Xander Week 116 – lrn2aimkthnksbye
May 30, 2009
Potty training continues… Xander is nearly perfect during his waking hours at day care, and often does pretty well in the evenings with us. We have encountered an interesting challenge though. Xander has terrible aim! I’m new to this whole potty training business, so I have no clue how most boys start out. I can’t tell you if it’s typical for boys to sit when learning and then learn to stand and pee later on, or if they usually start out standing and skip the whole sitting phase.
Xander has decided he is not at all interested in sitting to pee. Since we’re just excited that he is peeing in the vicinity of the toilet, we haven’t complained. Unfortunately, my son has not yet figured out how to aim. This means that even if he doesn’t have an accident, he often dribbles onto his pants, underwear, socks and/or shoes. While at my in-laws a few evenings ago, Xander managed to spray the wall, the plunger handle, the trash can, the toilet seat and even the litter box next to the toilet and somehow managed to entirely miss the toilet bowl. The entire time I was nearly shrieking “aim, aim in the bowl boy!” which I’m sure didn’t actually serve any useful purpose in helping him…
So, if anyone has any suggestions on how to teach my kid how to aim into the toilet, I’m all ears! I haven’t tried the Cheerio trick yet, but perhaps next week we could give that a shot…
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A ping pong ball will give him something to aim for, and since they float so well they don’t tend to flush away either
hi, i just ran across your post! i have a 3 year old daughter who took to training charts very well. on nick jr.com you can print them:) i’m currently pregnant with our second, he will be with us in 4 weeks! i know my sister in law put colorful cheerios in the toliet for my nephew to aim at, that worked out very well for them! good luck, you have some awesome blogs!
Oh My goodness, when i DON’T REMEMBER WHAT CARVER DID i JUST HAVE TO READ YOUR BLOG…once again I recall Carver and this same incident, Zach is gonna have to “help” meaning explain how to point and show him, sounds crazy I know…but I have also cleaned ALOT of pee of toilets, walls, bathtubs, wall panels, tile floors, grout…ya peeing outside is a plus, we still hold Carver under his arms so he can lean forward, point and pee!!! Good luck, Angi:)
hey just ran across your post about your simplicity chelsea crib – it’s been recalled – wasn’t sure if you knew
Try Cheerios or Fruit Loops (honestly any sort of cereal) they can aim for them and then they just flush away!