Probably a stupid question but I want to know...

pb_bride · December 2012

Baby M is 6wks and we've been going out several times a week for walks and to the grocery store. All these trips are usually no longer than 1 hour; the only other outing we do is a BF support group which takes about 2hrs including the drive.

Now that I'm a bit more confident as a mom, at some point I would like to venture out for longer periods with M. What I have been wondering is, if you're out w/LO, what do you do if you need to use the bathroom??? I can't seem to figure out how moms do it. You can't take the stroller w/you into the stall cuz there's not enough room, but I don't see how I can carry M in my arms into the stall and pee - don't I need 3 arms to do that? Yet leaving M alone in the stroller outside the bathroom stall doesn't seem safe. Can someone enlighten me? Or do I just hold it in until I get home?! Sorry if this is a dumb question... I bet there is an easy answer to this!

itsmevkb · December 2012

Use the handicap stall which will give you far more room for a stroller. Or, if you're lucky, where you go will have a family bathroom.

TJ1979 · December 2012

I have had the same question! I usually wear E in the moby, but the idea of wearing her on the toilet seems gross and wrong. I have just been holding it so far. If I'm gone really long, I usually have MH or a friend with me.

ChicagoWeded2007 · December 2012

Take the stroller in the handicap stall or carry the baby in a moby or bjorn and hold her while peeing.

TXwife9 · December 2012

itsmevkb:
Use the handicap stall which will give you far more room for a stroller. Or, if you're lucky, where you go will have a family bathroom.

This is what I did and still do.

lovebug33 · December 2012

I just use the handicap stall.

pb_bride · December 2012

Aha! I knew there is an obvious answer to this. Handicapped stall - DOH! Thanks ladies, another life's mystery solved! Happy Friday to you all!

Saraevh · December 2012

Oh gosh ... family restrooms are THE BOMB! They should be everywhere.

queenbone · December 2012

It depends upon the bathroom. If there is an accessible stall, I bring the stroller in with me. If not I just park the stroller in front of the stall and pee with the door open. I use the furthest stall for this to avoid people needing to walk around the stroller and or get a view of me.

If wearing him in a bjorn I could pee as usual.

At home if I was nursing and had to pee I could manage to keep the boy on me if I was wearing the my breast friend, I could still manage to pee and wipe with one hand and wash my hand, while holding him on it with the other hand.

Necessity really is the mother of invention.

albjag · December 2012

I've taken the stroller into the bathroom or peed while wearing him w/ my beco. I've even held him and peed with one hand at home.

sarabrn · December 2012

I agree, family bathrooms or handicap stalls are the best! Also, after a little practice I got pretty good at holding Chloe and peeing at the same time lol!