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MirandaHobbes
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When do boys start peeing standing up?
MirandaHobbes
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DS is almost 4. He is perfectly content to sit and pee- as am I since there is less chance of pee stains all over my bathroom. When should I start helping him pee standing up? He is in FT daycare so I guess I'll have to talk to them as well.
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Re: When do boys start peeing standing up?
DS pees standing at school automatically. They have the little kid size toilets and all his friends go that way. At home, he argues and wants to sit every time, usually claiming to need to have a BM as well. Almost always a lie. He has a little step stool that he can use himself but i guess he just isn't ready to give up his cushy Elmo potty seat. I don't get worked up about it. It's only pee. As long as it makes it in the toilet, fine with me.
That being said, I do have disposable toilet seat covers and Clorox wipes for public toilets in case he insists in sitting....hell, I use them even when he stands lol
This - and his aim has been no problem 89% of the time. Sometimes something catche his eye and he gets distracted. That being said the boys room has urinals that he uses which makes it really easy for him !
JHB 1/19/09
Baby girl due 11/22/12!
are you sure he doesn't stand at school?
My son almost always sits at home - but at school he stands... and he learned how to stand at school --- on a little stool, leaning forward and holding the top of the seat lid...now he's bigger and doesn't do that- but it's how he learned and was good for aim.
Us, too. He was a really late PTer (3.5), but he learned to go standing up. The only time he does sitting down is when he poops on the little potty, which is where he still prefers to poop.
We PTd DS at 3.5 and once he'd fully caught on, he started peeing standing up on his own. I think he wanted to be "like daddy". He's had no problems and has great aim.
I wouldn't rush your DS if he's content to sit, b/c it doesn't seem like a big deal to me, but once he's ready, wants to, or sees friends at school doing it, he'll likely catch on no problem.