I took mine to the bathroom with me so he would see it was ok to sit and nothing would get him 
. He learned to sit and pee which helped with #2 also. I put him in regular underwear and he got pretty tired of that wet feeling quick. I’m also a single mom and he hasn’t had a male in his life until this past year. He’s gonna be 7 soon. He was potty trained by 3. I didn’t pressure him too much, just the undies and bathroom trips with me.
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I potty trained my son by letting him pee outside on a tree lol. We lived up north so not many neighbors. Not sure if you live in the city or not but it worked for me.
Sit him backwards so he won’t fall in on a regular toilet. If he has to hold himself up he won’t be able to go easily.
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I sent my son out in the backyard naked for about a week…he would pee when he wanted to, squat and poo on the sidewalk 
then I’d take him out in just big boy underwear, after he peed in them a couple times he learned he didn’t Iike that at all. I’d also set his potty on a towel infront of the TV, and once an hour make him go sit on it while he was watching cartoons for 10 minutes or so and I’d make a huge deal when he went potty in it. He was sleeping through the night with no accidents after 2 weeks. Also, cut liquids after about 6pm to avoid overnight accidents, leave the bathroom light on for him to find in the middle of the night.
I struggled to train my first son. Second son followed his brother so much easier. But, one thing I did…found some cling on 
and placed them in the bowl. That helped somewhat with their aim. (Also helped with some of the elderly in the nursing home.)
Mine sat. Still do. No more care for uncircumsized than circumsized until they’re older. You don’t need to pull it back until it naturally separates, and that can happen anytime before puberty (after 6). Do not pull it back until it separates, as you could injure it.
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I taught my son by having him sit backwards on the toilet and holding his little peepee down and once he got the hang of that I helped him do it standing up. If he missed the potty he had to help me clean up his mess. We had less miss’s when he had to help clean up his own pee.
I bought my son underwear with his favorite super heros and told him if he pee’d on spiderman, batman, superman they’d get mad and fly off and never come back.
Fruit Loops in the potty as targets worked for my 3 boys… also we lived in the country and they loved to pee off the back porch or on a tree 
I am a single mom with a 12 yr old boy. Sitting 1st is best.
Teach him to sit and tuck it in. No standing until he is old enough to understand how to aim and be sanitary. Boys are gross usually when he is tall enough to stand and pee unaided is when you can transition him to pee standing.
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Tell him to go pee off the porch 
Worked like a charm for mine 
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My two boys sat first then stood. Make sure the penis is tucked down into toilet otherwise it will spray everywhere.lol. when hes ready to stand put a ping pong ball in bowl tell him to aim for it.
I got him a little step stool… put fruit loops… or a few cheerios and told him to pee on them. Worked like a charm!
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Cheerios in the toilet bowl. Make it a game, where he has to hit them with his pee.
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Most potty chairs come with a small thing you put on the front so little boys can sit and pee and won’t spray all over the floor. I don’t remember what it’s called it was over 30 years ago. But I do remember my boys wouldn’t use the little wooden potties that look like chairs. I had to buy one that looked like a regular toilet( but of course child size). When they get a little older they can learn to stand and pee.
I think when a child can identify whether he wants to poop or pee then that’s the best time to potty train. It should come naturally and not forced by a parent.
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You put him on the toilet every hour to see if they go. When they do you praise or reward them. I potty trained my boys the same as my girls. Then when they were old enough to pee accurately without making a mess, you tell them how.
Give the little guy a soup can to pee in first & once that is conquered then use the toilet as usual
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I’m on the same boat and sitting is not working so maybe I’ll try the Cheerios
Play sink the cheerio (or fruit loops)
Put one in the toilet and have him try to sink it by peeing on it.
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I trained my son as a single mother also. Boys are a little more stubborn then girls in my opinion. I bought a step ladder potty seat and had him sit down to pee, theirs usually a little cup in the front so the urine doesn’t get every where. I also put him on the potty every twenty mins even if he didn’t go just to get him into the routine. Set a timer and let him know it’s potty time. Good luck
Luckily my brother was my roommate on weekends, my son was hitting near 3 and wasnt trained and I was having a terrible time. He said leave him butt naked, he’s smart enough not to just pee on the floor so he’ll just go sit on the potty…he was trained in 1 day and only 1 accident.
