Are you born with the instinct to pee or do you have to learn?

Question

My friend that i am on the phone with wants to know. I haven't the slightest idea why!

Answer 1

You learn control.

Urination happens automatically for the very young and the very old.

Answer 2

It's not actually instinct as much as it is a bodily function. Sort of like your heart beating.

Controlling when you pee is a skill, not an instinct, and has to be taught to small children.

This is a very odd question. lol

Answer 3

if we had to learn to pee, we would all be born toliet trained. the bladder of an infant only holds so much, and then, the diaper is wet. it is about age 2 or so that a young child learns to control the bladder. now ask your friend if she has a problem, just kidding.

Answer 4

Question back at you. Does a newborn baby learn to pee? No thats why you get pissed on while changing a diaper etc. Its all natural and ur body knows how to before birth. You learn control.

Answer 5

it's a natural instinct to pee but it's a learned behaviour on where to go. LoL

Answer 6

Your born with the instinct to just go. You just need to learn to know where to do it.

Answer 7

You are born knowing to pee. Babies just pee when they have to. As children get older they learn to recognize the sensation that tells them they have to go and than they are ready to be potty trained--putting it all together 1.recognize they have to go 2.holding it until they reach the toilet/potty. (once they recognize the sensation they need to hold it in long enough to reach the washroom)

Answer 8

you are born with the instinct to pee but babies do not have bladder control ant that needs to be taught to them through theaching them how to use the potty

Answer 9

people pee on instinct but they have to learn to pee in a toilet. if that helps.

Answer 10

Nope, its not learned, its innate. Your brain sends signals to your smooth muscles of the bladder to contract. It's much like how food moves through your digestive tract.