Did she just pee in the grass?

[luvmy3]

my neighbors were having a big bbq one year and their grandson, who was about 5 or 6 went and peed on one of the trees in the backyard (no swimming involved in this one). His grandmother told his father to yell at him, so the father said something to the kid about not peeing outside and the kid yelled back across the yard, "Why, you do it all the time"

My boys have a special tree in the back yard that they use. Nobody can see them and they do not ever do it when people are over. My dd has never went outside but we've come pretty close to having an accident when we were trying to dry her off and get her suit off in time, so I could understand it being much easier to go outdoors. I don't see the big deal of having a kid pee in a private spot in their own backyard.
You can put me in the eewww camp for peeing with the suit still on though

 

[Mandychelle79]

Where I live one of the first things you learn is the correct way to pee outside. We have many field parties with no bathrooms in site, or parties where the house is off limits for what ever reason. Kinds sucks when there is snow on the ground though.

 

[disykat]

In the woods, no big deal. In the yard with indoor plumbing a few feet away - there would have to be extenuating circumstances. In other words, my boys have always known if there's indoor plumbing available, they should be using it.

We have a little forested area in our front yard and I can't tell you how many neighbor boys I've caught peeing in our trees over the years.

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

I'm in the ew camp on this one. If you're in an area where there is no potty available (campking, hiking, etc) then you do what you have to do. But this is just gross. I just can't imagine willingly exposing myself (or allowing a child to) out there in the open. You may think it's private, but how do you know for sure? Do your nieghbors not have upper floors/decks that could allow them to see into your yard?

 

[imabrat]

It doesn't really bother me if you're outside swimming and it's an emergency. Random peeing in the front yard would bother me though.

I just find it odd that mom could run inside to get flip flops, but she couldn't get her to the bathroom?

 

[disneyjunkie]

Nasty, nasty, nasty

 

[TinklednPants]

If the corner of the yard is good enough for my dog it's good enough for me too. Pee away!

 

[MissyDVC]

I would not have said anything because it is "her house, her rules" but gross and ewwww if it is not an emergency

 

[java]

I'm in the ew camp on this one. My friend does this at her pool though. She doesn't want wet kids running through her house. (although she does let the girls go inside) it's the boys free reign outside behind the pool pump. We do live in the country but still.

 

[PatsMom]

We don't have a pool but we live way out in the woods. People pee in my yard fairly often. When we are all sitting outside the guys are just lazy and don't want to walk over to the outhouse or my house where there is indoor plumbing. So they just use a tree. DH does it too when he is out working in the yard. Trust me, there is no one to see except the occasional moose or bear. Not that it would bother any of them if a passing hiker did happen to see them!

Girls are a little different. We do tend to walk at least to the outhouse. But if I had a pool and didn't want things being tracked into my house, I'd have no problem with the girls going behind the shed and peeing. Can't see them from the road even if someone did pass by.

Maybe its all the hiking and camping I did as a child but there is no EWW factor for me in people peeing outside as long as they choose a private spot to do it. Peeing in public with an audience would bother me.

 

[pyrxtc]

I'm with the OP on this one - it's nasty.

I also found this to be very gross - I mean, some of the pee would still be on their suits when they got back in the pool. Icky!!!!!

They probably helped the pool stay cleaner by jumping back in after peeing. Their urine is a lot cleaner than the pool water and a heck of a lot cleaner than a lake or the ocean in most cases. Urine is sterile, you could use it to wash your hands if you needed to. Heck, you could drink it if you were lost without water. I don't know if I ever could but it can be done.

 

[belle&sebastiansmom]

I'm not a doctor, and I can't believe I'm going to bother writing this, but is urine really sterile?

Yes, I've seen the survivor shows where they drink their urine or use it to stop an animal sting, but if it's completely sterile, why do doctors insert catheters to get a sterile sample? Why are you to wipe yourself clean before you give a urine sample in a cup? Because once it passes through it's not sterile. I'm not going to sit on the tinkle on that is left behind on a public toilet seat, and I won't wash my hands in it, and I don't want it crusting up in a kid's swim suit because a parent is too lazy to get their kid to the bathroom or too anal to let the kid in their house for fear of having to sweep up some grass or soak up some water drops.

 

[Wishing on a star]

I'm not a doctor, and I can't believe I'm going to bother writing this, but is urine really sterile?

