Girls just have to sit on the potty to pee or poop. Boys need to sit for pooping, but most will stand when peeing. Because of this small biological difference, encouraging and helping your boy child use the potty can actually be an easier task!

Here are a few ideas for you to think about:

• Aiming takes practice. When a little boy starts urinating in a standing position, be prepared to wipe around the toilet and on the seat – and often!
• Show the boy how to point his penis down to avoid spraying the room whether by sitting down or standing up.
• Teach the boy to aim accurately by having him sink floating objects in the basin. This can be a corner of an envelope or a piece of toilet paper, but we think it’s much more fun to float Cheerios or Froot Loops and aiming for the hole.
• Drain the water from the toilet bowl and paint a red target with fingernail polish or a red grease pencil on the porcelain toward the back. Have him aim for the bulls-eye.
• Urinating into the “blue” toilet bowel water will turn it green. (This works with girls, to, but it’s harder to see.) You can also use food coloring in this process. Red or blue food coloring will turn orange or green when the urine hits it. This can be so much fun when your boy watches his own bodily fluids perform magic tricks!
• In the summertime, and in the privacy of a backyard or woods, let a boy practice his aim. Note my above story regarding Conner “peeing on a tree”!
• Let fathers and sons have a “peeing party.”
• In the winter let a boy “write in the snow.”
• If a little boy wants to stand but needs to be a bit taller, stand behind him and let him stand on your feet.
• Be sure the toilet seat can’t fall down on a young boy in these early stages. Have your child check to be sure that the seat is up securely before he urinates.
• Start teaching your son NOW that the toilet rim needs to be placed down after he’s finished.

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