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Grant put paper cups down the toilet.  We have tried everything.  We have plunged it, put drain opener down it and still cannot get it to flush right.  i don't want to call to get our septic pumped again.  We just had it done earlier this year.

I did go and buy a toilet ogger and was able to push the clog through luckily.  It took me 3 tries to get it through.  He must have put alot of cups down.  They were the 3 ounce dixie paper cups.

Okay this might be a drastic measure but can you lock the bathroom?  Is he more impulsive?  I doubt a toddlers lock on the toilet would work.  Never did with my two.

Tammy

how about one of those plumbing snakes ? see if you can knock it loose and bring it back up ? but tammy might be right, maybe just a hook on the outseide of the door just high enough that he cant' reach it. i always know with my guy when he's too quiet, he's trying to flood the bathroom LOL

shakes35238517.5633912037We have our very own plumber!    He has become quite a friend over the years and has saved us on many occasions!   I remember one time he was snaking out the sewer when my oldest was going through his fascination with the toilet,    he jokingly told me he had found a barbie doll  in the sewer line....I went into a panic thinking my daughter would be devastated to know one of her dolls was missing ....so I of course had to ask him which barbie it was......he just laughed and showed me the gross pile of baby wipes and other junk he had pulled out.

And then there was the time that our sewer became completly plugged and he had to dig it up in the street where our sewer meets the city's.....(costly)    His partner was down in the hole  disconnecting the pipes.     The kids were on strick orders to not flush the toilet!!    Through an open window I heard the toilet lid bang shut.    I ran to the window frantically trying to stop what I knew was about to happen!    Jacob Flushed!!!       I ran back to the whole to warn the plumber.    He looked up to ask what, just as the gush of water reached his feet.......too late.....he let fly a few words I can't repeat here.    The city workers and backhoe operator and my self couldn't help but laugh.     Poor Fred!   One of the workers threw a pipefitting down to him .....he didn't catch it......it splashed in the sewer water just as he bent down!    Poor Fred got splashed in the face.     You should have heard the round of laughter that brought about!!

         Knock on wood .....we haven't had a toilet sewer problem in quite awhile!
my  son used to put those little match box cars down the toilet. it fasinated him to watch them twirl down into the toilet. one year he flushed one dozen colored easter eggs down there. had the plumber here all the time with the  snake. he finally outgrew it. Oh I am glad too.  I am glad that we were able to get it without having to call a plumberWell the toilet that Grant clogged up with the paper cups is mostly unclogged now.  I think that there stillmay be some paper cups still in there but they will probably break up in no time.  For now it is flushing pretty near to normal.  We went over some bathroom rules with the kids yesterday so hopefully this does not happen again.  I have the plunger and the snake nearby just in case though.

Janine,

I am glad that things turned out ok for your bathroom.  Take care,

Karrie

Oops, you were lucky.  Hopefully no one was hurt.

tammy

Noone was hurt with the fire.  My oldest has smelled the smoke before the smoke alarms even went off and got us.  The only damage was a little bit to the counter- some burn holes and it singed the cupboard a little, ruined my knife set and of course the toaster.  We got the fire out quickly but still called the fire department because we wanted to make sure that it was safe and carbon monoxide levels were not too high.  I was not worried about the toaster or the knife set because those things I can replace, I cannot replace a family.  Since then I keep the toaster in a locked cabinet.

Well, Gabe

Tammy

I do not know how many of those cups Grant put down the toilet but I still cannot get the "clog" pushed through.  I have tried that toilet ogger that I got which is very similar to a snake but I guess just is easier to handle.  I have done it several times and it just is not getting it.  For now I have locked the bathroom door from the inside so that the older boys do not mistakingly use it.  I can still get in through the pantry but they cannot.  I think I am going to ask my neighbor to see if he might be able to get it.  Luckily we have a bathroom in our room.

I don't know if you are near a Home Depot but I know they have a different type of snake.  Lol, this one takes two hands to use it and you need space to use it in, lol.  Also down south I know they have sewer type snakes.  It is quite common for tree roots to clog up sewer systems down there.  Good luck!!

Tammy

I know this has nothing to do with your clog but it made me think of my oldest son years ago when he was a toddler.  We were all at my mothers house visiting her to include my oldest brother.  Well my oldest brother has dentures and put them on the sink in a cup over night.  My oldest was 2 or 3 at the time and he got in the bathroom and proceeded to throw my brothers teeth into the toilet and then tried to flush!!!  LOL LOL  My poor brother was cleaning his teeth for days..LOL  ANyway...sorry I don't have any advice other than now years later I can laugh about it.  Take care,

Karrie

Well my neighbor came over this afternoon and tried to help get the clog and he did seem to get it a little better but it is still not at normal yet but he told me rather than to go out to home depot and buy a 20 ft. snake or anything to just save my money and use it as little as possible.  He said to give it a week and by then the cups should be completely disinigrated and it should be okay.  I think I can live with that.  Luckily we have two bathrooms and they can just use the one in our room mostly.  This will be one among several things I can laugh about later.  In April, one morning he woke up early as usual and he apparently tried to make a waffle in the toaster but he put the dishtowel on top of the toaster and started a small kitchen fire. 
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