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Toddlers: 24 Months+
If your DC is potty trained, come in!
DS is potty trained. Hasn't had an accident in weeks now. Question though, he stands when he pees and I still have to hold his penis while he goes and I obviously have to wipe him when he poops too. I also have to help him pull down and pull up his pants- he can't do it on his own. After how long do I try to get him to aim himself/do it completely on his own?
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Re: If your DC is potty trained, come in!
I let DS figure out ow to do it from day one, so I would just let him do it. What's the worst thing that happens, you have clean pee a couple of times?
My DS is 3 1/2 and STILL has some trouble with a few pairs of his pants. For the most part he has been doin that himself for about 8 months now.
When we walk in the bathroom, I say "pull down your pants" and she does what she can and then asks for help (usually the backs of her panties get stuck on her booty.) I pull them over her bottom and she tries again.
Then she wipes and I wipe too.
So I guess she goes first and I double check it all. I am just happy to not buy diapers and clean messes.
I wipe DD's heiny, she wipes the front (or rather she shoves a piece of toilet paper into the toilet between her legs, sometimes it even touches her skin).
DD refuses to undress herself for potty time, bath time, bed time... any time really. She won't even try. She will pee her pants if I don't pull them down (if she's naked she'll go pee without my assistance).
I know 4yo's that still get their heiny's wiped for them. Seems a bit old for me, but I don't think I'd trust a kid under 3 to do it solo.
No idea about penises! I didn't even know boys started off standing up?
I taught my son to lean forward and hold onto the toilet lid with one hand so that his penis was pointing down into the bowl instead of down at the lip of the toilet. Get a stool that's the right height so that he can lean over the bowl.
My son is 5 and I still come in for a "post wipe check" after he poops. He's getting pretty consistent with being able to do a good job with wiping, so we're going to phase out my involvement in that process REAL soon! In talking about this issue with other preschool moms, it seems that most kids need help with wiping until about this age.
Why are you holding your son's penis? He should be doing this on his own. It's part of him going pee. Try buying those tinkle targets or toss some cheerios in the toilet and tell him it's his turn to make his peepee go into the toilet.
Jack does a wipe for poop now at almost three but we always go in to do a follow up wipe. He's good at counting out the four squares of toilet paper for the wipe. I've noticed he gets an itchy booty if I don't do a follow up wipe. I don't know when this is done completely on their own. Hopefully in the next couple few months.
My son wasn't able to pull his pants up until he was about 31m. We had to teach him to do it which is why it took us a while. I just didn't bother teaching him at first. I still straighten them out sometimes when he's done. I am also trying to make sure I only buy pull up and down pants and shorts rather than anything with snaps as some friends with older sons told me their kids have requested no buttons or snaps so they don't have to ask for help. It's an independence thing and I don't want Jack to be embarrassed to ask for help at school.