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Ladies, I'm a bit stunned and don't know what to say. Today I had to go to a parent-teacher meeting at school, but my little one had a class at the same time. My mother — the girl's grandmother — said she could take her. They came back and told me what happened. My daughter needed the bathroom, and then she developed diarrhea. The restroom there is a single public cubicle and not very clean; people use it and it's not always possible to get in. My mom said my daughter spent half the class in the bathroom. I asked how that happened and how my daughter was handled. She said, “No, she just sat there, that's all.” When I take my daughter to a public restroom, I never put her directly on the toilet seat, I don't hold her by lifting her up, I don't put her feet on the rim, and I don't have her squat on the seat — I'm careful because I'm worried about infections. I asked my mom why she did it differently. She started yelling that it's hard for her to carry my daughter, that she can't hold her at all — and said, “If you don't like it, take her yourself.” Now I'm sitting here wondering: could there be something more to this? Is there any chance (of infection) or not? I'm upset. What do you think?
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Baranova Olga
Grandma probably wouldn't be able to hold it up for even half the session. Don't worry — nothing bad will happen.
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Keri
Wipe the seat with a disposable wipe, sit down, and then wash your hands with soap. That's all. Is there something you're worried you might pick up?
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Natalya
No — he won't catch anything. I know it feels gross; I feel the same way. My son hardly ever uses public restrooms—he just smells them and avoids them. If he really has to go, I wipe the seat with a disinfecting wipe and then sit him down. I don't put him on the seat with his feet, and I wouldn't do that myself. It's people who behave like that who leave the place dirty—the seat and the area around it end up a mess.
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Oksana
Try not to worry — you’re overthinking this. Nothing criminal happened. What could you possibly have caught? The only realistic risk would be if you touched the toilet rim with your hands, didn’t wash them afterward, and then ate something like an apple — that could cause a stomach infection. Otherwise, it’s very unlikely you caught anything. Don’t be too hard on yourself for arguing with your grandmother.
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olga
Natalya I always wipe the seat afterward to keep it clean.
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Tanya Chamkaeva
Why weren't disposable pads provided? If they had been, I would understand the upset. As it is, it feels like a lack of foresight on their part.
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Starinchikova Elena
You're very unlikely to catch an infection from a toilet; the risk is essentially zero unless someone licks it.
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olga
Sorry, I didn't understand. Which vaccine are you referring to?
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Ruzanna
Would you really treat someone who speaks badly about you as if they were precious? Please think it over — are you serious right now? )))
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olga
Ruzanna She’s three years old. I don’t mean holding her up, just steadying her a little. When she sits on her own, she tends to sit quite low.
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Ruzanna
Ruzanna Please don't worry — nothing will happen.
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Ekaterina
You shouldn't have lashed out at your mom. It would have been really hard for her to hold the child for that long—she's not 25 anymore. It's very unlikely the child picked anything up from the toilet, even a public one; the genital area is well protected, and infection through intact skin is essentially impossible. Just wash the child (I'm sure you already did after the loose stool) and try not to worry. I'd be more concerned about the diarrhea itself.
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Ida
How do you expect someone to hold a child like that for 15 minutes? If the child had diarrhea, it would get everywhere — that would be an awful mess.
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olga
I'm sorry — I didn't understand what this is about. Could you please explain a bit more?
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tanya
I think you're making this seem bigger than it really is.
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