Cleaning potty?

[LuminosaJane]

Not sure if this is in the right place or not.

DD is just starting to use a potty and I'm wondering how you clean it afterwards? She's only peed but I'm curious about what to do with poop--flush then what?

[Nicole730]

We've been at it for a week and DS has pooped on the floor and in a diaper, no potty yet. But when he does I plan on rinsing it with water and then spraying it with a vinegar water bottle. Or else just washing it by hand with soap and water. For the pees, we've just been rinsing it out.

[mumkimum]

I'd wipe any actual poop that didn't slide out itself with tp, then spray (with either diluted vinegar or a tto all-purpose soap) and dry with some tp again. I'd just rinse pee with water.

[mommajb]

Regular use: Urine I dump in the toilet, rinse the potty and dump the rinse water in the toilet. Bowel movements I dump, wipe with toilet paper and then clean with a baby wipe or a spray of something handy (water with tto, vinegar a tiny bit of Dr Bronner's and rinse). It gets cleaned when the bathroom gets cleaned and used often enough that more cleaning would be wasteful.

Infrequent use: It is kept in the van. I try to remember to put a napkin or something on the bottom to catch the poo (which is dealth with like a diaper of poo). Urine gets dumped by the tire and wiped with a baby wipe. I figure if the baby wipe can keep his bum clean it can keep the potty clean.

[LindsC]

When DS used the potty, we just rinsed it out after a pee and used a baby wipe to do a quick clean after he pooped. Then every weekend when I cleaned the bathroom, I would more thoroughly clean it. I'm so glad that he basically hated that thing and would rather use the toilet since there is less clean up involved.

[lyra1977]

Urine we dump and rinse. Poop we spray out with our diaper sprayer and then spray Biokleen Bac-Out in the bowl and rinse.

[nolonger]

Pee: dump, rinse, dump
Poop: dump, rinse, dump, use a sponge to get what's left.

If it's convenient to leave a bit of water in it between uses then the poo won't stick as much and it will be easier to clean it after use.

[tbone_kneegrabber]

pee we dump and then do water and dump (ds' job usually)

poop we dump and then wipe out with a baby wipe to get any residue. I figure if just wiping with a baby wipe is good enough for my kid's butt it's good enough for the potty!