how can i get my 8 year old stepson to sit down while peeing?
my 8 year old stepson somewhere picked up the habit of standing in front of the toilet and "just let is hang and flow" No aim, nothing. i tried to make him clean the toilet and bathroom floor, etc before, but he doesn't seem to get the point. anybody has any ideas?
2011-02-19T21:47:30Z
maybe i should add, that every 2 weeks the kids go to their dads who has no rules or any parenting at all, so its just a free for all for the entire weekend, and every time they get home its like a "learning the rules all over again"
PetMom2011-02-20T07:17:57Z
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As a step parent, you will be facing too many "uphill battle" issues as well as dealing with the appropriateness of you handling a personal situation. Let his parent handle this one.
I have a ten year old who occasionally has bad aim. It has gotten better as he has matured, but we still have issues. I keep a big bottle of Lysol wipes on the back of the toilet and a mop bucket complete with mop and cleaning solution handy. When he goes to the bathroom, I check and if his aim was bad, I send him right back in there for clean up. In the early days of this, he was cleaning up almost every time. Now that he is older and has had the experience of having playtime, tv time, or game time delayed by clean up, his aim has improved greatly.
It wasn't a quick fix. We have been working on this since he was potty trained. My only hope is that when he grows up and moves out, developing his own relationship, that I pass him on fully potty trained and in control of his aim. I can't even imagine the feelings of failure if I don't get this lesson through to him.
Maybe you could try something else .. like throwing cheerios into the toilet and having him aim at it, or they sell these little pellets that when they are peed on they make colors in the water. Also, try positive reinforcement as opposed to sitting down. Other kids will pick on him for sitting down.
does he have any delays of any sort? Im just having trouble with that at his age he should of grasped the concept by now. Maybe you could take away privalages for times when he makes a mess and use positive reineforcement when he does a good job. How ever way you go about handling this make sure you are consistant
Picked up the habit? this is how boys are suppose to pee, they stand up like men do, especially at 8, I would be worried if my 8 year old was sitting down like a girl, mind you, he does pee on the floor and up the wall sometimes, oh well, that's why you clean.