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Throw some cheerios in the toilet and tell him to shoot/aim at the cheerios. Thats how i taught my nephew in 3 days he was a pro at it and he even added his own sound effects to it which made it more exciting for him.
Tinkle targets, cereal that’s round in toilet aim, shoot, pee. Give treats when he hits a target
A healthy or something he doesn’t get very often. Boy’s take more time then girls don’t push ho slow.
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My son sat for the first couple years until he was tall enough to stand and reach, he’d push his penisnangled down and pee. We also had him “dab” the tip of his penis when he was done to help dry it off instead of shakenuntil he could get it right. When he’s old enough Cheerios in the toilet!! Have him aim for them. Helps with aim lol
We taught to sit on the potty first I just left it in the living room and let him sit on it all day lmao once he is getting used to it move to the toilet and when you are ready to teach him to stand and pee put a couple cheerios in the bowl so he can aim for them
Got my son and nephew I put a cheerio in the toilet and had them aim at it (try to sink it) it worked wonders! I had them sit for poops and stand for pees. My son is uncircumcised as well. As long as showers and bathing he is able to maintain cleanliness he has never had any issues thankfully
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With my son I got him a floor size potty that looks like a toilet that makes flush noises. I tried everything to get him potty trained but he wouldn’t do it. His doctor told me to wait until he was ready and could tell me he had to go. He wasn’t fully potty trained until after his 4th birthday…… I also let him run around naked which helped alot too
My son sits to pee and so does my dad. Nothing wrong with that. I’ve heard the Cheerios thing works too. I’m about to go through it with my almost 3 year old too. No clue what I’m doing because my oldest is 11 and I can’t remember how we taught him! 
This may sound weird, lol. But try getting him to pee outside (if you don’t live around a bunch of houses) that helped my son out with potty training a lot! You can also put some kind of target thing in the toilet and let him aim at it and see if he can hit it. I’m not to sure about pooping though because when he was ready to poop he went straight to the bathroom he couldn’t stand doing it on himself.
My son first learned by sitting down on the toilet rather than standing and aiming. He then learnt to stand and pee and aim. Takes a lot of patience. From the time he was 2-3 I tried many times, if they aren’t ready they aren’t ready. That’s all that I have learnt since.
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Definitely start with sitting! Your floors and walls will thank you! Not really anything extra needed with him being intact, just wipe the tip with toilet paper like you would otherwise. With my son he actually was more comfortable going in the tub to begin with whatever way they are comfortable just go with it but it’s easiest IMO if you can just keep them naked on the bottom as much as possible. Let him go bottomless and work on going to the potty and he will start to feel it quickly.
I had my boys sit first and then as thry got bigger i let them pee on trees
I have 3 little boys! I potty trained them all sitting to start with. As they got older they peed standing up. Peeing came very easily for my boys. It was #2 that took them a little longer to get comfortable with! When you decide to start just be fully dedicated. Set and alarm for every 15 minutes and just go sit him on the potty. You can adjust the time depending on your child. My second one we had to eventually take away diapers completely because he knew as long as he had one on he could pee in it.
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Sit! Once they learn to stand your floor will never be the same
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Let him pee on a tree
Taught my boys to sit first boys were harder than my girls put cheerios in toilet for target good luck
Taught my son to pee on a tree outside. He thought it was a great time.
We taught our son to sit first. Kept a kid potty in the bathroom to make it easy. As he got comfortable & bigger, lol, we used Fruit Loops. If he ‘hit’ one, he got a point. So many points by Fri, he got Hot Wheels. (That was his thing. )
Between us & daycare, he was potty trained by age 2. 
