Little Boys Peeing - Sitting or Standing?

[ColorfulSunburst]

All children who are in the potty training process use an individual potty here. When they are able to pee by standing BY THEMSELVES they can do it. But it is parents responsibility to teach them.

[e.j.]

I sit little boys backwards on the toilet.

Same here. They can stand when they're tall enough and when they have some control of their aim.

[Mom2Two]

Re "When they're tall enough"

I had four boys potty train in this past year, and I ended up improvising a very short step stool to give the boys that extra few inches that they need when they're ready to pee standing up but not tall enough.

I actually used a rectangular, flat, Tupperware that was only two inches tall and I filled it with wooden blocks to make it hard and strong and put some grips on the bottom. It worked great.

One of them needed a few reminders about looking where he was going and aiming right, but overall it saved a lot of potty cleaning for me.

[Jupadia]

For the boys I'll let them pee standing 1. When there tall enough 2. When with pratice they have no issues doing so.

They all use the regular size toilet from training start. I hate the sanatizion issues with seperate kid pottys or toilet seat inserts. So we bought a toilet seat with the toddler seat built in. So toddlers just make sure it's on their seat.also I find it works a lot better then the inserts for the boys there is more room for them to sit and go potty then most inserts allow for. We even put one on our upstairs toilet till our kids finish toilet training and grow bigger buts. It was only like $40 canadian so not to bad of a price.

[Blackcat31]

In case it matters, this is an old thread....

[happymom]

Re "When they're tall enough"

I had four boys potty train in this past year, and I ended up improvising a very short step stool to give the boys that extra few inches that they need when they're ready to pee standing up but not tall enough.

I actually used a rectangular, flat, Tupperware that was only two inches tall and I filled it with wooden blocks to make it hard and strong and put some grips on the bottom. It worked great.

One of them needed a few reminders about looking where he was going and aiming right, but overall it saved a lot of potty cleaning for me.

This is what I did. I bought a small block of wood from a craft store and put little legs on it padded with hot glue for stability and spray painted with a high gloss paint for easy cleaning. I made 2 for $8 total and gave one to daycare and one for home until he was tall enough for the regular potty.

[e.j.]

In case it matters, this is an old thread....

Oh, that's odd! I never noticed the date but now that you mention it, it really is old! Now I'm curious...... When I read the threads each day, I generally only read the ones marked "today". Once in awhile, I go back into those marked "yesterday" or beyond but only if I'm really interested in a topic and want to remind myself of what was said. I definitely didn't go back looking for this old thread (not that it's not a good topic for discussion!) so any ideas why it would have popped up on my screen toward the top of the list of more recently created threads? :confused:

[Blackcat31]

Oh, that's odd! I never noticed the date but now that you mention it, it really is old! Now I'm curious...... When I read the threads each day, I generally only read the ones marked "today". Once in awhile, I go back into those marked "yesterday" or beyond but only if I'm really interested in a topic and want to remind myself of what was said. I definitely didn't go back looking for this old thread (not that it's not a good topic for discussion!) so any ideas why it would have popped up on my screen toward the top of the list of more recently created threads? :confused:

Often times spammers will post in a thread and if you replied as the next poster after the spammer and I (or any moderator) deletes the spammer post, it will leave your post and then makes the shows the thread as "new".

Make sense?

[e.j.]

Often times spammers will post in a thread and if you replied as the next poster after the spammer and I (or any moderator) deletes the spammer post, it will leave your post and then makes the shows the thread as "new".

Make sense?

Sure does. Thanks for the explanation.

[Blackcat31]

Sure does. Thanks for the explanation.

No problem!

[Gemma]

I do the same as Jenboo. But once they are tall enough to stand up, if they start getting it on my floor or all over the toilet, I don't care how old or tall they are, they go back to sitting down.

This is me too!

[hwichlaz]

I usually have them sit. I tell them they can stand when I install a urinal. ::

However, my current 3 yo boy doesn't have anything to tuck down...He's like a turtle in it's shell, so if he sits he pees straight out across the room, so I have him standing. You gotta do what you gotta do.