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Original poster

to be fecking sick of soggy socks from wee on the floor

62 replies

motherofmonster · 15/10/2014 23:22

Honestly, how is it possible that someone who is only about 3 1/2 foot tall and their Willie is level with the toilet bowl can still manage to pee up the wall, on the floor and even hit the radiator ?!? Am sick to death of going into the toilet and getting soggy socks...boys are horrible

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Moghedien · 15/10/2014 23:25

Tell him to sit down or clean it up.

And boys aren't horrible. Sad Just teach him how to use a sponge and anti bac.

PacificDogwood · 15/10/2014 23:28

I feel your pain - 4 DSs here, youngest is 4 and wants to wee standing up, but accepts he can only do it when his legs are long enough/he stands on a stool and his aim is true.
He misses the pan - he wipes.
So usually he sits down Grin

'Family bathroom' in CentreParcs recently was a hit with him because it had lowered kids' toilets and normal height adult pans Grin

Boys rock!

Ludoole · 15/10/2014 23:28

Wear slippers? Grin

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motherofmonster · 15/10/2014 23:32

Flippers might be more useful. He is determined to stand up and is getting better but sometimes it amazes me how he manages to get it so far...it is a talent

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PacificDogwood · 15/10/2014 23:36

Get one of those IKEA stools for the bathroom?
Or something to aim for? Draw a funny face on a pingpong ball with marker pen, put it in the pan and tell him to aim for that Grin

Tips and tricks here

VodkaJelly · 15/10/2014 23:37

3 sons here, all into late teens and I still have to clean piss up everywhere. Toilet seat, down the side of the toilet, the floor, the door, the tiles, and up the wall.

I cant have anything near the toilet otherwise it get covered in piss - bleach bottle, spare toilet rolls, bin, loo brush etc.

It sends me batty but of course it is never them, they always deny it is them so I cant make them clean it up as I dont know who has done it. Totally disgusting and no need for it.

PacificDogwood · 15/10/2014 23:38

Take aim! Fire!!

See, others have considered this problem before you Grin

BlackeyedSusan · 15/10/2014 23:41

vodka jelly, I would have a rota. they clean every third day.

mawbroon · 15/10/2014 23:41

I got sick Fed up of this but even more Fed up of the constant whiff of piss despite cleaning the toilet daily.

There is a New house rule of sitty doon pees only.

Even auto correct acknowledges how Fed up I was by giving it a capital f lol

PacificDogwood · 15/10/2014 23:42

Vodka, I'd never clean than bathroom again Shock
Get a chamber pot for your own personal use and leave them to it - dirty beggars!!

PacificDogwood · 15/10/2014 23:43

that bathroom

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motherofmonster · 15/10/2014 23:43

I have started putting some cherios down the loo to see if that helps, am hoping it does. And am thankful i don't have a carpet in the bathroom

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OfficeNewGirl · 15/10/2014 23:47

Oh yuk!

Im very glad dh never wees standing up. If i ever have a son, weeing standing up will be banned lol

Browneyesblue · 15/10/2014 23:50

I feel your squelch!

DS (4 years old) seems to see sitting as defeat. I hover, nag, plead, but despite my best efforts he misses when I least expect it.

I will try one of the suggested targets next.

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motherofmonster · 15/10/2014 23:55

Its all part of the learning process i guess. I just miss the days when my bathroom was a zen like sanctuary, candles, bubble bath, lazy soaks. Now it seems like as soon as my arse hits the water monster walks in and announces he needs a poo lol. Couple that with plastic iron man toys, floating ducks, green slime bubble bath and wee puddled floors and im realising life as i knew it will never be the same again lol

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alltherightfriends · 16/10/2014 00:02

I feel your pain (I also have soggy socks) unfortunately the culprit in my house is a 27 year old male lodger who laughs as though it's the funniest thing he has heard in ages and continues to wee all over my lovely bathroom Hmm

PopcornFrenzy · 16/10/2014 09:48

I also feel your pain, DH and DS both miss. I keep flash wipes in the tramp toilet (downstairs) I don't use that toilet...I shut the door and don't go in there at all.

They know not to use my upstairs toilet as I keep that one nice and clean and not piss riddled.

maninawomansworld · 16/10/2014 10:07

Put a Ping pong ball in the loo, it will sit there no problem and won't flush away and best of all, your boy will not be able to resist trying his hardest to hit it meaning all the wee goes in the loo.

I promise you it works, we have one in our loos and no man (no matter how old) can resist trying to get it!

SenatusPopulusqueRomanorum · 16/10/2014 10:11

I make DS (7.5) clean up under supervision when he misses.
There are very few accidents now.

TheLostWinchesterWife · 16/10/2014 10:14

I second the ping pong ball idea. We have wall paper in our toilet (oh how I long for tiles!) So smiley faces drawn on ping pong balls and see how many points they get for hitting them. DH had more fun than DS.

NewEraNewMindset · 16/10/2014 10:16

I am horrified lol. My beautiful baby DS is going to piss all over my bathroom? {shakes head in disbelief}

MsVestibule · 16/10/2014 10:19

friends that really is an evictable offence. Not just the fact that he misses, but that he finds other people standing in, and having to clean up, his wee funny.

I stayed with a friend and her DH once. The loo seat was absolutely covered in wee, which means a fair bit of it must have gone on the floor too. Absolutely vile. WHY can't they all just sit down to wee? Just because they can stand up to do it doesn't mean they should.

But YABU to say boys are horrible. Mine is adorable. Apart from the puddles of wee.

MsVestibule · 16/10/2014 10:21

I'm buying ping pong balls. Just remembered that I helpfully fished a ping pong ball out of my sister's loo when she was toilet training her DS! Pre my own DCs and I'd never heard of this strange training method...

makeminered · 16/10/2014 10:32

See I'd be in there threatening to hold it for them, if any male dared wee over my floor or wall - and they'd certainly be cleaning up after themselves, on a rota basis if necessary. The innocent ones would then be putting pressure on the not so innocent ones.

No No No.

FelineLou · 16/10/2014 12:02

allthe right friends: [slightly tongue in cheek]

  1. Change to female lodger.
  2. Charge him for daily cleaning lady(double rent)
  3. check every time he goes in there for a few days and hand him cleaning wet wipes
  4. lose it big time it is not funny
  5. buy cheap hospital wee bottle and put padlock outside bathroom only open for no 2s and hand him bleach and toilet brush.
  6. Scream at him