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Peeing on cheerios in the toilet, aim for them😁
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I sat my son down in the beginning, every morning with fluids in front of the tv. I would then praise him and high five. We moved to the washroom… I threw a cheerio in the toilet and let him aim for fun = it kept it clean
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I taught my son sitting down first
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When I was with my ex husband.
We had his son in our care.
I did all toileting because his dad was a little useless.
I sat him on the toilet at first, and when he started to recognise he needed to go and started taking himself that is when his dad stepped in and showed him how to wee standing up.
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Have him wipe up before he puts it away. So it doesn’t get in there and be gross or smelly. Teach him to be clean
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Sit first…then use a cheerio in the toilet and tell him to hit the hole in the cheerio with his stream…you can do this girl…
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We had 3 girls, then a boy. As I had to teach all our girls how to use a toilet I told my hubby he had to teach our son. Except he worked… so… I ended up putting a few Cheerios in the toilet and telling him to try to pee on them it worked!! But he’s 12 now and we are still dealing with pee on the toilet and floor so, best of luck!
I used to work in child care with toddlers, this is how I was taught to potty train, both boys and girls the same way. Every 30 minutes, tell them it’s time for a potty break and have them sit on the potty (If you ask if they want to try on the potty, they almost always say no). Give a small reward, like a sticker, after they try. If they go pee, make the reward a little bigger. Maybe a sticker and a couple gummy candies. If they go poop, than an even bigger reward, like a sticker and a bag of fruit snacks. I suggest taking them to the store to pick out new underwear and their rewards for using the potty. Make them part of the planning process. I did this with my son at home and he was fully trained in about 2 weeks. The key is consistency. Once you put them in underwear, don’t go back to pull ups or diapers unless it’s over night or nap time.
I have 2 girls and a boy. Its all a blur. However, I started by letting him pee outside and somehow we managed peeing inside. Always standing up, it never even crossed my mind to make him sit. I remember always saying “watch where you are aiming. Pee in the toilet” because they want to look everywhere.
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So we did basically the same for both our kiddos. We did get our son a $10 urinal off of Amazon,it worked great! It’s just like potty training a puppy lol just take him after he eats or drinks and/or once an hour otherwise. Just wait till he’s ready is my best advice. If you start too early it puts a bad taste in everybody’s mouth. You’ll know he’s ready when he imitates you, when he doesn’t like a wet diaper or tries to take it off, when he goes and hides to poo, etc. And utilize Elmo too man. He’s like a potty training wizard. Love the movie and the look and see potty book.
Taught my boy to pee standing. Fruitloops in the toilet for him to aim at and each time he went potty he got a new temp tattoo added to his sleeve. Took a week.
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I have 2 boys and two girls boys are supppper easy. Just simply let them pee outside the pooping will take a bit longer to train since well I highly not recommend letting them poop outside don’t think I have to stress that but you be surprised but them peeing outside although sounds a little country boys take to that a lot easier and enjoy it for some odd reason.
Please do not teach him to sit!! I mean I guess to each their own… but… boys r ment to stand. Teach him to stand…
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When he sits to poop also gotta teach him to point his thing thing down or else it will just stream out straight… also get a stool he can stand on… it will give him more accuracy
Have 3 boys, sit first. When older have them stand in front of the toilet show him how to pull out his penis and aim it into the toilet you might have to lean into him a little to get things over the toilet. Be prepared for urination to go awry lol can shoot in many different directions at once lol. Have him shake off the excess, I had mine grab a little wad of toilet paper to dab the end so no wet spots on clothing. Wash hands and do that again over and over until he has learned. Was not a single parent at the time but was the only one who taught the boys any of that. If I could do it 3 times you can do it to. Be brave and just go for it. Consistency is key. Good luck.
I have 3 boys. Teach them to sit first and when they get used to it they can learn to stand.
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Sit first. Stand up when he’s taller than the toilet. Otherwise you will be cleaning pee off the walls. I work at a martial arts school and when I clean the bathroom its ALLLLL OVER THE FLOOR AND WALLLLLLLS AND RUNNING DOWN THE SIDE OF THE TOILET.
