Very very silly question about potties

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DS did a wee in his potty tonight.

As we are not potty training I don't really have a clue what to do next.

Is it a simple case of chuck it down the loo then wipe around with bog roll? or rinse the potty out? or what?

ooh I'm glad about this thread. Relieved to find I am not being horrendously gross! I empty potty into loo, add some water (from whatever tap is nearest ), swill around and pour down loo, then dry with toilet paper.
I was a bit worried as had my NCT group round (lots of kids at potty training stage and all using ds1's potty) and they kept asking me what I used to clean out the potty....thought I was missing something as I thought they were expecint a different answer than 'toilet paper'!

we keep a pack of disinfectant wipes for a wipe round every now and then (after a sticky poo). As long as you empty it down the loo does it matter where the water comes from?

Should I get my ds to stand and pee into his potty when I start training him or sit down?? Isn't it confusing for him if he watches his dad stand up then we teach him to sit down - then when he's mastered that get him to stand up???

JPM, definately SITTING DOWN!!! think of the splashback from the potty going all over the place! when he is tall enough, he can stand and wee into a 'proper' toilet. Some people suggest putting bits of toilet roll in the toilet at that stage so he can 'aim' at a target.

Sitting down, without any doubt. You also have to train a boy to push his willy downwards into the potty, otherwise it goes everywhere. He can sort the standing up thing out by himself later, ideally round about the time he leaves home to go to college.

As a cautionary tale I offer the experience of a friend who bypassed the potty stage with her (tall) 2.5 year-old and taught him to wee standing up straight into the loo. She then discovered the messy way that children that age find it hard to distinguish between the need for a wee and the imminent arrival of a poo.

Nuff said, I think.

Sitting down. But they will still try standing. I found the bathroom floor afloat, and the explanation was that '(friend) turned round to talk to me when he was doing a wee'

Lol frogs and Blu!

Definitely sit to start with and save standing for when thy are tall enough for the toilet. In the early days they cannot always distinguish between what they actually need so sitting is a better default !