Why does he keep p*ssing on the sofa?

[WinkyWinkola]

I hear giggling whilst clearing up the breakfast table. I go into the front room and DS (nearly 4) is standing on the sofa, weeing with glee on the cushions.

This is the umpteenth time he's done it. He's now in a nappy and howling about it. I've a mind to make him go to nursery in the nappy. OTT? Yes but I'm hacked off with my six month old sofa smelling wee despite my scrubbing at it with washing up liquid.

Do they all do this?

Ah, I remember a case at my DS day nursery where one of the nearly five yr olds thought it would be funny to wee in a hand basin instead of the loo. The staff made him clean the basin himself and then he had time out. I think all children go through phases of weeing in inappropriate places. Are your cushions/covers washable? If so I'd tell DS that weeing on the sofa has made them dirty and smelly, so he will have to wash them by hand while you supervise. Make sure he does this while missing something he enjoys on TV or similar. I suspect it won't be so much fun then. You could remove a favourite toy every time he wets so that he has to win it back by good behaviour. On the positive side, reward him every time he goes to the loo, because this is what you want him to do, counting each success towards getting back the toy you removed.

My friend used to cover her sofa with a throw, under which were some disposable bedwetting mats in case of accidents during potty training, you could do this as a form of damage limitation; or use a moisture resistant mattress cover.

You may find that a solution of bicarbonate of soda in water helps to get rid of the smell, or try biological laundry liquid in warm water.

Oh it could be worse I was called to one side at playgroup as mine had peed against the playhouse in the garden, he told me "all the boys do it"