I am constantly telling the boys to sit. Cause I’m tired of cleaning up their mess all say.
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I work in childcare and have 2 boys and 2 girls. It is best to teach them to sit first so they understand the concept and then once they have the hang of it you teach them to stand. As long as they go in the potty you are doing a good job. But always check your child for signs. Some will want to stand and not sit so make sure he is comfortable. Getting them used to the potty is the first step. You got this
I taught mine to aim off the front porch til he didn’t hit the porch then moved on to the toilet on a step stool always with one hand up to catch the seat if it should fall (safety from getting hit in the penis with it)
Until he learns and is big enough to use the toilet working is a potty chair and yes he will sit
We skipped the cheerios and in the beginning had him side back to the outside of the potty so he got the concept of aiming in the potty and then swapped him around if a poop was coming
Have him try to go to the bathroom every 45 minutes-1 hour. That’s what the preschools do too. It will help if school and home are on the same potty schedule. They will eventually understand to go to the toilet to do a #1 or # 2.
Pick a tree outside 
that’s now the pee tree lol that worked for my son as for training girls I need help my daughter knows what to do just has trouble with knowing when she "needs " to go
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We were 3 girls, 2boys. Girls being the oldest and having not male figure in the home (also to prevent urine mess all around toilet seat) we potty trained them sitting down.
We kept reminding them through out the day to let us know if they had to go pee or use the bathroom. When we had to go, we’d take the boys and had them use the toilet so they’d learn what/how it was.
My son was the same way. He pottied sitting down till he got the hang of it, then when he was tall enough to reach we switched him to standing up and to ‘shoot’ into the hole.
My son sat first, his training seat even had a splash guard. He was only 2 ½ so he was too short to stand.
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Get a small step stool and they can start out standing up.
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Throw some Cheerios in the bowl and tell him to shoot.
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Throw some Cheerios and tell them to aim at them haha. My boys got a kick out of it.
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I had 3 boys and I had them pee in a can.
Just wait until the child goes on his/her own. The child will by 6 if neurotypical. There’s no need for “training”. Kids who decide to go on their own are less likely to regress or have accidents.
Start with sitting ! … have him pantless when At home makes it easier . Once he older and tall enough can teach him to stand . He won’t need to extra cleaning right now just pee and go lol . Once they are bigger and the skin is able to retract ( do not force the skin back ) then teach them to pull it back and clean it !
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I taught mine to sit. He’s 4 and only stands at urinals. I’ve saved myself the hassle of years of cleaning up pee/sitting on pee.
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Sit first! I have 3 boys
I have 1 boy and 2 girls, once they started walked I kept a kids potty in the bathroom and I let them show interest first, once they did I’d bring them to the bathroom roughly every hour. Once my son understood and was able to control himself thats when I started to show him how to stand. I was a single mom as well .
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I started my boy when he started standing by himself.8 months.I took off his diaper after every nap and helped him stand while saying peepee!!!he is a year and 3 months now and pees almost every time I take him
My son has a potty seat with a shield that’s what he uses. He’s almost 3. His dad shows him how to stand and do it
I was a single mom for the first 3 years of my sons life. My mom actually played a big part in him potty training, as he was with her when I was at work. We would have him sit, and cover up his pee pee with some toilet paper so it didn’t get the whole room. He’s now 7 and has been peeing like a big boy standing up for a good 3 or 4 years now. Had to have a little stool in each bathroom so he would be able to aim in.
But, moral of the story is do what works for you both. No need to add on additional stress of “what should and shouldn’t be done”. Frankly, as long as you’re not having him pee in the tub or, out a window or anything ridiculous like that you’re doing the best you can and he will appreciate that when he gets older and it clicks in that his mom had to teach him boy things that aren’t within your wheelhouse but did your best. He will learn to stand to pee regardless if he starts sitting down. Before you walk, you gotta crawl right?
