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ds standing up to wee-advice needed

41 replies

liisa · 27/05/2007 15:05

hi
i have a bit of a daft question! my ds is 2 and now stands up to do a wee. thing is when he's finished he drips for ages, usually down his leg, on his underwear etc. i usually dab him with a bit of tissue to stop this but my husband thinks i'm going to have him weird, thinking he has to wipe his willy everytime he has a wee.
does anyone else do this or is it strange???

sorry i know it sounds really stupid

OP posts:
Dogsby · 27/05/2007 15:11

make him sit down
or shake
no one wipes oyu nutter

Original poster
liisa · 27/05/2007 15:54

haha i know. reading it back and thinking about it he won't stand a chance at school, i'll have to stop!

OP posts:
Mercy · 27/05/2007 16:04

Liisa, my dh does this and has taught ds to do the same.

Seems perfectly reasonable to me. I wipe myself, why shouldn't men?!

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Oblomov · 27/05/2007 16:09

Boys should shake, not wipe, right ? Ds still sits down, but we have a 'routine' - tuck him in, .... shake, stand up, pants up etc.
Thats the beauty of boys, is that they don't need to wipe ?

burstingbug · 27/05/2007 16:09

DS1 sits to wee - he's 2.3, sometimes I dab a bit of tissue on his willy if there is still a dribble of wee.

foxinsocks · 27/05/2007 16:11

you've got to shake

also, after the main stream of wee, there's often a little squirt about a second or so later so just make him stand a bit longer, wait for the squirt, then shake and he'll be fine

FrannyandZooey · 27/05/2007 16:19

If they don't wipe they drip

shaking just sprays it around

this has been the subject of many a bitter word chez F&Z

my opinion is that he can choose not to wipe when he does his own laundry

dh and ds have different ideas

foxinsocks · 27/05/2007 16:22

nah, they shake over the loo

boys don't wipe

FrannyandZooey · 27/05/2007 16:23

Shaking is risky at best

a 4 year old doesn't know how to shake accurately

well mine doesn't

foxinsocks · 27/05/2007 16:26

but they learn . Their shaking technique improves over time.

Besides, once he starts school, he'll get a huge urinal thing to shake over!

Dogsby · 27/05/2007 16:27

you must not wipe fgs

its really pathetic

jura · 27/05/2007 16:27

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inthepink · 27/05/2007 16:41

my ds(almost 6) wipes, dh thought it was weird when I first started doing it but I can't stand dribbles on underwear/trousers, surely they should have a choice whether to wipe or shake

Oblomov · 27/05/2007 16:45

Boys SHOULDN'T wipe.

foxinsocks · 27/05/2007 16:45

yes, but most of you are saying you wipe cos you don't like the dribbles (not them)

once they get to school, they'll just do what everyone else does and shake

Dogsby · 27/05/2007 16:46

yes or get teased as girlies

Porpoise · 27/05/2007 16:50

Wiping? Jezz, I'm lucky if they remember to put the seat up first [grin}

FrannyandZooey · 27/05/2007 16:52

yes I base everything I do with my ds on whether or not it will cause him to get teased

inthepink · 27/05/2007 16:52

have just been questioning ds about his toilet habits at school, can't get teased at his school cos they have separate cubicles not urinals, still don't see a problem with wiping though, he also said if there is no paper he shakes

Dogsby · 27/05/2007 16:53

you wait franny

imo setting your kdi up to ridicule( shcool in lederhosen for eg) is tantamount to abuse.

Dogsby · 27/05/2007 16:53

surely loo rol can get cuaght nad casue infection

Porpoise · 27/05/2007 16:54

like sending him to school on PE day with Thomas the Tank Engine pants on...

Oblomov · 27/05/2007 16:54

LOL F&Z and Cod.

Dogsby · 27/05/2007 16:54

god or a teletubbies sandwhcih box
oh NOooooooooooooooooooo.

policywonk · 27/05/2007 16:54

So... girls must always wipe, but boys must never wipe?

Dare one ask why?