Yes, I've seen the survivor shows where they drink their urine or use it to stop an animal sting, but if it's completely sterile, why do doctors insert catheters to get a sterile sample? Why are you to wipe yourself clean before you give a urine sample in a cup? Because once it passes through it's not sterile. I'm not going to sit on the tinkle on that is left behind on a public toilet seat, and I won't wash my hands in it, and I don't want it crusting up in a kid's swim suit because a parent is too lazy to get their kid to the bathroom or too anal to let the kid in their house for fear of having to sweep up some grass or soak up some water drops.

First....
you go girl!!!!

And, secondly, I totally agree....
(except, of course, if it is somebody elses child, really don't have any say.)

 

[Scurvy]

Because once it passes through it's not sterile.

Thank you! One of my pet peeves it that so many people say urine is sterile. Assuming there's no infection, the urine itself is sterile - but the person it comes from is not. Unless it is coming from a catheter, it is not sterile.

And I am another who finds the whole "peeing outside" thing to be completely tacky. You certainly have the right to let your kids do it in your own yard if you choose to, and I won't say anything about it to you if I am visiting - but I will be appalled. It's different when someone is camping and has no access to a restroom, but when you have access to one and choose not to use it that's just tacky. I don't care about hardwood floors and things like that - that's where you teach your kids to dry off before going through the house. It's just lazy - and gross - to pee in the yard.

 

[monkey68]

I'm not a doctor, and I can't believe I'm going to bother writing this, but is urine really sterile?

Yes, I've seen the survivor shows where they drink their urine or use it to stop an animal sting, but if it's completely sterile, why do doctors insert catheters to get a sterile sample? Why are you to wipe yourself clean before you give a urine sample in a cup? Because once it passes through it's not sterile. I'm not going to sit on the tinkle on that is left behind on a public toilet seat, and I won't wash my hands in it, and I don't want it crusting up in a kid's swim suit because a parent is too lazy to get their kid to the bathroom or too anal to let the kid in their house for fear of having to sweep up some grass or soak up some water drops.

Unless somebody has an infection, urine is sterile, the area where the urine comes out of is not sterile, which is why they insert catheters and you have to clean yourself before giving a sample. They need to be sure that if there is bacteria in the sample, that it came from the urine and not the bacteria outside the body. That bacteria is there whether the urine is there or not. Yes, some bacteria thrive in growing in damp environments, but if you've already got a damp bathing suit on, adding some urine isn't going to do a thing to encouraging bacteria growth. Also, since urine is normally a fairly hostile environment to bacteria growth, so really, you might actually be preventing the growth of some bacteria, although I'm not too sure on that part. But it really is one of the most sterile solutions, normally.

 

[PatsMom]

You could also try training your kids to pee in your mole holes. DH read that diluted urine would help rid you of moles in the lawn. We had moles something awful that year so one weekend he had a "pee bucket" out by the tree the guys usually use when we are sitting around the campfire. Next day, he diluted the contents and poured them in the mole holes. Worked like a charm. The lawn looked better than summer than it ever had and the moles were gone!

 

[disykat]

If the corner of the yard is good enough for my dog it's good enough for me too. Pee away!

Well, duh! With a name like TinklednPants, we knew YOU'D feel that way!

 

[Rora]

I think it's certainly gross but all in all, I don't think it's a huge deal.

I'm assuming the mom just didn't want water trekked through her house.. or maybe it's just more fun? I know that sounds silly but little kids are happy doing strange things like that!

 

[disykat]

I'm curious where all the people who think it's okay to pee in their yard, in their swimsuit,etc. fall on the "do you wash your hands after you use the bathroom" threads? Obviously there's no sink with soap next to that tree!

Of course, by this thread it's sounds like we can just pee directly on our hands to sterilize them and save ourselves a step! I loved the one about peeing directly into the pool to sanitize the pool!

 

[PatsMom]

I'm curious where all the people who think it's okay to pee in their yard, in their swimsuit,etc. fall on the "do you wash your hands after you use the bathroom" threads? Obviously there's no sink with soap next to that tree!

Of course, by this thread it's sounds like we can just pee directly on our hands to sterilize them and save ourselves a step! I loved the one about peeing directly into the pool to sanitize the pool!

Waterless hand sanitizer? That's what we keep on a shelf outside the outhouse. Which is very near the tree the guys use. I know I use it after visiting the outhouse. I'll have to conduct a poll next weekend when we have a bunch of relatives around. I suspect most of them do use it since it seems like I have to refill frequently.

If I lived in a city I wouldn't be so casual about peeing outside most likely. Back when we were in southern NH and had neighbors I think they would have been able to see into my yard and so out of respect for them, my male relatives (who will pee anywhere, anytime) would have been told to go inside if they didn't have sense enough to go inside in the first place. And when we had kids over playing in the wading pool with DD, I always took them inside.