My Sons underwear just got flushed down the toilet.( he's new to being potty
trained and thought cleaning in the toilet, then flushing was ok) they
actually flushed and the water went down, then filled as normal but, I'm
afraid if we flush the toilet again it will clog and overflow. What should I
do?

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On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 03:14:02 GMT, Kelly
m wrote:

My Sons underwear just got flushed down the toilet.( he's new to being potty
trained and thought cleaning in the toilet, then flushing was ok) they
actually flushed and the water went down, then filled as normal but, I'm
afraid if we flush the toilet again it will clog and overflow. What should I
do?
Relax. Kiddie's underwear most often will go through the sytem without
any problem. Not to say it's a good idea to dispose of them that way -
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replying to Kelly, Iggy wrote:
Flush a few more times and then drain a filled tub. The toilet's the
choke-point and they made it through that, the soil pipe to the sewer is
bigger. Flush it out to the sewer before it can catch anything and become a
clog. You'll be fine, but you just need to make sure your pipes are clear of
the debris.

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replying to Kelly, Jeff wrote:
Most toilets can easily dispose of kid's underwear. So long as the flush
forces them through the trap, they're on their way. I know from experience as
my youngest Son saw a week's worth of folded Jockey briefs belonging to his
older Brother up on the vanity. Figuring the underwear was dirty, he decided
to clean up the boy's bathroom by flushing them away down the toilet. Why he
didn't just toss them in the wastebasket next to the toilet beats me, it would
have been a faster way to do away with the underwear. It's the type with the
foot pedal so one press the lid pops up, dump them in and the lid drops and
they're gone. Or, even more resourceful might have been to dispose of them via
the Diaper Genie we have in the bathroom. Had he done that I don't think we
would have ever known what happened to those briefs. But, like your little
guy, he assessed the toilet as the preferred disposal method. And it worked!
They all flushed down no problem. I'd just have been curious to see this go
down, wondering if he took the time to drop in one pair at a time to watch it
get flushed before moving on to the next, or if he just dumped the whole load
of his Brother's briefs in the bowl all at once and flushed the whole load
down together. Despite the small size of these Jockey's, it had to take quite
a few flushes before the toilet sucked them all down. So, while I'd recommend
the wastebasket, no worries your toilet can easily flush your Son's brief.

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replying to Jeff, Bob G wrote:
It was two years ago since the original post. You say to relax but that was
not happening. We used the toilet and after a couple of days the turds backed
up into the kitchen sink. My wife thought they were sausages and put them on
the grill. Even with a lot of mustard, they did not taste very good.
Thanks for your help though, even if a bit late.

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