When should a boy know how to stand up to pee?

[Anonymous]

My 3.5 year old has been potty trained for a year and we've never had him try and stand. He just moved up a classroom at school and his teacher asked me if we had taught him how to stand yet. Are most boys this age standing? How do I go about teaching him? He isn't even great at always remember to push his penis down in the toilet.

[Anonymous]

You don't have to teach him. He'll see the other boys doing it and try it on his own. It's generally less messy if they sit down, so I'm fine with mine sitting down. They know how to do both and choose how they want to go.

[Anonymous]

Doesn't he see dad go pee?

My boys have always peed standing up. Never did it sitting down.

[Anonymous]

Funny! Our teachers loved that DS sat because it was neater. He learned to stand up with Dad at a place that had urinals! Now he mixes it up...

[Anonymous]

^^oh he was about 4 with the urinals.

[Anonymous]

I have two in elementary. One wouldn't and still won't pee standing up. Prefers using stalls in men's room too. The other one prefered to stand from an early age. Should I be worried that one won't stand?

[Anonymous]

Fruit Loops in the toilet. Done.

Seriously.

[Anonymous]

My younger DS has seen his dad and older brother stand, but knows the rule is to sit at home. He learned tried it out at preschool (around 3-3.5 years old) and likes it better so always stands at school and when we're out. It's useful out of the house. DSs sit at home though.

[Anonymous]

Mine didn't until he was 5, the summer before K. Just decided to "do it like daddy" one day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't he see dad go pee?

My boys have always peed standing up. Never did it sitting down.

I have no interest in cleaning my bathroom floor that thoroughly 5x/day.

[Anonymous]

Let him pee outside a few times.

Then inside with Cheerios.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't he see dad go pee?

My boys have always peed standing up. Never did it sitting down.

Never!? Did you potty train at 4?!

OP, my DS potty trained at 20 months and didn't stand up until he was tall enough, which was probably about 4. He did not want to stand on a stool because he fell off while sleepy a few times

[Anonymous]

I think in the first year it doesn't matter whether they stand or pee, as long as full bladder means going to the bathroom. My kid mixed it up until age 4 and I don't really know what prompted the change. He's six now and aim is still not perfect but knows to pull a piece of toilet paper to wipe up spills and wash his hands afterwards. I lived in group houses in my 20s and that's better than a lot of adult males can do.

[Anonymous]

Never.

[Anonymous]

Sitting is easier, and generally the aim is A LOT better.

It's a weird thing for the teacher to ask you. Don't bother trying to teach him; he'll figure it out if he wants to.