How to Get Pee Out of Carpets

I have been blessed with two beautiful little boys who have taught me so much about life, love, and laughter.  They have also taught me a great deal about stain and odor removal.

I just know that somewhere in all male DNA makeup is their own belief of the right to pee wherever they feel like it.  They feel that right even stronger than the constitutional rights to life and liberty.

The other day I took the boys to a park and another mom and her three kids joined us.  Much to the other mom’s dismay, In the middle of chasing each other up and down a hill, her 2-year-old son suddenly dropped his pants and began to water the lawn with his own equipment.  I couldn’t help laughing for two reasons (1) I know exactly how she feels, and (2) I was so relieved it wasn’t my kid doing it!

Potty Training is a Messy Job

Boy, do I know how that mom felt!  We haven’t begun potty training my 2-year-old yet for a number of reasons, so I only have one young potty trained lad to contend with.  He has done fun things like poop on the floor and then smear it into the carpet, pee all over the shower curtain because he thought it was “dirty,” and most recently he has started peeing under his bed when he doesn’t feel like getting up to use the toilet.  Ew!

My boys helped me to feel EXTREME gratitude for my Bissell carpet cleaner!  So how does one get pee out of the carpet after it’s soaked into the pad?

ENZYMES!

Don Aslett’s X-O Odor Neutralizer is the best enzymatic cleaner I have found for eliminating all sorts of unsavory odors.  It’s organic and it really works!!

1. First, take a couple of deep breaths to calm yourself so you don’t take your frustration out on the offending party.
2. Next, try and take care of the mess ASAP. The longer it sits, the harder it is to remove the stain.
3. With a clean white towel, soak up as much of the moisture (AKA pee) as you can.
4. Test out the cleaner in a small corner for color-fastness of your carpet.
5. Saturate the stain with the X-O Odor Neutralizer.  Be generous in your application – you want those wonderful little enzymes to devour this little puddle of joy
6. Let the cleaner sit for a while.  (I usually let it sit overnight for maximum effectiveness).
7. After soaking, take a bucket of warm water and a white towel and remove the cleaner from the carpet. (This is where I break out my Bissell, but a towel and bucked of water works just as well).
8. Let carpet dry.

Depending on how much your child had to drink before emptying out the contents of their bladder on the carpet, or how long the golden shower sat before you discovered it, you may need to repeat the process.

60 Second Parenting Tip:

I highly recommend involving your kids in the cleaning process!  This helps teach responsibility and consequences of actions and will teach them that creating messes creates more work.

Don’t use this cleaning time as just a scolding and punishment fest – instead talk to your child about how to clean up the mess and why it’s important to take care of the places we live in.  Instead of treating them like a dog and rubbing their nose in it so to speak, this can be a very positive learning experience for your child if you just take 60 seconds and engage with your child.

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