Comments on: Removing Poop Stains from Carpeting: Potty Training Accidents

By: Vernon Getzler

Vernon Getzler — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:28:45 +0000

delight do disinfect after improvement up the muss. A vantage soaking with Lysol spray should do it. If you're leftmost with yellowish stains, try hydrogen bleach albert Tile Laminate Flooring

By: Vernon Getzler

Vernon Getzler — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:28:45 +0000

delight do disinfect after improvement up the muss. A vantage soaking with Lysol spray should do it. If you're leftmost with yellowish stains, try hydrogen bleach albert Tile Laminate Flooring

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:22:14 +0000

Oh my, I am about to start potty training my boy… After reading this – not looking forward to it…

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:53:27 +0000

I love the way that you are so practical and deal with just about every problem your readers throw at you. And great that you tell it like it is!

Diane in England

By: Keter

Keter — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:06:42 +0000

Oh please do disinfect after cleaning up the mess. A good soaking with Lysol spray should do it. If you’re left with yellow stains, try hydrogen peroxide (do a hidden test spot first).

By: Michael Carnell

Michael Carnell — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:06:35 +0000

My vote? Move. Or buy new carpets. But also the enzyme type cleaner they sell for cleaning up after pets seems to work too.

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By: gracie

gracie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:33:58 +0000

I kept handy: a bottle of bleach (already tested my carpet to make sure it wouldn’t harm it), paper towels, a small cheap carpet cleaner (under a hundred at walmart/lowes), and some fabrezee.

and warning cleaning up this kind of mess doesn’t stop at potty training as in this scenario:

3 am, sleep walking 10 year old with an upset stomach, and the toilet lid down.

he woke up quickly but only after the fact, i have a weak stomach, luckily he doesn’t, so he cleaned it up, took a shower and went back to bed.

By: Mom of three

Mom of three — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:05:38 +0000

Ah man, do I remember those days. One of the things we have to work on is 1) not undressing 2) redressing if we do. Of course, toddlers have a mind of their own…

One thing that helped me was we planned on moving after we were done potty training. We had two kids potty training at once. Once they were done, we put the house on the market, and agreed to have the carpets professionally cleaned, or that much could go into escrow for the new owner to purchase new rugs.

Of course not everyone can afford to move after potty training.
I don’t have any advise other than try pullups. My kids would wear those. It does take longer to potty train with pullups though. If you can wait until summer, do like my cousin did. Her boys wore her t’shirts and nothing else. They trained in a week and because they could stay outside, the accidents were in the yard.
This is a really hard time to train, because of the amount of clothes we have to wear to stay warm.