How do you clean the potty?

colsy · Jan 29th, 2012, 06:55 AM

Each time LO uses the potty, we wipe it out with a disinfectant solution using loo roll. I'm not happy just rinsing it out with water, because we take the potty round the house, including the kitchen, so I think it's important to make sure it's perfectly clean.

HOWEVER, both my and OH's hands have dried out so much since we started doing this, and I think this is because we're using the disinfectant. Seriously, the skin is all sore and cracked, and no amount of hand cream will fix it.

So I need somebody to recommend a different, but still simple, way to clean the potty. Maybe you can you recommend some form of antibacterial that doesn't dry out your skin?

Ta very much

sarah0108 · Jan 29th, 2012, 06:57 AM

Anti bac wipes

Mummy2B21 · Jan 29th, 2012, 06:59 AM

What about using marygolds when you clean it to stop the disinfectant making your hands sore?

freckleonear · Jan 29th, 2012, 08:17 AM

For wees I just rinse with water in the sink (urine is usually sterile anyway). For poos I wipe with toilet paper, then rinse with soap and water. Antibacterial stuff is pretty ineffective in my opinion.

rosie272 · Jan 29th, 2012, 08:25 AM

I give it a spray with Dettol during the day then scrub it with hot soapy water at night

mumandco · Jan 29th, 2012, 09:03 AM

I wipe the poo out with toilet paper spray all in the potty and swill will with water that way we dont touch the dettol.

We just swill the pee out,and at the end of the day we wash with hot soapy water

Tacey · Jan 29th, 2012, 10:53 AM

For wee I just swill with water, and after poos, I'll spray with a tea tree oil solution and wipe round.

lcside · Jan 29th, 2012, 15:27 PM

I wipe the poo out with toilet paper and then use either milton wipes or spray milton and wipe with toilet roll. x

caggimedicine · Jan 29th, 2012, 15:53 PM

We use those anti-bacterial flushable toilet wipes

zoe0504 · Jan 29th, 2012, 16:46 PM

We use flushable wipes too. X

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colsy Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Derbyshire/South Yorkshire border, UK Posts: 1,695	How do you clean the potty? Each time LO uses the potty, we wipe it out with a disinfectant solution using loo roll. I'm not happy just rinsing it out with water, because we take the potty round the house, including the kitchen, so I think it's important to make sure it's perfectly clean. HOWEVER, both my and OH's hands have dried out so much since we started doing this, and I think this is because we're using the disinfectant. Seriously, the skin is all sore and cracked, and no amount of hand cream will fix it. So I need somebody to recommend a different, but still simple, way to clean the potty. Maybe you can you recommend some form of antibacterial that doesn't dry out your skin? Ta very much

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sarah0108 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: May 2009 Location: Amongst the chaos Posts: 14,982	Anti bac wipes

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freckleonear Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Devon Posts: 2,794	For wees I just rinse with water in the sink (urine is usually sterile anyway). For poos I wipe with toilet paper, then rinse with soap and water. Antibacterial stuff is pretty ineffective in my opinion.

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rosie272 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,252	I give it a spray with Dettol during the day then scrub it with hot soapy water at night

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mumandco Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: wales Posts: 2,934	I wipe the poo out with toilet paper spray all in the potty and swill will with water that way we dont touch the dettol. We just swill the pee out,and at the end of the day we wash with hot soapy water

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Tacey Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 3,908	For wee I just swill with water, and after poos, I'll spray with a tea tree oil solution and wipe round.

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lcside Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Worcestershire, UK Posts: 927	I wipe the poo out with toilet paper and then use either milton wipes or spray milton and wipe with toilet roll. x

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caggimedicine Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Trafford, Manchester, UK Posts: 1,661	We use those anti-bacterial flushable toilet wipes

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