Peeing....
So I could use a little advice or something.
My son, who's three, is potty trained, but in possession of a three-year-old bladder. He *loves* to pee. Hey, who doesn't? Enthusiastically shouts, "I need to PEE!" and runs off and does it; trees (favorite), short toilets, tall toilets, urinals (second favorite), whatever. And I tend to drag him all over tarnation to places that may or may not have terribly accesible restrooms.
Now, I've repeated the mantra that we only pee on trees when there is no way we could possibly get to a bathroom in time, like when we're in the woods, etc. I Make sure we go before we leave. I ask if he needs to go when he starts doing the pee dance. Talked about private parts being private.
But that tree on the sidewalk by the church just calls to him.
And I really like avoiding accidents.
What would you do with a public pee-er?
gonna slap you.
I think I would run towards the church bathroom. That's still a pretty short distance to try to hold a little longer. I guess I'd be thinking about some of the conservative churchgoers who might think it's just not right to pee your kid in front of church like that, on a regular basis. like I wouldn't want to upset some elderly people to whom that might be deeply sacreligious? just my honest opinion.
Having three boys, the youngest of whom has recently reached the loving-to-pee-outdoors stage, I think this is inherent in boys (punchline: because they can). My little guy just pee-ed off the front porch; it doesn't help teach him manners when I let him run around naked in our yard all the time. Luckily, we live on a quiet street with our house set back from the road and a huge back-yard. When he is dressed, I tell him that wee-weeing on the grass/bushes/trees is only for when we are in our yard or in a park where there is no potty. He's 2 1/2 but old enough to understand that if there is a potty available, and he's dressed, he has to us it.
From my experience, they outgrow wanting to "mark their territory" all the time by the time they're 4 or so (although, I don't think they ever REALLY outgrow it. I used to have a friend who was in his 40s who had a picture, taken by a girlfriend a few years earlier, of himself peeing off the side of a cabin deck that he was very proud of. Boys are boys...).
On our way home late a few nights ago, Finn needed to potty while I was driving on the interstate highway and I did something I totally regret: I pulled over and had him pee in a cup. Now he thinks cups are ok to pee in, too! The other day he was sitting at the table eating a snack, finished his juice and put the cup on his booster seat and pee-ed in it. If I could keep clothes on him, it would help, but he loves being naked (who doesn't!). So now I've got to try to get him to understand that peeing in cups is only for emergencies!
marylinda
In the car, son had to go. Not sure if we were in a hurry or a long distance from an exit, but we said, "Pee in your empty cup." "Cup?" he asked, as if he misunderstood. "Yes, yes, just pee in the cup." All went smoothly, the cup fortunately had a lid, and we ditched it at the next stop.
Benefits of boys.
Okay, I admit I have never seen it personally, but I've heard it's the coolest in the city.
The men's room in the the little juice bar/cafe at Results gym on U st. have urinals that change color when you pee in them. I swear. It's like a toursist destination for my pee loving guy(I go to Sticky Fingers bakery, he goes to the urinals). He's actually, moving out of the fascination of that act though. Onward to erection excitement!
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LOL LOL LOL LOLhe will outgrow it, my boys did this for a while, too. Around 5 or 6 they start feeling self-conscious about peeing in public, at least mine did. trula mama zine * for the kiddies
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(i still pee on trees in public; and still wish i could pee like a boy...)
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During my sister's very FORMAL rehearsal dinner a couple years ago, (at the Botanical Garden Tea Room Athens, GA) the Father of the Groom was giving a speech and all of a sudden one of the bridemaids looks outside and jumps up..of course we all look...outside, in the middle of the huge garden area her 3or4 year old son was pants down peeing on the side of one of those enormous light fixtures...SOAKING it...we could see the penis, the pee, the pee stain rapidly growing darker on the cement....HILARIOUS!!!! Anyway, I just wanted to share...
I just kinda pretended not to notice. I also tried to encourage it in our own backyard, not other people's. My son outgrew it. We are so excited I'm expecting a boy, because there's a potty-urinal available and my son wants to teach the baby how to use it. I'm actually going to buy it as part of my older son's birthday set of presents, because that's coming up soon and I hear about this potty-urinal daily.
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You've probably posted but I haven't gotten to it yet. Anyway, congratulations again, how exciting!
ok my son doesn't pee outside yet but he has peed in some crazy places. At Christmas he peed on our tree, once he was playing with a bunch of containers in a basin of water on the kitchen floor and I noticed that one single compartment was filled with urine. Just the other day he ran into the kitchen, opened up a drawer and pulled out our ice cream scoop, peed in it and tried to hand it to me.
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* I'm all fight and no flight *
My middle son pee-ed in a heat vent once. It smelled real nice when the weather turned cold and we turned on the heat. Eau (or eeew) de toddler.
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Church tree was just an example of an inappropriate place to pee. What about when you're really nowhere near a bathroom, or a very questionable distance?