Why have we not figured out some clever way to moderate how much tissue paper a child can take when going potty???? How many times must we reach the bathroom door, as we dash around doing the "must do's" on our "to do" lists, only to find that we now have the pleasure of taking a break from the mundane to add the ever uglier task of assessing who is the culprit in the latest toilet paper disaster anddddd then clean IT up.....Eehhhhh (I shudder to the point of almost convulsing) ???? I have tried to teach my children to count the nearly invisible squares, or to "just take a tiny piece", which almost always ends requiring more cleaning than if they hadn't taken any at all, and then there's my favorite option, stalking them every time they go potty so that you can help them take the right amount. Well I in no ways claim to have the answer to an all important issue such as this but I have found a fairly successful trick until such a time comes as we find a real solution. I have simply taught my children to measure the toilet paper against the length of their arms from their grip to the bend in their elbow. This little trick actually does work quite well, little arms are a lot shorter than little guesses on how m much to tissue to take!
I am curious though, what do you do??? How have you managed the tissue issue in your house? 
Squish the roll so it's flatter and then it doesn't roll as fast. Or you could tear off the pieces and keep them in a basket so they can get what they need.
ReplyDeleteWe use the rule of "From the roll to just barely touching the floor". My girls still do it, the boys are 12 and 15, I really DO NOT want to know what they do in the bathroom.
ReplyDeleteGood ideas girls!!! I hadn't thought of squishing it to impede the rollability or having them measure to the floor. Thank you for commenting, I hope we get a least a few more so we can see how others have tackled the "Tissue Issue" (it's just fun to say lol )
ReplyDelete~Julie