Using the bathroom with your child/another child in the same room

Lisa - posted on 10/02/2011

my son is 9 and daughter is 10
it not usual for one of them be in bathroom when we use it.
we do not think any thing about it

Deborah - posted on 06/17/2010

I would go in front of my daughter, she always followed me in and I always explained that I was going to the toilet and when she was a big girl she would be using the toilet too. However I don't think I'd like to go in front of another persons child, not would I be overly happy with someone else peeing in front of her...

I guess just close the door and reassure him that you are doing something and you will be out in a minute, if he's not used to being left with other people he maybe feels some sort of abandonment by his mother and thinks you're going to run off and leave him too. Maybe take him into the bathroom a couple of times (when you're not going to the toilet) and show him that theres only one way in and out and you will be returning in a minute or two.

Joanna - posted on 06/17/2010

I would ask his mother if they are okay with you using the bathroom with the door open, explain he cries when he can't see you. I think he just likes to know you are there, so if you an cover yourself up to be more comfortable,and his parents are okay with then, then leave the door open. Otherwise shut the door but talk to him the entire time.

Sharon - posted on 06/17/2010

Let him wail if you're going to be in there a short time. You went in and you came back out. he'll be fine.

It will no longer be appropriate to pee in front of someone elses' child when they get old enough to ask questions.

Sherri - posted on 06/17/2010

Rachael my kids came in the woman's restroom with me until they were 9 & 10 yrs old. There is no rules to when I boy can stop going in the woman's restroom. There is no way in a year I would be allowing my 4 yr old to go in the men's restroom by himself he will continue to come with me until he is 9 or 10 also.

Sherri - posted on 06/17/2010

I have always gone in front of my children. We have 1 bathroom and 5 family members so it is inevitable there is more than 1 person in the bathroom at a time. I do daycare and when I first had them they were infants this is there second home they would randomly push the door open and come in. There mom knew this and was fine heck everytime I went to their house they would do it there too. I would mention in to his mom and see what she has to either recommend or say about it. She may not care or it could be a really big issue.

Rachael - posted on 06/17/2010

I feel kind of weird about ging in front of my son too, and would definitely feel weird going in front of someone else's kid. I don't think there is really anything wrong with it at 18 months though. I would say that for your own son, 5 or 6 is a good age to stop, because that is the age at which they stop letting them in the women's bathroom. But for the other boy, I would just ask the mother what she thinks about it