ds standing up to wee-advice needed

[liisa]

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

[Dogsby]

make him sit down
or shake
no one wipes oyu nutter

[liisa]

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

[Mercy]

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?!

[Oblomov]

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]

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]

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]

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]

nah, they shake over the loo

boys don't wipe

[FrannyandZooey]

Shaking is risky at best

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

well mine doesn't

[foxinsocks]

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]

you must not wipe fgs

its really pathetic

[inthepink]

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]

Boys SHOULDN'T wipe.

[foxinsocks]

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]

yes or get teased as girlies

[Porpoise]

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

[FrannyandZooey]

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

[inthepink]

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]

you wait franny


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

[Dogsby]

surely loo rol can get cuaght nad casue infection

[Porpoise]

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

[Oblomov]

LOL F&Z and Cod.

[Dogsby]

god or a teletubbies sandwhcih box
oh NOooooooooooooooooooo.

[policywonk]

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

Dare one ask why?