Posted on 09/18/2014 1:26:51 PM PDT by Vigilanteman
I'm curious how usual this is. Our oldest grandson just turned three. He's been going potty by himself for just a little more than one year, but has the most unusual method.
He shuns the training potty and the little seat which keeps him from falling through the big hole. If an adult tries to help (grandparents, parents, anyone), he pushes them out the door so we have to peek in a crack to make sure he's doing it right.
He climbs up on the seat, squats with one foot on each side and dangles his junk down so he hits the bowl with better precision than most adults.
He'll allow the door to be open only after he has wiped, flushed and washed and dried his hands. He's very matter-of-fact about the whole thing.
Other than being a late talker (he says little and neither did his mother/our daughter at 3), he's a normal little guy in every way-- bundle of energy and jumps out of the top bunk as a Ninja or Superman. His grandparents are afraid he's going to hurt himself (we only raised daughters) but his parents are used to it an totally nonchalant.
Mom and Dad both swear that they never taught him this method. He just came up with it on his own.
TMI x 2
Maybe you need to put a step in front of the toilet so he can reach comfortably.
Ask him if he’d like a small step on each side to stand on, better than the toilet seat. Slipping and hitting his head on the porcelain tank lid could be very dangerous.
Otherwise it seems he’s trying to be very hygenic about this function. Does he also enjoy bathing? Does he wash his hands before meals without being asked?
Sounds like a future neat person. By 10 you can have him vacuum and mop floors! lol
By jove, I think you have something! Yes, they have a cat. The cat normally uses a litter box but my brother had a cat which preferred to use the toilet in exactly this manner. So it may be a learned behavior.
Most BRs are full of hard porcelain and tile and such. That is why I generally don’t like the sound of it. Hit it right and you get a concussion. Yes I’d worry about the bunk but I wouldn’t stop worrying about the BR!
I’d insist he learn how to sit on it; if he needs to he can have a stool to get to the right height. Or, just straddle it like a horse, including swinging the leg over the toilet to make it over!
(Nothing wrong with sitting - I love it. My dad was clean like that and so is my son - modest, too. Won’t be showing his privates to others too much in those bathrooms, or getting his hands disgusting.)
Squatting is, for children as well as adults who are able, the correct way to poop. Watch any child who is old enough to stand do his business; they will squat as this is the natural way. They will only sit on the thundermug if they are taught to do so.
Squatting to poop uses force from the thighs against the abdomen to push things along, instead of using abdominal muscles and the rectum. Which method is naturally correct may be determined by comparing the incidence of hemorrhoids in the practitioners.
You gave it away when you admitted you have only raised girls. Buckle up, FRiend: boys are a whole new adventure. ENJOY!!
Perhaps he’ll be a bombardier
I’ve witnessed this in my own kid and more than one other boy.
It is a boy trying to cope with peeing like a boy (and gaining the ability to aim) and daycare teachers who say “sit down like a girl”.
LOL
He probably decided on his “stance” by himself...
My son decided he wanted to stand in front of the potty like a man does..
He would lift the seat up and stand on a little stool and wiggle his butt to move his little “parts” to rest on top of the cold enamel ...
No mess etc..
:)
He’s fine. He’ll eventually become to big to do that. :)
Seriously, he’s good. At least he cleans up and washes his hand! I have a teen that still can’t remember to flush.
I couldn't do that at 10. I sure as heck can't do it at 45.
No one need worry about this kid.
The propagandists at the local goverment screwel will have a hard time twisting him.
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Have seen our cat use this method for eliminating. The cat also sometimes has been observed “peeing” in the sink, with the same posture as you described.
I think the cat has seen US use the toilet, and figures the sink looks like one in his size.
Just keep him out of the cat box and he’ll be fine!
They said nothing about him going to daycare.
And, there is nothing wrong with sitting. Why is that such a big deal? Sitting is much more practical. Only in the woods is standing better.
The issue here is not sitting, anyway, but crouching like a gargoyle ON the toilet.
And I doubt they get to brag about this skill very often...
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