HI. I am having trouble getting my son to hit the toilet when he pees. He is 11, so he knows better, but fails to comply. I get him to clean up his mess everytime I catch him, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. It is so irritating and I am at my whits end. Any advice is appreciated.
Well, thanks for all of your helpful advice. I will have to go to the store and purchase wipes to sit on the back of the bowl. I dunno why I didn't think of that one. Hopefully that will work. I will make him clean it first thing in the morning before school, for those midnight pees in which he has the worst aim, and in the evening before bedtime.
I make my guys clean up after themselves. I too, keep a full container of sanitary wipes and Clorox spray under each sink they can use anytime.
I am a nazi about this.
If I have to deal w/all the "woman" issues like my period, childbirth, etc, then they get to deal w/the inconvenience of peeing out of a hose and all the fun that comes with it when their aim is bad.
Well, when I saw the title I thought potty training question...I had some good answers for that.
We would take small pieces of TP and draw boats on them and have the boys sink the ships...or put a few cheerio's in the water and have the sink them. It is fun and teaches them to aim better...lol.
So, if this were going on in my house I can guarantee he would be cleaning the bathroom along side me and he would get to do the toilet each and every time, the inside then the outside and the floor. I can't get the vacuum back beside it or behind it so I have to get down on my knees to clean the screw covers and the dusty area where the toilet has a lot of detail. I always spray that down with the scrubbing bubbles then wipe it down with paper towels. I clean a bathroom very well but don't ask me to clean the kitchen. I have been told they would eat off my bathroom floor but to not ask them to eat off the plates. I hate cleaning the kitchen. So peeing outside the toilet whey they know better...they would rue the day and hate every minute of the bathroom cleaning.
Start making him sit.
He is 11. No gold stars for him. He knows better and is just too damn lazy to cleanup after himself. SO...if he were mine he would be on bathroom duty every single solitary day. That means that he gets to clean the toilet EVERY DAY! yeah! Then, when he has learned and shown himself to be a good aimer he gets to clean it every two days! YEAH! Then every three and then every four and so on. Good luck.
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(or you could just tell him to pee outside.) lol
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I mean seriously, what does it take?
Please stay seated during entire performance, it's not as long as you think.
Well get him some rubber gloves and a mop and bucket. Some cleaning rags and a good general cleaning solution. Mr. Clean has some nice ones that have Frebreeze (sp) kills the smells. Make him clean the bathroom toilet, tub, sink, counter top, mirror and floor daily.
I hate shaming or embarressing kids but sometimes it's the only thing that works. If a close relative comes over and needs to use the bathroom. Say something like watch out for Tommy's puddles, try as he might he never seems to hit the toilet. Grandma, Grandpa aunts and uncles will laugh and maybe one of the males will take him aside and explain that if he ever wants to have a nice girlfriend and later a wife he needs to hit the target.
For me this is a deal breaker while dating. If I am dating a man and his bathroom smells like old pee, or the seat is wet, or up all the time. I will tell him how I feel but if he can't improve that about himself --- I'm gone.
I cleaned up after myself if I had to go to the bathroom and my tampon was overflowing and I dripped on the floor or seat. Who wants to use a bathroom with blood on the floor or seat? It's just good manners.
I'll bet YOU are the one who cleans the bathroom. Time for HIM to have to clean the bathroom.
The only reason he misses is because he has no incentive to do better. Being fussed at doesn't work because he doesn't care. You gotta make him care. Withhold all his privileges until the toilet area is spic and span, and make him do it over if he doesn't do a good job. Every day, K.. I promise you that he will stop this if you make him clean when he misses.
He needs to turn into a young man responsible for this bodily functions - time to start now.
Dawn
When you figure out how to get them to aim let me know. I have 2 boys that have bad aim and one of my boys won't lift the seat. There is nothing like going to the bathroom in the middle of the night when you are all groggy and sitting on a VERY wet toilet seat. It makes me so mad.
I have made him come clean it up many many many times and I have even stood over him (he's 5) and ordered him to lift that seat first.
Maybe his wife will teach him how to aim and clean up after himself someday!!! HA! HA!
Not to encourage lazy behavior but......I saw bullseye sticker for just this
issue for the toilet.
I bought them for my 2 1/2 yr old son but didn't have to use them.
Maybe I should sent the to you. heh heh :)
I dunno--I am still trying to get my 34 year old husband to pee INSIDE the toilet. Nothing worse than stepping in pee with your bare feet in the middle of the night.
I wish there was a way to do this! I am the only female in my household, and my 55 year old hubby and 19 year old son have me outnumbered. I always look before I sit...
Oh how I would love to tell you I have conquered this issue but I cannot- I have two 15-9 neither one can seem to aim- I do make them scrub around their toilet once a week with bleach so they have to clean up their own mess but still doesn't help. Also my other one that is 46 doesn't always hit what he is aiming for either. He also has to clean the toilet
I know men that can't hit the target. Have you tried keeping those clean up wipes on the back of the toilet. That way he just wipes every time he pees. Maybe he will get tired of it and work on his aim. :)
I am so lucky my husband sits when he goes. Every once in a while he feels the urge to stand and he makes such a mess. I have chlorox wipes on the back of the toliet for those special times he wants to stand.
You would think that if men peed standing up, aiming at something as big as a toliet, at least 4 x a day for years they would be able to pee in the dark and have perfect aim by the time they were 6.
I saw in a video clip where some researchers put a bulls eye in a toliet and found that the men naturaly aimed at it. When they did, they didn't splash so much.
DS is the same way and I find it I make him clean it, hes getting better at doing it, it helps that he holds it now when he goes.
Positive reinforcement. Every time he scores one in the bowl, he gets a star. After 10 stars he gets a hot wheel or something like that. I think there is device too that helps them aim. Boys will be boys and they tend to not be as neat and tidy as girls.
Lean over more..
To Riley: love the saying, I had to write it, to pass on to my 5 year old and my hubby.
To Suzie: good point.
Great question of the day!
