What to do with your kid while you pee

by Jonathon Morgan (Subscribe to Jonathon Morgan's posts) Nov 22nd 2006 9:27AM

Wow. Just. Wow. If only I'd known about this earlier.

I don't know about other dads, but when I'm out with my daughter by myself, I'm always a little uncomfortable about any potential restroom situations. I'm just not all that into her watching me pee, nor would I be into her roaming around the bathroom while I'm taking care of business. It's a conundrum. Seriously.

Then I chanced upon this ingenious device from Mommysentials -- the Babykeeper. I'm not normally into child restraints -- like those obnoxious kiddy-leashes, for instance -- but for the two or three minutes I'm relieving myself, I think it'd be worth it.

Who wants their kid's hands all over a bathroom wall, stall, toilet, etc? You know damn well that hand is gonna end up in their mouth.

My daughter is too big for it now, but if you've got a little'un 6 to 18 months, and are as enamored as I am, you can order one for yourself here.

(Thanks to Mark at BoingBoing for the link!)

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Laura 11-22-2006 @ 9:38AM

This item is ridiculous.

Ginny 11-22-2006 @ 9:52AM

I think that's hilarious.....it's a joke, right? RIGHT?????????

Jonathon Morgan 11-22-2006 @ 12:12PM

That's a for real production y'all.

What's all the uproar? I'M BEING SERIOUS! Where are the dads out there? Help me out, guys. Wouldn't all of you have liked to have this instead of trying to pee while making sure your daughter doesn't wander off into the next stall where some guy is taking a dump?

Right?

;)

Ginny 11-22-2006 @ 10:06AM

Well, I bet it takes longer to put the kid in the contraption than it would just to make her wash her hands when u r finished. I guess if I were a dad taking a daughter into a men's bathroom, it MIGHT come in handy to keep her from getting away or looking under the stall but still.....

Anna 11-22-2006 @ 10:45AM

This is definitely not something I would buy. There are other alternatives, and you can always wash your kid's hands while you wash your own!

Sandy 11-22-2006 @ 11:06AM

Actually, in some ladies' restrooms that I've been in, they have 'jump seats' for the active toddler. It's just a chair attached to the wall and it has straps to strap Junior into it.

I love those things! I probably wouldn't schlep around one of these contraptions and I still wash my young'un's hands everytime we go near a bathroom.

creative-type dad 11-22-2006 @ 12:00PM

Joke? Uhhh, yeah. Sure.

(Where do I buy one...)

May 11-22-2006 @ 12:28PM

I'm a bit worried about parents who find this a little too convenient and start hanging their kids in their doorways to keep them out of the way.

Ginny 11-22-2006 @ 12:26PM

"I'm a bit worried about parents who find this a little too convenient and start hanging their kids in their doorways to keep them out of the way."

See, now, THAT's a good idea. Do they make them for 5 year olds?

Tina 11-22-2006 @ 12:22PM

You say "Stand THERE. DON'T MOVE and DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING." If you say it enough, they get the idea, and listen to you. When my daughter was small, I wheeled her stroller into the handicapped stall and would park her. I remember telling my son "Don't touch ANYTHING" so much that he developed a bit of a public restroom avoidance, though....But he's ok now!

A concern about that product is - haven't you ever seen those stall doors just hanging loose and wobbly? How much weight do ya think you could hang from it or any stall door? They are not held on with heavy duty hardware. That would surely be a restroom disaster of the worst imaginable kind!

Ginny 11-22-2006 @ 2:20PM

Can I just say how much I hate the new format that moves the replies all around. I think they should just post in chronological order....from when they were written, not confirmed. It looks like I replied to myself when I wrote reply #3....when in actuality, I was replying to Jonathon's post that WAS # 3 until it somehow got moved.

wallaby 11-22-2006 @ 8:43PM

I'll tell you what - public bathrooms are nasty. I hear what your saying about that Jonathon. My older son sometimes touches stuff and I freak out. My one year old is just as curious and energetic and I figure I will have some freak outs with him too.

So I do see how this would appeal. But I personally would not buy one. I just am too cheap to spend 39.99 on somehting like that. For one I know I would never want to carry it with me, so I would never get my money's worth. Also I think most of the real problems with moving around touching stuff in the loo happened for me a little older than the age of use for that. I almost always have my sling with me, and yes I can use the loo with baby in it, so I'm covered when they are that age I think.

My older boy is just going to have to continue getting his hands manically scrubbed and covered in Purell I guess. ;)

I really dislike public bathrooms.

Heather 11-22-2006 @ 11:13PM

That thing makes me laugh. I think it would be great for older toddlers around 3 yrs. When they reach the stage that if you tell them no they do it just because you said no. My son is at the stage if you tell him don't touch he wan'ts to touch it even more. So repeatedly telling them don't touch doesnt always work.

wookie 11-23-2006 @ 2:37PM

The DO make these things for doorways. They were called Jolly Jumpers and were very big when I was a baby. Just like wheeled walkers, they left the market over safety concerns.

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