Peeing in the Underwear

My daughter was like this. We ended up using a kitchen timer set every 30 min. When it went off she had to stop what she was doing and try to go. After 3 days we increased it a few min. (another 3 days a few more min etc.) It took a couple weeks, but she finally started to go without having to be reminded. You can use any time increments with the timer.

Sounds like your son just needs a few gentle reminders to go to the bath room.Kids get so involved in what they are doing they tend to ignore the urge signal at times.Boys especially will grab at their pants in that private area and that is usually I sign he needs to go but doesn't want to stop whatever it is he is involved with at the moment.I worked as a volunteer at Head Start for several years and the accidents really upset the children aside from being embarressed when their friends see what happened.

Hi M.,

If he just forgets to go there is a watch that looks like a potty for little ones just like that.

You can set it to different "reminder" intervals and it beeps to remind them to stop playing & go potty.

I think the last place I saw one was at www.onestepahead.com

try to reward your son by peeing in the bathroom if he doesn't don't give him any thing. my aunt had a sticker chart every time her daughter went to the bathroom in a toilet she put a sticker up on the chart. when her daughter got to 33 stickers her daughter got to go to chuckie cheese

He is still young and a boy, I am sure he will out grow it. I would just make sure if he's busy playing remind him to go to the potty.

That is great that he is already using the potty!!!! Hope this helps.

A.

hi i thought you may like to know that my son did that also so i took his underwear off i think he thought his underwear was a diaper so of course he peed himself so he went comando for awhile.good luck

All 3 of my boys had times off and on when they were 3 where they'd have a lot of wet pants (not usually completely wet, but I'd see a wet spot and send 'em off to finish the job). It bothered me a lot with my first, but after that I recognized it as normal and chose to just be glad they were bowel trained! Somehow we got that one down first all 3 times at our house. :) I was a much happier mommy when I didn't care so much about the wet pants... so go ahead and keep reminding, but the issue will resolve without you having to make a big deal about it. Nighttime peeing can last pretty long with some kids, too, but that's a different issue!

Hi M.,

Sounds like you've gotten some great answers. I don't really have any advice to give you that is different from what you've already received. I know from experience that it can be frustrating, so I just want to encourage you, and let you know that you are doing a wonderful job!

My son is also three, and he has managed to get the "pee thing" down, but he still has a problem doing #2 in the potty. He has been wearing underwear for a while now, and doesn't mind going to the potty, but he won't go do #2 there. Tried everything I can think of. Got tired of washing out his underwear, so today I told him until he can do #2 in the potty, he doesn't get to wear underwear. Hope that works. If you happen to have any other suggestions, please let me know. Thanks!

Take care,
I.

Bribery is the only thing I can think of actually. He is old enough to understand that he wants something. He has to earn it, no accidents for a week and he will get the reward.

Ask more often if he needs to pee and if it's been a little while, just take him. He doesn't want to stop playing to pay attention to his elimination needs, so you'll just have to do it for him for a while.
Good Luck! :)

When my son was nearly 4, one of his friends (a neighbor) was playing with him in our yard. "I have to go potty," he announced, and headed off down the driveway to his house. He stopped at the bottom of our driveway, fascinated by something he saw on the ground. "Look, an ant!" he said, quickly followed by, "Uh-oh!" as a stream of urine trickled down the driveway.
This is SO normal. I know it's frustrating, but be patient. Keep reminding, keep rewarding. If it happens too often for your patience, put him back in pull-ups. It's not worth temper tantrums and family fights.

My 3 yr old daughter still does that every once in a while and she has been potty trained since April. What I have started doing with her is that when I see her getting busy playing, I'll stop her and tell her I want to play a game with her. Then I tell her to let's see how fast she can run into the bathroom, and let's see if she has pee in her belly. I do this about once every couple of hours, depending on how much she's had to drink. Most times maybe just a little comes out, but it has helped darstically. She haes to stop playing, hence why I made a game out of it. I've also learned though, to not let her carry around a drink with her at all times so that I can monitor her fluid intake. She has to come to me to ask for a drink, so then I know if she should be having to go or not. Ok, well I hope this helps a little. The main probem is that they do NOT want to stop playing and that's why they do it, just try and make it fun for him like a game. Maybe that will help. Have a good day and good luck.