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Started by telling my 3 to pee outside lol. They found it more fun. Even stood like a dude acting like I was peeing to show them what to do lol. Put a few cheerios in the toilet tell him shoot, aim and fire. Lol
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I had my son sit to start and then taught him how to pee on a tree standing up lol
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I taught my son to sit at first and he has since adjusted to standing
It really seemed to be the best course of action in my opinion lol
My son is 4 and he still sits.
My son was completely different… but when people told me when he’s ready you’ll know lol… and honestly… we were on him and on him… he finally just did it when he was 3 1/2. … I know later then usual but all of our kids are different.
With my son I taught him to sit first while holding it pointed down (to prevent shootong all over the bathroom) until he was tall enough to go in the big toilet. I also taught him to grab and aim. I also taught him to wipe off with toilet paper.
I put my kids on the toilet backwards. They had a fear of falling in and being flushed. Yes, they flushed alot, but they were all potry trained by two. I saw someone gave their child washable markers and let them draw on the toilet lid while sitting. Don’t fret too much about it, all children are different and they will potty train at their own pace. Good Luck
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I am currently training my 3 year old. It has its ups and downs. Get him to sit 1st. I catch my son standing to pee because he sees his older brother and Dad do it. Honestly, I’ve heard putting a cheerio or fruit loop in the potty and making a game out of it helps but I’ve not tried it myself. We make a super big commotion when he goes. Lots of high fives, dancing and yelling lol. If he has a favorite character, buy him underwear and tell him not to pee/poop on them. You can also get him a standing potty for boys. It has a little spinny thingy in the middle to help with aim. You can also let him pee outside off the back porch lol. If you live in the country/boonies. Thats what some of my family said to do but we live in a small city with close neighbors so we opted out of that lol. Good luck. Just remember, lots of patience and messes. So be prepared.
Throw some fruit loops and tell him to aim at them… Thats what i did with my kid
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Sitting!! And just dedicate a few days where he’s just in underwater pull ups they usually treat like diapers. Lots of rewards and sit on the potty every 30 min!
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Sit first. When he’s tall enough, have him aim for a cheerio in the bowl.
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Get a potty chair and take him every hour. When he first wakes up from sleeping. They will get the hang of it. Just have patience momma! My son is 6 and has an over active bladder. So don’t get upset if he don’t get it. It just takes consistency and time
I trained mine to sit. Otherwise your bathroom will reek. I also had them use toilet paper. Shaking pee drops all over the bathroom is disgusting.
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All boys are different honestly. My first two boys sat when they peed but my 3rd boy always wanted to stand. Let him let you know what feels more comfortable to him show him both ways. I always told them to pee and aim for the “hole”… I also had a little boy who was afraid to poop in the toilet and I bribed him a little. Lol toys that he could choose from a basket if he done his business. Small cheap toys from the dollar store. And never used any “pull ups” always underwear. They eventually understand that it is gross to be wet from pee and learn to go before they pee on themselves… potty training is hard momma… just research and do what feels best for you and your son. Good luck momma
I have my oldest sit and he points his peepee down in the toilet
I legit put a potty in front of tv and when they were at an age they’d sit on it a few times a day whilst watching tv it got to a point where they realised what was going on and only needed to sit when they needed to go
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Let him be naked for 3 days straight and take him potty, sitting, every 20 minutes.
I didn’t use the pull-ups bc he thought that he can still pee or 
in those. I went to get him some cute little boxers and start taking him every 30 min. Asking, make him feel brave and smart by getting into this new process for him and i did trained mine to sit first because even with the step stool he was scare of falling. Took me 2 weeks but always remember every child it’s different:heart:
My son is 2, he pees in a little potty standing up. I have to remind him to hit the hole a good bit though we’re still working on pooping, for that he sits down. I started with him sitting to pee and he just started standing on his own. You can try sitting them backwards on the toilet and throw something in to get him a target
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I have 2 boys and they both started with sitting
My son did it by himself we got a potty and tried everything he would not use it then one day he woke up and took himself to the potty and bang never in nappies again it was just after he turned 3 and he usually sits unless we go out then he stands at the “big toliet” like daddy does