While watching Speidi on the View today, I saw a Huggies Pull-ups commercial about potty training. The mom in the commercial mentioned the need for her daughter to be potty trained before they go on a vacation. She goes further in mentioning all the supplies needed to teach potty training to her daughter: the child-sized toilet, the magic wand (an incentive for her princess of a daughter), and toilet paper. The mom failed to mention any sort of handwashing, whether it is with soap and water (preferred method after using the toilet) or alcohol hand sanitizing rub.

Other potty training tips can be found on the pull-ups website. These items include blogs for parents, DVDs, child incentives, and many others.

Researchers say that handwashing is learned during toilet training. Please, don’t eat poop, wash your hands.