My 6 year old son always seems to end up making a bit of a mess when he pees. He goes standing up. (My 3 year old still sits down and that works fine). I tell him to aim and wipe up any on the potty (or the floor) but of course, that only works so well. It seems like I once heard about some sort of product you can put in the toilet to be a "target" for them to "shoot" at. I don't quite understand how it would not get in the way or go down when you flush. Is there such a thing? Any other ideas for improving their aim? I'm hoping I get this resolved before my other three boys are all doing this... Yuck!
While I have ZERO experience with boys, a friend told me how she used cheerios with her son. Those would be flushable and not intrusive.
My mother used a Cheerio. It was something my brothers could aim at and it was safe to flush down the toilet.
Definitely Cheerios - they are easy and nearly everyone has them. They won't hurt the plumbing and are really cheep.
Though I have seen products sold just for this purpose - I don't see any reason to buy something different...
There is an actual product you can by, I want to say Cheeky Monkey might be the brand, I won it as a door prize at a potty training seminar that Babies R us sponsored, but really cheerios would do the same thing. These were just bigger and i know they weren't made of the same thing they reminded me of pool noodles light plasticy sort of stuff but must have been biodegradable.
Make sure you have him aim for the water in the center of the bowl and not the porcelin on the sides of the bowl. Boys are gross with this. The worst part....when he begins to invite friends over to your house. imagine four "missfires" in one afternoon. We now know why the clorox wipe was invented. I agree with the other moms cheerios. You can get the fruit flavor and assign points for differnt colors. lol
I heard that if you put a couple of Fruit Loops cereal in the toilet. You would tell him to aim for the red one or the green one. My son trained sitting down and when he learned to pee standing up he new lost focus and aims straight for the bowl. Good luck. Valerie
I too have 3 boys and Cheerios in the toilet works for "aim"!!! I actually learned that little trick from a mom who I babysat for when I was a teenager :)! Works like a charm........GOOD LUCK!
I have never seen a reusable one but I have used Cheerios or Fruit Loops for my son. My husband tells him to aim for the hole in the middle. You could also put in one sheet of toilet paper and tell him to sink it.
Best of luck!
Hi Amy!
My son just turned 7 and he still pees all over. I HATE it! The cereal in the toilet never worked because he would get upset and say "you don't pee on your food" ok...point taken...lol...so the I tried cereal he hated. Nope, didn't work. He gets lazy lifting the lid, leaves the top lid open, won't flush (the cat fell in it yesterday and splashed pee in my face!)he drives me and the family nuts with this. If I stand over him like a lunatic he does very well, go figure. But yes, they make a flushable tissue paper target called "tinkle targets" go to www.onestepahead.com
they have them. Best of luck! And please, let me know if they work! I am loosing my mind! :)
how about throwing cheerios in the potty and seeing if he can hit them?
Ranita
I see you already got a ton of the same answer. I did buy a product when training my sons, I bought them at Target and they are like packing peanuts that melt when ater hits them. Fruit Loops are a whole lot cheaper and they can pick a clor, so on. Cheerios work too, and actually melt faster then the Fruit Loops. My boys likee the Fruit Loops, and thanks for the reminder, I may start using them again, so they hit the middle and not everywhere else......they are and 7!!! Actually maybe my husband should use them too.....
Good luck from the only female in a house with males and 2 male dogs!!
I have heard Cheerios, which have already been mentioned several times, but I also heard that you can use the whipped topping in the aerosol can. I haven't tried it yet, since my little guys are still sitting down right now. It sounds like something that requires adult assistance, so I'm keeping it in mind as a back-up plan if the Cheerios thing doesn't work.
My mom used to teach 3 year olds and she used to tell parents to use cheerios for targets. They are inexpensive and they flush easily. Hope this helps.
If you put something like Cheerios in the potty for them to aim at that works, and it flushes easily. Good Luck.
Try using cheerios or fruit loops, my son always sat down, but friends of mine used it for their little boy and said it really worked. hope this helps.
Aubrey
I have heard a mom say she used cherrios.
You could also try putting some dish soap in the toilet and tell him to "make bubbles" with his pee.
Babys r Us has little targets that you can get for boys. My 6 year old does the same thing and I just put cheerios in the toilet for him at times that way there is no extra expense and they wont hurt a septic tank if that is what you have. The targets that you can buy from what I understand are like a toilet papery type thing. Good Luck.
Cheerios or something like it, because it doesn't hurt to flush down. That's how I potty trained my boys initially too.