potty training

@nic24uk (571)
July 23, 2007 5:22am CST
my son has just started to use the potty but he stands over it to wee. i have told him to sit on it but he doesnt sit there long enough for anything to happen. he hasnt yet had a poo in it but he is getting the idea because he is weeing in it. but should little boys sit on the potty to wee or should i just be thankfull hes at least weeing in it even if he is standing?
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@luvcatzzz (207)
• United States
23 Jul 07
well, if he's already standing up to wee, i think that's good cuz they progress to that anyway! :-D how old is he? my son ... i didn't push it... we just went with the 'flow' so to speak... and he was trained at about 2 years of age. by not pushing him or stressing him out over it, he never ever had any problems with bed wetting or any of that stuff. so it worked out good.
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@nic24uk (571)
23 Jul 07
hes 21 months so he is ready to be trained. he was showing signs of being ready because he kept taking his nappy off and spreading poo everywhere lol it was such a nightmere i just cant wait for him to be fully trained.
• United States
23 Jul 07
oh wow! i can imagine you're way past ready! haha! good luck to you on this endeavor! :-D
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@superchook (1786)
• Australia
23 Jul 07
I have 3 boys and my two older ones when they were toilet training used to sit on the potty, but my youngest son who is toilet training at the moment stand over the potty and does his wee. He has even done poos a couple of times by standing over the potty. He just doesn't want to sit down for it.
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• United States
23 Jul 07
If he likes doing it standing up, let him. If you're concerned about him making a mess, try target practice. Throw a Cheerio in there and tell him he has to hit it with his pee! Mine is the opposite. Will only do it sitting down and not standing up. I'm just going to let him do what he's doing...at least, he's doing it in the potty and not in the diaper! :)