My Son Is Peeing Everywhere

Hi C.! I'm sorry to hear that he's acting out like that. Has there been some change in his life that he may be looking for some positive attention? That happens sometimes, where they act out in hopes of getting attention. I know you don't want to reward him for peeing all over, but maybe you can make him a chart with stickers and he can put a sticker on the chart for each day he doesn't pee on the floor, and at the end of the week, he can have a special treat (ice cream, a trip to the dollar store, McDonald's, something cheap). Good luck!

Hi C., You don't say when your son is having these episodes of "accidents". Do you just find them or do you witness them happening? When my son was that age I would find wet spots such as you describe or would find a puddle in the waste basket etc. I never witnessed it happen. It was only untill he was much older that I figured out what was happening. He would have certain times where he would sleep walk. He would "think" he was going in the toilet but he wasn't really awake and he was going in the wastebasket, or in the corner...
I also would find him asleep on the floor in the bathroom. For the longest time I never actually caught him in the act of sleep walking, just the results. Hope this help.

I agree with what has been stated...
1.) make him clean up his own mess- and make him clean it up good. Make it a real pain to do, time consuming and no CLifford afterwards.
2.) reward him when he goes in the ptty
3.) If he still does not listen, a good swat on the behind and sent to your room to do #1 and remain in there until you use the potty.........
its all training and knowing what your mom or dad will take and not take

Hi, C., The simple solution to this problem is to stop all the punishment, fussing, etc. and make him clean up the mess every time he does it. My granddaughter (age 4)did the same sort of thing---spitting, blowing snot , etc. on the wall and floor while standing in time-out. After taking a step back to calm my aggravation, I decided that she could do whatever she wanted, and when she was through with time-out, she could just clean up the mess. After only a couple of episodes of me calmly handing her the stuff to clean with, she decided on her own that it wasn't such a good idea to spit all over after all. This is an attention-seeking behavior, and the more you fuss, the more they want to do it. Not only does this approach relieve your stress, it teaches him responsibility for his actions! A big lesson for a little guy! good luck.

Wow. I thought I was the only one who had this problem! My son will be 4 in a few days. About a month ago, he peed on the basement floor. then it was a corner in his room. Then he was peeing right on his bed! I didn't know why he would do this. Don't think it was for attention. because he wouldn't tell us. i just knew the bed was way too wet. We tried time-outs, not letting him play outside with friends, telling him we were going to take the bed away and he'd have to sleep on the floor. I even had him smell the bed one day when it was dry and try to explain how gross it was. Not sure which tactic worked but it stopped just as quickly as it started. and he's never done it again. Each kid is different and only you know what is most important to him. So, focus on what is most important to him and take it away (for us it was having our next door neighbor, his friend, over.) He also had a trip planned to Florida with the grandparents and we told him he wouldn't be able to go if he kept it up. Is he doing it at nap time or bed time? make sure you make him go before he goes in there. Hope this helps. don't worry...it is just a phase!

he is not getting enough attention from you so he is lashing out by peeing everywhere show hi some one on one attention without your boyfriend being involved and dont leave him in his room for a long period of time and this habitat shoul change

Ahhh, the stories I could tell about 2 year old boys and pee...It is definitely a stage. Try having him clean it up, it might take a while for the yuckiness of that to sink in but do not give up! My oldest peed EVERYWHERE and even taught friends' boys about it! I was so embarrassed, to say the least! We explained and explained about the appropriate places to urinate and finally he got it, but he certainly cleaned up a lot of wet spots first :)
Good luck!!
~J.

Our son used to pee in different places as well. We would make him clean the pee up. We would make him a sticker chart and when he went to the bath room in the toliet and not on the floor we would give him a sticker and tell him how proud of him we were. We would clap and get really excited for him and he really liked that. He does not pee every where now. He mainly goes in the toliet. I would make your son clean his pee up. I would continue to tell your son that pee goes into the toliet and every time he pees into the toliet give him praise and congradulations about how happy you are that he did not pee anywhere but the toliet. You can also do a reward system with things that he likes as well. If he likes to watch a certain show or if he likes a certain toy. Be Blessed.

