12 Things To Teach Your Child Proper Toilet Hygiene

12 Things To Teach Your Child Proper Toilet Hygiene

It is important to teach your toddler or preschooler proper toilet hygiene while they are potty training so that it becomes a lifelong habit. Good toilet hygiene helps reduce illness(both viruses and bacterial) and stops the spread of germs. Here is a list of hygiene tips that you should teach your child.

• How to properly wipe their bum after going number 2. It is very important that little girls learn how to wipe from the front to the back to avoid getting infections in her vagina.
• Teach little boys how to aim so that they don’t get urine all over the floor or toilet seat. Also, teach them how to clean up their mess if they have an accident.
• Use enough toilet paper to clean their bottom but not so much that they over flow the toilet.
• You can get flushable wipes for messy situations.
• Clean up any soiled training pants or clothing immediately so that it doesn’t spread germs all over the bathroom. If you can’t put it directly in the laundy, grab a small sack or use a [amazon_link id=”B00IGLAZ64″ target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow” ]wet bag[/amazon_link] to store the soiled clothing in until you are ready to wash.
• Teach them to tell you if they made a mess on the toilet seat or floor so that you can disinfect it properly.
• Teach them how to properly wash their hands using soap and water. To thoroughly clean their hands they should soap them for a minimum of 20 seconds or long enough to sing Happy Birthday all the way through.
• Of course, my toddler loved to get on the floor and look under the stalls. I always cringed when he did this and always told him not to do that because the floors are yucky. Thankfully, he doesn’t do this very often any more.
• In public restrooms, children should be taught to make sure there is a paper towel handy so that they can dry their hands and turn off the faucets with the paper towel.
• Also, in public restrooms you should try to use a paper towel when possible when opening the door. Remember not everyone was taught proper hygiene and the person before you may not have washed their hands.
• Of course, my toddler loves to get on the floor and look under the stalls. I always cringed when he did this and always told him not to do that because the floors are yucky.
• Always carry hand sanitize with you in public whenever possible. You never know when a restroom is out of soap or there are no paper towels for you to use when opening the door.

Did you teach your child these proper toilet hygiene tips when you were potty training?