Mum Shares Toddler Toilet Training Disaster!

A pregnant mum has shared her hilarious (and disgusting!) experience after her two-year-old daughter had a toilet training disaster.

A mum has shared her horror experience after her two-year-old daughter had a toilet training disaster that sent her husband running for a bucket.

The mum, who is expecting her second child, said that she put her daughter down to sleep while her husband was in the shower and planned to have an early night herself when the chaos began.

A Nasty Surprise

Just moments after she was put down to sleep, the mum says that her daughter had a major toilet training disaster that is every parent’s worst nightmare.

“She covered herself from head to toe in her own poop,” she wrote in her post.

“She smeared it on the TV, the carpet, and all over her favourite blanket. It was in her hair and beneath her nails. It covered her belly and her back. Poop was EVERYWHERE.”

As if there wasn’t already enough mess, the mum says when her husband saw what had happened, he couldn’t hold it together.

“My husband has a weak stomach,” she said. “Cue projectile vomit. EVERYWHERE. I just sat down and cry-laughed for a good ten minutes. We’re expecting our second later this year. Send help!”

Not All Fun And Games

Comments on the mum’s post shared similar experiences, but some pointed out that many children never feel the need to play with their poop.

“Parents are poop masters! Masters of the poopaverse!” one mum wrote. “I am potty training my three-year-old and my life now revolves around other people’s bowel movements.”

“So far my two-year-old only wants to look at her poop, she’s very proud of her hard work,” another said. “We’re now potty training so fingers crossed it won’t progress to touching.”

The experience of toilet training is never an easy one, and if you manage to get out of it without at least one incident, you’re definitely in the minority! At least this mum was able to laugh at the situation – we don’t think her husband will ever live it down.

Has your child had a horror toilet training incident? Share it in the comments.

68 Comments

- - alongcamejayden said
  - 19 Apr 2021
    10:05 pm
One of my worst nightmares! So scared of this! I think I will not be able to take it… Good thing hubby is brave about this stuff…

- - mom462929 said
  - 19 Apr 2021
    9:43 pm
Will be toilet training in a while, feel like I would rather deal with a nappy. We use cloth so I’m used to having to wash.

- - bronnyc said
  - 19 Apr 2021
    8:53 pm
Oh dear. I just read about a couple with a puppy. They went to bed & woke to disaster. Puppy had pooped and their automatic robot vacuum ran over it then left a trail if poop everywhere it vacuumed that night. I feel for you.
- Ellen replied
  
  20 Apr 2021 , 7:40 am
  Aw lol, I can totally picture it !
- - Mrs.twinmama said
  - 19 Apr 2021
    8:39 pm
Unfortunately we have had too many accidents in my house too. It’s nasty.

- - mummabear said
  - 19 Apr 2021
    8:27 pm
This is my worst nightmare. Will be starting toilet training soon

- - babymumma said
  - 19 Apr 2021
    7:04 am
Oh that poor family. I hope they can laugh back on it now

- - Frankiielot said
  - 18 Apr 2021
    9:36 pm
Oh my goodness, I would have had a heart attack lol.
I will be trying to toilet train my toddler soon as she will be 2 next month.

- - Mumofboys said
  - 18 Apr 2021
    8:10 pm
Hahaha poor dad! Poor mum!
Worst we have had is a hand down a poopy nappy or nappy explosions ????

- - mom160421 said
  - 18 Apr 2021
    7:46 pm
Makes me glad I never had anything close to this amount of chaos.

- - mom111316 said
  - 18 Apr 2021
    5:13 pm
???????????????? oh no! Toilet training definitely has its challenges.

- - mom460689 said
  - 17 Apr 2021
    9:44 pm
Toilet training is tricky!!! The poor mum who had to clean this up!!!

- - mom466291 said
  - 17 Apr 2021
    5:29 pm
Oh dear, no I havnt thank goodness lol

- - mom207052 said
  - 17 Apr 2021
    11:48 am
I didn’t have it to this extent but yes a poop disaster all in and around the cot during the toilet training time

- - Ellen said
  - 17 Apr 2021
    6:18 am
Yes ! My youngest has a developmental delay and we had many incidents of her smearing with poo and on some occasions she ate it too.
* we reduced accessibility; onesies back to front during the night, sleepig tog back to front with extra fastening
* change nappies as soon as possible after they’re soiled,
* address sensory issues; poo has a nice soft texture like playdough and goo. We started to frequently offer playing with play dough as alternative
* behavioural; look to the the behaviour and what happens before (trigger) during and after (consequence) of the smearing
* we responded as neutral and with little amount of words as possible; no strong emotional reactions as they can be very reinforcing, praise for positive behaviour instead
- Ellen replied
  
  17 Apr 2021 , 6:24 am
  Btwfecal smearing, also called scatolia in medical literature, is surprisingly common among children and adults. It happens more by children with a developmental delay or in the occurance of post traumatic stress.
  My 11yr old (who has RAD, Conduct disorder and kleptomania) smeared with poo and pee till she was 10yrs old, often to get back to me/us. For example i would suggest it’s tidy up time before dinner and she didn’t want to finish her activity and then would smear. Or she would remove the cleaning fluids out of the spray bottle and fill it up with her pee. Or she would go to the toilet and had poo on her fingers, she would smear it on the walls instead of washing her hands.
- - mom265671 said
  - 17 Apr 2021
    12:24 am
Oh god.. I can’t even. I’m lucky my girls haven’t done this!

- - mom113991 said
  - 16 Apr 2021
    10:51 pm
Oh no! Poor mum! I would have vomited too once hubby did. I can clean poo no worries but I can’t do vomit!!
I know Not as bad, but My daughter did similar. poo in her nappy in her cot, then decided to paint herself and her cot with it. Thank goodness it only happened once!!

- - ThisIsMe said
  - 28 Nov 2019
    1:09 pm
OMG poor mother! I would be like her hubby though and throw up even though it’s my child and hubby would end up cleaning it. I have a very weak stomach.

- - mom81879 said
  - 27 Oct 2019
    4:40 pm
I think my worst toilet training experience was when my son squatted in the corner of my parents lounge room and had a poop. Not that awful, although my parents were horrified.

- - youngoldlady said
  - 14 Oct 2019
    8:02 pm
My only problem with toilet training was number three being hospitalise and having to retrain him to use the potty again, that was harder to do. They had him in nappies and in a cot so he could not go to the toilet. He was one of those that just went to his pot and did his business then came to ask me to help clean him up if needed.

- - mom325275 said
  - 14 Oct 2019
    8:34 am
Wow….where do u start with the cleaning
- Ellen replied
  
  18 Apr 2021 , 4:42 am
  Hehe, I remember once my youngest was around 2yrs old and still in the cot (she wasn’t able to walk yet). She soiled herself, climbed out of the cot, trashed the room totally and smeared poo everywhere.
  Initially when I faced the situation, I closed the door and walked away ! I first had to gather courage 😉