How old is your little boy? If he is about 2 or 3 then he has just figured out he has a water gun attatched to his body and it is, indeed, a phase.

I would maybe try a reward system for everytime he goes in the potty. It needs to be something that has a bigger payoff then the "water gun." Like if you got a goldfish bowl and used colored pom poms from the art supply section of wal-mart. For everytime he pees in the potty, put a colored ball in the bowl, when he doesn't make him take one out of the bowl and give it to you. If he ends the day with a certain number of balls he gets to (for example) get a toy from the "treasure chest." You can have a box with little trinkets or sticker or coupons you have made for a treat or special time doing his favorite thing.

I also think it's good to have him help clean up his mess to further reinforce the total uncoolness of peeing in a corner.

Hope this helps.

L.

Hi C.. If you make him clean it up, which I personally would, make sure it is NO FUN to do. With my 2 y.o when she colored on the wall I made her clean it up and it was so much fun for her as soon as it was cleaned up, she did it again. Grrr :) Make it time consuming, and I would make him do a good job, make him re-do it. Also, if he is young enough, you might want to consider putting a potty chair in his room and when he pees in it have him clean it out the next morning. Also, if he is doing it in the day b.c he is too busy playing to go to the bathroom, you might need to have scheduled bathroom times every 30 min. (My 5.5 y.o will wait too long and pee on her way to the bathroom.) If it is during the night, eliminate all drinks 1 hour prior to bedtime, that should slow down the amount coming out. Best of Luck and this too shall pass :)

Make him clean it up.
This is a phase. He's seeking attention. Don't lose your cool because as soon as he sees that he's getting a rise out of you he'll affirm the attention he's getting and it might not stop as quickly as you'd like. Just calmly make him clean it up and otherwise totally ignore it.

YOu did not say how old you child is. If he is in the potty training age you can handle it differently than if the child is 9. THe older the child I would seek your pediatrician's help and possibly a child psychologist. I would not punish him unless you know what is causing it. There is always a reason whether biologically or emotionally.

Well if he's older than 3, you really don't want to know my answer to your problem!

A GOOD spanking... not a beating, there's a difference but I know most of you mothers out there do not agree with spankings... and that's one of the things wrong with kids now a days...but ne way, I have girls so I didn't go through this "phase" but I did make my girls clean themselves up after "soiling" when they were old enough to know better. Then throw the kid in the tub cuz that's so gross!!! And then do like the one mother said... praise him each time he uses the bathroom in the REAL bathroom.

My twin boys peed EVERYWHERE for what seemed like forever when they were in the toddler stages. We had a toybox just for matchbox cars, and they had hundreds of them... they've even peed in that! Talk about disgusting! Do you know how many little spaces there are in matchbox cars?! LOL! I can laugh about this now because they're 9... and one day you'll laugh too. It's a phase... I'd discipline as you need to, try to have him clean it up himself, reward for using the toilet, take favorite belongings away for a period of time... etc. But honestly, you just need to ride it out the best that you can. I have four boys, ages 11,9,9, and 20 months.... there's nothing that I haven't been through, and my favorite phrase that I try to remember is, "This too shall pass." That's what gets me through it lol.

Hi C., I'm having the same problem right now with my 3 year old son. I think I'll be using some of the mothers advice as well, but right now I've been making my son clean it up and it doesn't always work, but you have to stay on them. One thing I've noticed with my son is that when he doesn't get a full nights sleep(from peeing the bed and waking up crying and comming to bed with me) he tends to pee on the floor more. I've put him back in pull ups at bed time only and these past few days have seemed to be better. I'm not sure if you have this probem but it's and idea to check on. It's also good to know that this is just a phase. Good luck. Thanks everyone for the advise and reasurance.

Give him a bucket with a mild detergent in it and make him clean it himself. Granted, he won't do that great of a job, and you'll end up having to go in and clean it up again when he's finished, but who wants to pee on their floors if THEY have to clean it up themselves??????? I bet it would stop after a few times max!

I haven't been through it, but maybe you can threaten him with putting him back in diapers or Pull-ups? Duct tabe them on if you have to...