Janie Grace Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Yes, my 8yo ds just peed in his trashcan (think pee dripping down nearby wall, on outside of trashcan, coating contents of very full trashcan, etc). Ds10 discovered it when he went to empty it (and was NOT pleased). When ds8 finally admitted it was him, he had no real explanation except that he had really had to go. I was hoping dh would say "I did that when I was a kid once" but he is more like "what in the WORLD was he thinking?" :confused: None of our other kids would do this -- they just would know the action would yield negative results (a mess, getting in trouble, etc.). What is UP with a kid who just decides to urinate in a trashcan?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosy Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Ew!! My son peed on the floor of our unfinished basement a couple times when he was 8. :glare: We caught him and made it clear that it wasn't ok, he hasn't done it since. I'm not sure there is any such thing as "normal" for young boys, I wouldn't worry unless he continues doing it after you have told him strongly to *never* do it again. :001_smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Our eldest did it once when sleepwalking. Our boys have peed outside several times (we have one bathroom). Nathan asked if he could in a trashcan when the bathroom was occupied once. Boys are weird. Just tell him not to do it again. :tongue_smilie: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kchara Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 You don't want to know what I've caught my 8 yo boy doing. Seriously, it's disgusting. :glare: As long as it's a one time thing, I wouldn't sweat it too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 :no: I've never had a boy do that, BUT.. I have had them intentionally go outside to wee :glare: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Was it at night? Some kids are scared to go to the bathroom at night - scared of the dark. Kids test boundaries - including where to pee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 :lol: I asked dh and although he never did it, he said it would sound perfectly reasonable to an 8yo boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Our eldest did it once when sleepwalking. Unfortunately, he was wide awake! We had just returned from 7-11, where he had deemed the restroom too dirty for him to use. Ironic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 :lol: I asked dh and although he never did it, he said it would sound perfectly reasonable to an 8yo boy. Well, that's somewhat reassuring, in a disturbing sort of way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Unfortunately, he was wide awake! We had just returned from 7-11, where he had deemed the restroom too dirty for him to use. Ironic. Our kids are often grossed out by public restrooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Don't sweat it. Normal. Just tell him it's unacceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moxie Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Have my boys ever done that--no. Would I be surprised if one of them ever did--no. Boys are so strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Was it at night? Some kids are scared to go to the bathroom at night - scared of the dark. Kids test boundaries - including where to pee. I wish. Broad daylight, with bathrooms unoccupied. :001_huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Don't sweat it. Normal. Just tell him it's unacceptable. Oh, we did. Dh and he had a long heart-to-heart about it, after which he apologized to me and to his brother (for defacing the trashcan/room and for lying to us about it at first). I don't think it'll happen again. It just baffles me that it happened in the first place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Have you read this ? You're not alone! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 I just remembered that the other night we overheard him starting and stopping his stream of pee like he was trying to do Morse Code in the toilet. Maybe he's going through a pee experimentation phase. Eegads. Boys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Have you read this ? You're not alone! :) Ha! I guess I should be glad it was only one trashcan! Hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyeska Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 (edited) My ds is 7 and does some ODD things. It is like his brain just 'checks out' and he goes and does something dumb. And he can never come up with an explanation of WHY he did it either. He reached for a scorpion after being told 100 times NOT to get near one. (dh stopped him just in time.) ANd about peeing...my ds loves to pee in the dirt outside so he can try and spell his name. You know all those shows where you see stunts gone bad, people doing dumb things and getting hurt, people on couches with wheels barrelling down a hill...they all have one thing in common that I noticed recently...they are all males. Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it. We will look forward (or not) to seeing our sons doing dumb stuff on future episodes of Stunts Gone Wrong. :lol: Edited June 2, 2011 by Alyeska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soonermomma Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 When my dd was 3 she has a fascination with peeing anywhere and everywhere. I walked in the kitchen to find her on top of the counter squatting over a mixing bowl peeing, she peed in the garage in a gallon size zip lock baggie, she peed in my clothes dryer, and inside of a step stool that had a removable lid!!! The crazy thing was, she never missed. Her aim was always perfect. I can laugh about it now, but back then it just made me furious. I am sure glad she has outgrown that stage and I'm hoping my twins wont be quite so creative once potty trained! