Potty training is never easy – so parents often find themselves using unusual and creative ways to make the process a little easier. 

Now, one mum has gone to extreme lengths to stop her daughter having accidents as she gets to grips with her new potty – by covering the floor in tissue.

Shona McLoughlin, a photographer from Lancashire, shared a photo of her whole living room covered, with a potty stood in the middle.

“Am I doing it right?” she joked on Facebook. “Sat here waiting for her to pee. I’ve no idea what I’m doing!”

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The comical picture went down well with parents, and the post was shared nearly 30,000 times in under a week.

Many parents tagged their friends and partners on the post adding laughing face emojis, while others said they were going to steal the idea.

“This will be me when I brave letting the boys run about without a nappy on,” one mum wrote.

Another commented: “This is ace, my two both peed on the rug way too many times.”

Whatever works, hey?

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