What to Do in Case of a Poop Accident<\/strong><\/h2>\nFirst and foremost, if your child had an accident in a public pool, report the pool incident to the staff as soon as you can. Because feces pose serious health risks, the safety of others is more important than saving yourself from any embarrassment by staying quiet.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re at a private pool, alert the other swimmers and have everyone exit the water. The pool will need more cleaning measures than chlorine to make the water safe again.<\/p>\n
To limit the amount of poop that\u2019s escaping your child\u2019s diaper, wrap a towel around your child\u2019s lower body after removing them from the pool. This acts as another layer to keep any solids from contaminating a larger area or dirtying yourself.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s important to plan ahead and get a clear course of action before diving in. Take stock of your available resources before your hands are full with a naked, soiled, and possibly upset child.<\/p>\n
In a bathroom, you can remove the diaper, any clothing, and the towel to begin the clean-up process and remove any fecal matter safely with skin-safe wet wipes, hot water, and soap.<\/p>\n
Remember not to leave your child unattended while you dispose of soiled things or gather cleaning supplies. Also, don\u2019t forget to thoroughly wash your hands and clean yourself off before exiting the bathroom.<\/p>\n
You could also take this as an opportunity to speak with your child about how important it is that they don\u2019t have another accident in the pool. If they are old enough to understand, explain the dangers of using the bathroom in the water and offer suggestions for what your child should do if they feel they need to urgently use the bathroom while swimming.<\/p>\n
Lastly, preparing for this type of emergency will make all the difference. Before going to the pool, consider putting together an emergency kit in case of a poop accident that contains a change of clothes, disposable wipes, trash bags, hand soap and sanitizer, disinfectant wipes to clean surfaces, and other products you think may be especially useful to you and your child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
How to Avoid and Deal with Your Child\u2019s Pee and Poop Accidents in a Swimming Pool People ranging from Olympic athletes to toddlers can mistake a pool for a potty, but we can all agree that a pool is for playing and not for using as a giant toilet bowl. When you want to keep […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pottytrainingsolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pottytrainingsolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pottytrainingsolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pottytrainingsolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pottytrainingsolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pottytrainingsolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pottytrainingsolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pottytrainingsolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pottytrainingsolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pottytrainingsolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}