Today's Other Frivolous Poll (since I seem to be slow on this today)

[Storm Bay]

Do the males in your house sit or stand to Your-in-8. I'll answer later, so as not to embarrass the wonderful males in my house. Feel free to say why in a post, all you brave souls out there.

 

ETA-- multiple votes allowed (but why?)

Edited October 23, 2008 by Karin

[5kidsforME]

Do the males in your house sit or stand to Your-in-8. I'll answer later, so as not to embarrass the wonderful males in my house. Feel free to say why in a post, all you brave souls out there.

 

ETA-- multiple votes allowed (but why?)

 

I don't get some of your options?? What does sitting or standing have to do with them cleaning the bathroom? My dh and sons all stand to urinate.

 

ETA: What do you mena about protecting the walls and such?

Edited October 23, 2008 by Momto4kids
ETA

[Crissy]

I have no clue what my guys do in the bathroom, but if I find urine on the outside of the toilet or on the floor, they do clean the bathroom.

[Scarlett]

I don't get some of your options?? What does sitting or standing have to do with them cleaning the bathroom? My dh and sons all stand to urinate.

 

ETA: What do you mena about protecting the walls and such?

 

I think she is talking about males with poor aim. Shudder. My dh stands but he does NOT miss. I taught my ds to not miss either....if I find he has missed he cleans it up.

[Storm Bay]

I don't get some of your options?? What does sitting or standing have to do with them cleaning the bathroom? My dh and sons all stand to urinate.

 

ETA: What do you mena about protecting the walls and such?

 

Well, little boys not only sometimes miss, I know of some (not my ds) who have games such as seeing how far away they can stand from the toilet and still hit it. Also, at least some men (I know from the shocked repsonses of surprised wives) give a flick when done (toilet paper for that is only for females, don't you know;) I didn't always know that) and where do you think those flicked drops go? Plus, my mother foolishly (in her words) put carpet in the upstair bathroom when my db was only 5. Add younger nephews, etc, and that carpet had to be ripped out.

[hornblower]

One word - Aerosol.

 

If you pee from a height, not only will it splatter on the sides of the toilet & the floor & the walls, but the pee can also be aerosoled.

 

Same thing if you flush with the seat up - the flushing action can aerosol some of the water & it will land in teeny tiny droplets on your counters.

 

Which is why toothbrushes left on a counter make me barf.

 

This was in the news recently as there have been updated studies but all I could find was the old references

http://www.housekeepingchannel.com/a_282-What_is_Lurking_in_Your_Bathroom

 

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1317/does-flushing-the-toilet-cause-dirty-water-to-be-spewed-around-the-bathroom

 

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1839

[Jennifer3141]

DH stands unless he's too wiped out.

 

DS sits because he needs to use his hands to aim and he can't do that while focusing on standing with his pants around his ankles. His coordination isn't there yet.

 

I do remember DS expressing interest in the potty and there were DS, DD, and I in the bathroom. I explained that sometimes boys sit and sometimes boys stand to urinate, like they have usually seen Daddy do.

 

DD turns to me with horror in her eyes and yells, "Does Daddy stand to poo?!? Where does it go?"

 

Jen

[Storm Bay]

. I explained that sometimes boys sit and sometimes boys stand to urinate, like they have usually seen Daddy do.

 

DD turns to me with horror in her eyes and yells, "Does Daddy stand to poo?!? Where does it go?"

 

Jen

 

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[Gretchen in NJ]

I have no idea what dh does.:confused:

[Storm Bay]

One word - Aerosol.

 

If you pee from a height, not only will it splatter on the sides of the toilet & the floor & the walls, but the pee can also be aerosoled.

 

Same thing if you flush with the seat up - the flushing action can aerosol some of the water & it will land in teeny tiny droplets on your counters.

 

Which is why toothbrushes left on a counter make me barf.

 

This was in the news recently as there have been updated studies but all I could find was the old references

http://www.housekeepingchannel.com/a_282-What_is_Lurking_in_Your_Bathroom

 

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1317/does-flushing-the-toilet-cause-dirty-water-to-be-spewed-around-the-bathroom

 

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1839

 

Wow, great links. It's even grosser than I thought. Makes me glad that we keep our toothbrushes in a closed medicine cabinet (somewhat better), or, in the case of one of my dd's, in her bedroom (she brushes in bed, thank you very much:tongue_smilie:).

[beansprouts]

I voted "wouldn't be caught dead".

 

At three years old, my older ds stood within a week of learning the potty.

Edited October 25, 2008 by beansprouts

[Daisy]

ITA with Crissy's Answer. I imagine they sit or stand as they desire. However, all messes are cleaned up by them!

[Storm Bay]

I voted "wouldn't be caught dead".

 

At three years old, my older ds stood within a week of learning the potty.

 

Here is two-year-old (not yet-potty trained) ds at camp trying to figure out how to water a tree like his big brother:

He is going to hate me for photo this one day...

 

Isn't watering trees a rite of passage for boys?;) One of my grandfathers used to go out every night and water his yard this way--an old farmer thing or something. Of course, he never did this to his crops.

Edited October 26, 2008 by Karin

[Lovedtodeath]

I have no idea what dh does.:confused:

 

Wow! your marriage has an air of mystery!:D

 

:lol::lol:My DH ur in 8s in front of me, my children and all of our male family members! :glare:And on the phone, just so ya know!;)

[joannqn]

My husband stands.

 

My son sits because he was potty trained by mommy who also trained him to wipe when he pees.

[TraceyS/FL]

He is going to hate me for photo this one day...

 

I have one of my middle DD that she hates!!! This is a guy thread or i'd share it ;)

[Storm Bay]

My husband stands.

 

My son sits because he was potty trained by mommy who also trained him to wipe when he pees.

 

I trained my ds to wipe when he pees, but dh was quite upset that I'd taught him to do that, so I had to untrain him (ugh.) Dh figures real men don't do that;). But if he's undressed to go into the tub, ds still wipes because he's very consciencious about drips.

[Andie]

The littlest male sits, the older ones stand.

[SnowWhite]

Both.

[Murphy101]

There's zero excuse to not get pee in the toilet whether they are sitting or standing, regardless of who cleans the bathroom.

 

I have no idea what they do after I'm done potty training them.

 

I would guess it depends on what "else" they need to do? If you have to sit to do do, might as well sit to do all the business?

 

Why would anyone care?:confused:

[nukeswife]

Another vote for both. My dh stands, my oldest ds sits (he's 9), don't know why because he used to stand sometimes. I think it's because he's starting to like reading and yes he'll read while he tinkles. Don't know about my youngest as he's just starting to show an interest in potty training, so only time will tell.

[Desert Rat]

DH stands all the time. Huck sits, all the time at home. Tom stands all the time (but I wish he wouldn't!). How's that for a mixed bag of, well, I was gonna say nuts, but..... :o)

[EKS]

The men in my house supposedly sit during the night (when too woozy to aim properly) and stand at all other times.

 

I think this really means that the man does this and the boys do whatever they want. Given the smell. Ahem.

[Parrothead]

I think dh will sit when he has one of those middle of the night calls.

[stacim]

I answered other b/c . . .

 

dh and oldest two boys sit most of the time, but the almost 3 yo stands out of convenience. We pretty much have to take his pants off for him to sit, and quite frankly, that's just too much work. :D So, for now he stands and he will later be converted to sitting like the rest.

 

This is definitely influenced by my preference, but dh is in total agreement on this one.

 

~Staci