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 My friend had a problem with her 8yo son peeing in the trashcan, too! I would file this under boy-normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLVD Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I'm not sure, to be honest. But, I admit to peeing under my bed once as a child on accident. I was a sleep walker and did odd things in my sleep. I don't remember doing it but woke up to it! Boys are just different and perhaps it was just the thrill of peeing into something unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 When ds8 finally admitted it was him, he had no real explanation except that he had really had to go. Ok, I know it's not funny, but...maybe a little. My 8 yo might do that. Sometimes their brains don't quite catch up with them in time. No lid on the trash=quicker access. He'd have to lift the lid if he used the toilet!!! :lol: I vote normal. Now he knows not to do that. Cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Uh....yeah. They pee everywhere. Totally normal for boys. Annoying, but normal. :glare: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simka2 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Dh just snorted beer out his nose as I read the thread title :lol:. He said, "Totally normal. They just want to pee......anywhere that is not a toilet." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeteranMom Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 You aren't alone. I had the same problem with both of my boys. I removed the trashcan from their room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 :lol::lol: I guess I needed this. A couple days ago, I started potty-training ds3, my fourth boy. I do the cold turkey/naked method. This one was gleefully marking his territory on the family room rug. Thank goodness, miraculously, he did get it into the potty finally, this afternoon. There is hope, after all.... (btw, I have two ds8s, and if they ever tried a trashcan, I can't even imagine what I'd say... :001_huh:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieZ Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 A facebook friend caught her 7 yo doing that last week. . . and posted the details on facebook! LOL, so it can't be too rare. I think in my friend's case the boy was very sleepy and/or sleep walking. I bet that's common. My husband has some story about a nephew peeing in the CLOSET when he was around that age. Must be an age thing. So, try not to freak out. . . and definitely hope it's a one time thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sputterduck Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 My cousin peed in his dad's toolbox at that age. His dad didn't find out until it was all half dry and sticky. This is boy-normal... which has nothing to do with normal. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BellaMama Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 How about urinating in the air vent in his room? Not an invitation, just commiseration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Mine have done that. I had them scrub the can. Didn 't happen again:D. They have also written their names in snow and other sundry boy experiments. Gross but normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobela Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Mine did that once. While visiting my grandmother. :glare: Neither she nor my mom were happy. Why did he do it? He liked the sound of pee hitting the plastic trash can. He actually said it made 'better music'. :001_huh: My grandmother has a large trash can in her bathroom and we didn't discover what he was doing until it was about half full. :ack2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Boys are weird. Tell him not to do it again....and move on to the next gross thing. They learn...........eventually..........sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I don't think they've ever peed in the trash can, at least not to my knowledge, but it would not surprise me at all if one of them did so. Ds2 begs to pee outside ALL THE TIME. I have let him occasionally when we are swimming, but that was a mistake because now he thinks the backyard is a giant toilet. Ack! :grouphug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 My middle son did this! There is no bathroom down there so he thought he would just make his own! :glare::confused: We had a very harsh talk with him and told him he would NOT be allowed down there if he can't pee upstairs! He is 11 now and still pees outside in our yard. :tongue_smilie: Thankfully we have 2.5 acres and lots of trees. Dawn Ew!! My son peed on the floor of our unfinished basement a couple times when he was 8. :glare: We caught him and made it clear that it wasn't ok, he hasn't done it since. I'm not sure there is any such thing as "normal" for young boys, I wouldn't worry unless he continues doing it after you have told him strongly to *never* do it again. :001_smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 my friend's 8 yos peed in the cup which she kept on the bathroom counter and then poured the cup of pee into the toilet.:001_huh: He put the cup back on the counter top. :scared: I don't remember how she knew he did it but I thought her solution was BRILLIANT. I know SOME will not agree that it was right and that's ok. This child of hers can be particularly challenging so I agree with what she did. She RINSED the cup and served him milk out of it for dinner. After he was done she asked him how his milk was and he said that it was fine. She then told him what she did and asked him to NEVER pee in that cup, or any other, again. He was mortified. :lol::lol::lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 It's a device that shoots and you control the aim with your hand. I'm pretty sure most boys would happily experiment with shooting in all manner of strange places. You are not alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelanieM Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 My SIL has a vent in the hallway upstairs in her home that leads directly down to the kitchen. One of my nephews peed into the vent, giggling, as she stood downstairs watching it drip through. When she asked him why he did it he replied "um, because I can?