I highly recommend a bidet if you can, it is hands down our favorite thing we added in our bathroom reno, #2 is the heated floors for the New England winters.
I highly recommend a bidet if you can, it is hands down our favorite thing we added in our bathroom reno, #2 is the heated floors for the New England winters.
my husband is thinking about getting our child a bidet for Xmas because he was admiring them at Menard's this weekend. Trying hard to think of every angle this can backfire.
My now almost 7 yo locked himself into the bathroom when he was 2, turned the bidet on when he was standing there, and the bathroom flooded! I still remember trying to coach him through the door to turn it off by hitting it back down, and I think he turned it off before we got him out. My husband was gone watching Duke/UNC basketball game at a friends house over an hour away, I had to call his dad to come help me pry the door open bc it had a deadbolt on it. Here almost 5 years later it is nice that both my kids use the bidet and I understand toilet paper is not a normal part of Iranian culture on my husbandтАЩs side but it pretty spectacularly backfired on me that night!
this is good to know. If my husband can barely get the kids to remember to lift the toilet seat when they pee I'm not sure that adding more ways to get water around the toilet is going to solve anyone's problems.
OMG, that is a story to save up for Mommy embarrassment revenge later in life. When we moved into our current house, built in 1940 with original interior doorknobs, I could not for the life of me figure out how to unlock the bathroom and bedroom doors from the outside. When we had a locksmith over for another issue, I asked him how to do it. Answer: "I guess this was before anyone thought of needing to unlock the doors from outside. [Seriously, humanity?] You can't do it. " He added "I come for free if a kid locks themselves into a room." I still have his phone number.
My then 2yr old also locked himself in the bathroom! Our locksmith talked me through how to pop the lock and we now have lock picks handy for emergencies. Kids man ЁЯджтАНтЩАя╕П
Kids! Pretty sure "toddler locked themselves in the bathroom" is pretty common everywhere with bathroom locks.
We have one screwdriver that fits in the bathroom doorknob to unlock it from the outside. It lives on a little shelf above the bathroom door. We went through a phase where it got used three times a week.
We moved into our house a few years before we had kids. We also knew the previous owners had kids. First time our toddler locked the bathroom door I magically thought тАЬhuh I wonder if the previous owners put the lock popper stick on the doorframeтАЭ they did! And I beat my husband to open the door. He was busy rummaging around for paper clips.
They don't sense if there is a bottom above them before turning on. If they're turned on 'just to try' water goes everywhere. As me how I know ЁЯджтАНтЩАя╕П
I thought this for sure would lead to disaster. I made the decision to install a bidet in the main bathroom rather than the primary bathroom because I want to encourage my husband to not poop in what I think of as "my bathroom." Our almost 7 year old son loves not having to wipe his butt--maybe a sensory issue for him--and LOVES the bidet seat. We just got one that didn't require electric or hot water hookup, but when we redo the primary bathroom I'm 100% getting a heated bidet.
Both our bathrooms have them but the kids are too scared to use them! It's worth it just to see their faces when they do try, though (...or do other people's kids shut the bathroom door?)
I highly recommend a bidet if you can, it is hands down our favorite thing we added in our bathroom reno, #2 is the heated floors for the New England winters.
my husband is thinking about getting our child a bidet for Xmas because he was admiring them at Menard's this weekend. Trying hard to think of every angle this can backfire.
My now almost 7 yo locked himself into the bathroom when he was 2, turned the bidet on when he was standing there, and the bathroom flooded! I still remember trying to coach him through the door to turn it off by hitting it back down, and I think he turned it off before we got him out. My husband was gone watching Duke/UNC basketball game at a friends house over an hour away, I had to call his dad to come help me pry the door open bc it had a deadbolt on it. Here almost 5 years later it is nice that both my kids use the bidet and I understand toilet paper is not a normal part of Iranian culture on my husbandтАЩs side but it pretty spectacularly backfired on me that night!
this is good to know. If my husband can barely get the kids to remember to lift the toilet seat when they pee I'm not sure that adding more ways to get water around the toilet is going to solve anyone's problems.
OMG, that is a story to save up for Mommy embarrassment revenge later in life. When we moved into our current house, built in 1940 with original interior doorknobs, I could not for the life of me figure out how to unlock the bathroom and bedroom doors from the outside. When we had a locksmith over for another issue, I asked him how to do it. Answer: "I guess this was before anyone thought of needing to unlock the doors from outside. [Seriously, humanity?] You can't do it. " He added "I come for free if a kid locks themselves into a room." I still have his phone number.
My house was built in 1938, it was fairly heavily renovated in the early 80s but we had all the original doors!
My then 2yr old also locked himself in the bathroom! Our locksmith talked me through how to pop the lock and we now have lock picks handy for emergencies. Kids man ЁЯджтАНтЩАя╕П
Kids! Pretty sure "toddler locked themselves in the bathroom" is pretty common everywhere with bathroom locks.
We have one screwdriver that fits in the bathroom doorknob to unlock it from the outside. It lives on a little shelf above the bathroom door. We went through a phase where it got used three times a week.
You can also put a slim one on the frame on top of the door. Always need to have these handy!
We moved into our house a few years before we had kids. We also knew the previous owners had kids. First time our toddler locked the bathroom door I magically thought тАЬhuh I wonder if the previous owners put the lock popper stick on the doorframeтАЭ they did! And I beat my husband to open the door. He was busy rummaging around for paper clips.
ah! that's like realizing you went back in time to help your past self.
OMG Elizabeth!!! :))) Toooo funny. Glad he was OK!
...backfire, indeed.
took me a second.
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They don't sense if there is a bottom above them before turning on. If they're turned on 'just to try' water goes everywhere. As me how I know ЁЯджтАНтЩАя╕П
Definitely need one that you turn on yourself for this reason!
lol
This made me laugh so hard I cried thank you.
I thought this for sure would lead to disaster. I made the decision to install a bidet in the main bathroom rather than the primary bathroom because I want to encourage my husband to not poop in what I think of as "my bathroom." Our almost 7 year old son loves not having to wipe his butt--maybe a sensory issue for him--and LOVES the bidet seat. We just got one that didn't require electric or hot water hookup, but when we redo the primary bathroom I'm 100% getting a heated bidet.
Both our bathrooms have them but the kids are too scared to use them! It's worth it just to see their faces when they do try, though (...or do other people's kids shut the bathroom door?)
My kids started using them around 4ish! They were scared for a while.