Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 1/5/2006 8:12:00 PM Author: Soon to be psychologist Subject: Sit Down first -Then- Stand Up. I work in a group home in North Jersey. We potty train our toddler boys to pee sitting down as soon as possible. However, we always wait until their penises are at least two inches higher than the toilet rim before we teach them to pee standing up, especially if they are circumcised[we discourage this ritual, unless it's for religious reasons]. When a toilet seat falls on a boy's penis, he often associates making peepee with pain, which may even cause further regression. If he has a foreskin, then 1½ inches should be enough. If he is relatively short for his age, or if your toilet is fairly high, you can teach him this using a regular potty seat. It depends on the height of the child and the height of the rim of your toilet. Also, it is important to teach him to aim. You should be able to hear his peepee hitting the water in the bowl when he is doing it correctly. Using targets can help him improve his aim, but you should still be prepared to clean some stray pee the first couple times he tries it. Name: Email: Subject

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