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 My ds8 peed in the corner of our living room when he was 5. I didn't find out until he had done it a few times and it started to smell. :ack2: We had a talk and it stopped. I also found the toilet, wall and toilet paper wet one day. I had a talk with him about "not getting it all over the place". He replied, "But I was trying to get everything wet." :glare: He has gotten better since I started making him clean the bathroom. Kelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runamuk Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 My son has gone/is going through that phase. Last year when he was 6, he peed in the trashcan in the bathroom. We had a talk about it, but later found out he was peeing in an old soda bottle his dad had left in the bathroom trashcan (M's reasoning was that technically he wasn't peeing in the trashcan, but something that was in the trashcan). Just recently we discovered that he was peeing into the toilet through an empty toilet paper tube. You are definitely not alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 How about urinating in the air vent in his room? Not an invitation, just commiseration! Mine did that... multiple times. AND once peed in the drawer of his wooden nightstand. :glare: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Mine liked going outside as a little guy. For me, the 8 year old would have cleaned up his own mistake;); your 10-yr old deserves an award or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Boys are just different and perhaps it was just the thrill of peeing into something unusual. My hunch is that boys, so into bodily functions and noises, get a kick out of peeing sometimes. I think it's one of those things they have complete control over. It's like aiming a weapon, I think. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Out the window. Onto the roof. Onto the patio below. Umm. yeah. :glare: Into a bottle that he kept in his room. :glare: The bathroom CONNECTS to his room.:glare::glare: He didn't want to have to get out of bed??? (Okay, so Grandpa was bed bound from an accident and went on about his lovely little hospital provided bottle...It still isn't a good idea. Into the bathtub that is directly across from the toilet? And he didn't even have the sense to rinse it down after? Boys do these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 How about urinating in the air vent in his room? Not an invitation, just commiseration! my ds has asked me about that... "mommy, Can I pee in that?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 What is UP with a kid who just decides to urinate in a trashcan?!? I'd say a brain fart. My ds is 8 and has never done this. I wouldn't worry about it unless he begins to make a habit of it. I don't think it's "normal," but I don't think he's a maladjusted psychopath either. ;) Tara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 it's not normal but my son did this and he did it a long time and it took awhile to get his trust to get him to break the habit. he peed behind his door for months. The smell was awful and I asked all the time what the smell was. I looked everywhere for dirty underwear b/c he had been having accidents awhile. We always said to just change and put clothes in washer but he was afraid about getting in trouble. So he hid the clothes. THEN he went to just peeing in the corner. Even though the bathroom was literally on the other side of the wall he was holding it too long to get to the bathroom so used his room. Thus no dirty clothes to hide anymore. :001_huh: I don't know why he was afraid about the accidents. It's possible he heard dh and I talking about the problem and felt this was his own answer to the problem, but it led to a lot of mistrust.....even now if I smell something funny in his room I have to search it out. it's hard to forget and I assume his own problem solving may once again lead to some weird answer like peeing in the corner. For us it was about making it clear he wouldn't be in trouble for accidents. But he didn't believe us....took awhile. I think he did this for several months. It took awhile to stop it. Habit really. good luck in solving the issue and I hope he stops soon for you. :grouphug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinaBreece Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Have you read this ? You're not alone! :) This woman is hilarious! I think I'm going to have to tell my kids about The Farm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 If mine did this he'd be cleaning it up and disinfecting everything.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hscherger Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 This thread is making me feel so much better. :tongue_smilie: My son also did this when he was eight and I was too embarrassed to tell anyone :lol: Now, I'm adding it to my "Disgusting but Normal Things Boys Do" list. Thanks hive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 For me, the 8 year old would have cleaned up his own mistake;); your 10-yr old deserves an award or something. He did! 10yo *discovered* it. 8yo scrubbed the trashcan and wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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