Peeing Standing Up - Wolcott,CT

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My boys sat on the toilet at preschool, and there's never been an issue with his teachers. I don't think they ever commented on it, honestly!

My oldest got in the habit of standing at the urinals to pee the summer before he went to Kinder with no problems.

It's really no big deal at his age if he is more comfortable sitting to pee.

At 3, it's not a problem. I wouldn't push the issue on that.

I know they sell "targets": pieces of printed paper with different themes (cars, sports...) for little boys to aim at when peeing. As a game, this can be an incentive. A cheaper option is to draw a target with a marker on a bunch of toilet paper sheets and use that as a game (can you pee on the green dot/red dot/hole...?

throw a couple of cheeries in the center of the toilet. let him aim for them. only a couple and make sure they are in the CENTER you don't want him waving it around trying to get moving targets lol

I find this interesting. Both of my boys learned to pee standing up from the get go, sitting was only for poop. The fact that they could aim and pee was fun for them, as they peed on all sorts of stuff in the backyard while learning the aim procedure ;) (Dad thought that was a good way to teach them).
You might give him something flushable to keep in his pocket that he can throw into the pot and aim at... you can't play that game sitting down.
I'm trying to think of what you could use for the "target"... maybe some cheerios? Put some food color on them and tell them he cant eat them, but to throw one in the potty when he goes pee. A little baggy with 3 or 4 cheerios should get him through a day of daycare.

He'll get it! My son started standing soon after he developed his admiration of urinals in public places. For now just enjoy the fact that the pee isn't splashing everywhere in your bathroom!
As for preschool--I'll bet they have a little min-toilet and he might find that even easier to use. He'll be OK. Make sure to give the pre-school teachers a head's up about his preference for sitting and going at home. My son would mostly hold it for his half day nursery school and pre-school. make sure he goes right before you leave the house!

This is really no big deal, and preschool may actually HELP with this. He'll see other kids using the potty and may feel brave :-) Also, seeing other little boys standing may give him a better sense of how to make it happen (little guys have more success pushing their hips way forward and putting hands on hips which is different than daddy does it).

Also, what do the potties look like at school? At my son's school they have these adorable tiny little toilets. They look like a big toilet, but they're made for little bottoms. There's no way he'd fall into one of those, so if that's what the school has, it might be a nice transition for him to get used to the regular potty.

To avoid having accidents and feeling embarrassed, I'd just make sure he uses the potty before you head to school so that if he really can't bring himself to go, he can make it through the couple of hours he's there.

Hope this helps.
T.

At three, as others have said, it's no big deal about not standing up. It's alittle harder for them as they are small, and their parts are small, so standing and not making a mess is harder. I've personally taught my 2 boys both how to sit first to pee, then as they got alittle taller and bigger, how to stand, lean, hold, etc. My 6 year old is very comfortable standing now, but sometimes chooses to sit at home. My 3 year old who has been trained for almost a year now, still sits. He's tried to stand, but it's too difficult for him to stand comfortablely to go being short small. He makes more of a mess standing than sitting. When we're out, i show him the ole toilet paper on the seat trick and I'm good with him sitting like that.

give it time, he will take to standing, just as he gets alittle older.

S.