My girls just went to childcare centre for 2 months and she is standing to pee like a boy. I have taught her many times that girl is different from boy and that's why girl need to sit and pee. She don't seem convince, and keep practising to stand and aim at the toilet bowl.
2007-01-17 17:05:19 · 11 answers · asked by chuahb 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Let her be. She'll learn by herself in time that sit-peeing is the more "feminine" thing to do.
By forcing her to sit-pee, you may feel you are making her "a proper woman" in a very fundamental way. But you are also curtailing her mental development, her natural tendency to investigate, to do things differently, to learn new skills and perfect them (she might learn not to make a mess while stand-peeing, that's perfecting a skill).
If you straitjacket her now, you will do her mind more harm than good.
As I said above, let her be. She'll do things "right" soon enough.
2007-01-18 11:38:28 · answer #1 · answered by wisdom tooth 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If he is willing to try, give him a hand with learning how to aim, although it is something he will just develop on his own. If he knows how but just doesn't want to do it, I'd be patient. Once he goes to school and sees the other boys using the urinal, he'll want to stand up too. He might still want to sit at home, but it is not the end of the world.. Just as long as he is aware you can stand to pee, perhaps simply by peeing with the door open when you go, the rest will take care of itself.
2016-05-24 02:29:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she can manage to stand and go, its more than I can do! There is no biological reason a girl HAS to sit. In some cultures, it is the women who stand and the men who squat. In that regard, I don't think it is anything to worry over.
What is worrisome, is why she is witnessing the boys using the bathroom. Is it a case where the kids don't like the door closed? I work at a childcare center and most of the kids in our room do NOT like the door closed, We try to close it most of the way, but at least once a day, the door is wide opened and someone's using the potty.
2007-01-19 13:33:36 · answer #3 · answered by Heather S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My first action would be to go straight to the childcare center and find out why my daughter was allowed to watch little boys using the bathroom. There shouldn't be communal bathrooms and if there isn't, where was the teacher?
Secondly, keep explaining and eventually she'll outgrow it. Don't panic and make a major fuss over this behavior. Kids do strange things while they are growing up, but most make it to maturity just fine.
2007-01-17 17:21:16 · answer #4 · answered by Harley 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
i'm with harley, i'd find out why she's seen this behavior. as for getting her to stop, i assume she's making quite the mess, she's old enough get her some gloves and let her clean it up. she might not like cleaning the mess up more than she likes challenging you about how to pee. and offer a reward for when she does do it right. don't punish her for doing it wrong, just let her clean up her own mistake that will speak much louder in her life than punishment for her simply being a child. let her learn that when she has to do something her way and it's a mess, that she needs to clean her own mess up.
as for GG would you like to pay my mortage, put money into my child's college fund? she is in daycare for 3 hours a day 4 days a week. and i am raising my child with the assistance of someone i trust. and i would venture to say your type of attitude and anger will do far more damage to a child than my provider could even think about doing.
2007-01-17 17:31:43 · answer #5 · answered by cagney 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
well, I don't know how to change her mind...but she'll probably get tired of peeing on herself eventually. I wouldn't worry about it, all kids have their quirks.
2007-01-17 17:09:56 · answer #6 · answered by a heart so big 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
try to reward her when she sits and let her know she will get a 'prize' when she sits (simple prize like a sticker..) Try to reward what you want her to do instead of punishing for what you don't want her to do.
2007-01-17 17:13:24 · answer #7 · answered by prekinpdx 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If she can do it without making a mess then let her be. Punishment when she makes a mess will eventually convince her to do it sitting.
2007-01-17 17:09:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
That is what happens when someone else raises your children. You have become secondary. Congratulations, your child has been institutionalized.
2007-01-17 17:10:13 · answer #9 · answered by g g 3 · 2⤊ 5⤋
lol..lol..lol.lol.....sorry,but sounds cute..lol..lol...
2007-01-17 17:09:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