because I knew she was getting ready to make a poo and she kept telling me she had to go but would only pee every time we were in there).<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also good to know where the bathrooms are located wherever you\u2019re going in case your child decides they need to go while out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many people will suggest to you that when first potty training it\u2019s best to just stay at home for a few days.\u00a0 While this seems like logical advice, for many of us it\u2019s just not possible and eventually you will have to leave the house.\u00a0 Taking your potty training toddler out in public is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-life","tag-potty-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7945,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions\/7945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}