SewingMom2many Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Just curious... Do all little boys have bad aim or is it just mine? I have 6 kids - 3 girls (older so they've been potty trained for a long time so no worries with them) and 3 boys ages 6, 3.5, and 2.5 (recently potty trained). Their aim is terrible! I have to clean the bathroom floor at the very least, once a day. It's not just one of the boys, but all 3 of them missing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 It's not just your boys. They don't pay attention to what they're doing. Since mine are a little older now, I make them clean up egregious pee pee accidents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Mine has great aim, and for a while he was aiming in all different directions! A few toilet scrubbings cured him of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBeaks Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 It's icky here too with my boys. So gross on the floor. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgrin Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Mine are awful... is it bashing to suggest they might get their "anti-talent" from daddy? :blushing: About a month ago, I got fed up. I showed my 6-year-old DS how to use the vinegar spray bottle and a washcloth. His job every night before bed is to spray and wipe the floor around the toilet. He has been more careful about his aim, the bathroom doesn't smell, and it's made my job of cleaning the bathroom much less disgusting and sticky! :ack2: Now, to convince DH to do the same in the master bathroom... :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runmiarun Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Well, it must be a boy thing. My 4 year old has an amazing ability to change the wall color on an almost-daily basis. I think it's time he scrubbed it for me. Thanks for the tips. My 6 year old is fine but he refuses to stand, only sit, when using the toilet. And then there was the day my 4 year old discovered he could make patterns on the neighbor's brick fence when he tee-tee'd......that is in the front yard next to the street.....:eek::ohmy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Well, my son was a late potty trainer, but the one thing I can say for him, is he's got great aim. He doesn't pee on the seat, on the floor, or anything like that...he gets it right in the middle of the bowl every time! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I've decided that they must suffer from some form of peeing ADD. Every little thing is a distracting when peeing. I didn't understand when we started seeing our ped when DS was little why the bathroom had plexi-glass walls around the toilet. Now I get it and see the genius in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgrin Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I've decided that they must suffer from some form of peeing ADD. Every little thing is a distracting when peeing. I didn't understand when we started seeing our ped when DS was little why the bathroom had plexi-glass walls around the toilet. Now I get it and see the genius in it. Oh, I so need those! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 In one of our bathrooms the toilet is right next to the shower curtain. After washing the shower curtain over and over again, I finally banned my youngest son from this bathroom. That is all I am going to say about his aim. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I'd love to have a boy's bathroom. Tile from ceiling (and on ceiling) to floor with a drain, urinal, toilet, and sink. Just take some bleach and a graden hose to it every other day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I want someone to invent a bathroom that is much like a dishwasher. You close up the windows and doors, push a button, and *SWISH* all the water sprays around the bathroom and drains into a hole in the middle of the floor. When you open up the door, VOILA! A shiny, clean bathroom. Why, oh why, won't someone invent that for me??? I think that was an episode on the Tim Allen Home Improvement show. If I remember correctly, it had cycles like on a dishwasher from quick clean to deep clean. It self dried too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I make mine sit. ;) Everything is so much cleaner. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXBeth Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I make mine sit. ;) Everything is so much cleaner. :D :iagree: Mine sits. A toilet is not a urinal. I finally got DH trained as well, but it took an ankle injury that kept him from standing for almost a year. Now he's in the habit of sitting and my toilets stay cleaner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I've got one with great aim and the other is, well, improving with a long way to go yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annlaura Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Mine isn't too awful. But if he turns to look at something, he turns his torso. :ack2: And his nighttime aim is horrendous. Not looking forward to the little one joining in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
********* Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 You know, there's been mention of boys and bad aim on here before, but honestly, I don't have this problem in my house. I cleaned one bathroom yesterday, the other one today. Both had no 'missed the toilet' messes. I shall count myself lucky in this regard. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I want someone to invent a bathroom that is much like a dishwasher. You close up the windows and doors, push a button, and *SWISH* all the water sprays around the bathroom and drains into a hole in the middle of the floor. When you open up the door, VOILA! A shiny, clean bathroom. Why, oh why, won't someone invent that for me??? :iagree: Of course, I had a girl who, while sitting, always had urine go between the seat and the bowl. Every. time. I finally convinced her to lean way forward. Ds and dh? impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I have one that sits and one that stands. I tried to make him sit, too, but well, it didn't work. Thank goodness at age 9 he's finally gotten better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kengjw Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I have a 6 year old boy. I know he can aim well, if he is not in a hurry, that's. I am tired of cleaning the seat and floor so I threatened him with an outdoor bathroom....haha. I told him he couldn't use the bathroom anymore if he cannot lift up the seat and clean his mess. I know he is old enough to do those two things...gerrr. Lately, he seems to remember to lift the toilet seat and also wipe his mess on the seat. I am keeping my finger-crossed that this will last :0) Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4maybabies Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 :lol: All I did was see the title of this thread and I started chuckling.....yeah...I want to ban my boys and dh to just 1 toilet in the house. Is it too much to ask to be able to go to the bathroom by MYSELF....AND to not have to WIPE the toilet before I sit!!??:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 That is why the boys cleaned the toilets DAILY in our house. I gave them a spray bottle, a rag, and a laminated list of step-by-step instructions of how I wanted it done. Their aim improved:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 are there boys (of *any* age) that have good aim? I have heard about tossing cheerio's in the bowl to give them a target. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissad2 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I think all the boys should have to go outside to an outhouse to tinkle! My oldest ds is terrible at it and I am about to start making him clean the potty. My youngest hasn't potty trained yet but I'm sure he will be equally bad at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiobrain Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 You know, there's been mention of boys and bad aim on here before, but honestly, I don't have this problem in my house. I cleaned one bathroom yesterday, the other one today. Both had no 'missed the toilet' messes. I shall count myself lucky in this regard. :D Yes, consider yourself lucky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn- Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 My boys had such bad aim that I banned them from standing at any toilet that a female might have to sit on. They can stand in men's bathrooms, that's it. DH thinks I am traumatizing them, but I don't care. DD deserves to be able to go to the bathroom without having to worry about pee on the seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I once had a friend with 5 boys --all with bad aim. She took a wash cloth, cut it into fourths, made them clean the floor with a 3x3 size cloth. Cured in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakersDozen Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 My boys have to sit down - no issues with pee-stained floors/walls. If they want to stand up when they get their own place then that's their choice but in my house, the males sit (dh included). ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaceful Isle Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 My ds usually has good aim. :) He tends to sit most of the time, I think because he has two older sisters that do that. Once in a while, I will find some spots on the seat, but that's about it. I guess I'm blessed. I did have a friend once, that her boys had such bad aim, that she ended up cutting the carpet, yes carpet, around the toilet off. :001_huh: It was pretty bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Occasionally Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I make mine sit. ;) Everything is so much cleaner. :D :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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