Re: Inappropriate urination

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it makes housekeeping a

nightmare!

You are right !! Thanks for bringing a smile to my face.your son and

the dog's water bowl. Very creative! My son is 9 and I do make him clean it

and give him time out, but he just thinks he's the funniest thing.

Thanks to everyone for your advice. I've never heard anyone mention this

subject before and I feel better knowing you guys have such good ideas.

All the best~~

Rose

Inappropriate urination

Hi Rose

My son (he's 6) pees in the dog's water bowl just about every morning,

even tho he has acceess to the regular toilet and a small trainer potty in

his room for times when the bathroom's occupied. Wonder if you got him one

of those trainer pottys would the idea of having his " own " potty be appealing

to him? If he has favorite movies or toys, could you take them away for

peeing on the floor--- it would certainly take the " fun " out of the game for

him. You'd have to let him experience the consequences when he pees on the

floor and loses a favorite toy or movie.... be firm. Just a suggestion...

good luck. My son would do that sometimes, and it makes housekeeping a

nightmare!

Pearland, Texas

[Guest guest]

it makes housekeeping a

nightmare!

You are right !! Thanks for bringing a smile to my face.your son and

the dog's water bowl. Very creative! My son is 9 and I do make him clean it

and give him time out, but he just thinks he's the funniest thing.

Thanks to everyone for your advice. I've never heard anyone mention this

subject before and I feel better knowing you guys have such good ideas.

All the best~~

Rose

Inappropriate urination

Hi Rose

My son (he's 6) pees in the dog's water bowl just about every morning,

even tho he has acceess to the regular toilet and a small trainer potty in

his room for times when the bathroom's occupied. Wonder if you got him one

of those trainer pottys would the idea of having his " own " potty be appealing

to him? If he has favorite movies or toys, could you take them away for

peeing on the floor--- it would certainly take the " fun " out of the game for

him. You'd have to let him experience the consequences when he pees on the

floor and loses a favorite toy or movie.... be firm. Just a suggestion...

good luck. My son would do that sometimes, and it makes housekeeping a

nightmare!

Pearland, Texas

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<PRE>LOL...yep .... Cb thinks its funny too ! A stern redirection at the " moment

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has cleaned things up here. Im so glad Your all here ! Thanks ! CBs Granny

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There seems to be some logic to it being in the cat litter box. But I do think

kids, even typical ones might experiment this way sometimes early on in potty

training. I guess it might last longer with kids who are on the spectrum.

Maybe the number of steps thing is almost an obsessive compulsive thing. Maybe

you could make the bathroom a much more fun and interesting place than the cat

litter box, cooler, dresser drawer.

Miriam

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> My six year old son, who may have PDD, goes to the bathroom in strange places.

Last week, he needed to go, so instead of going upstairs to the bathroom, he

went to the basement and peed in the cat's litter box. The next day, he went to

the basement and peed in my picnic cooler. The bathroom is the same distance as

the basement.

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> My seven year old, with the pooping issues, once peed in his dresser drawer.

We reenacted it and found his dresser was exactly the same amount of steps away

as the toilet would have been from where he was standing.

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> All I can say is, WHY?--Ginger

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> There seems to be some logic to it being in the cat litter box. But I do

think kids, even typical ones might experiment this way sometimes early on in

potty training. I guess it might last longer with kids who are on the spectrum.

Maybe the number of steps thing is almost an obsessive compulsive thing. Maybe

you could make the bathroom a much more fun and interesting place than the cat

litter box, cooler, dresser drawer.

I have no idea if it is related, but my now 14yo with Asperger did some things

like this for a few days when he was 3.5yo and being potty-trained. Just off

the top of my head, he went places like the corners of rooms, the bathtub, the

backyard. It ended with " okay, Daddy, you win; I will use the potty. " We

didn't even know we were in some kind of contest LOL. We never really " did "

anything about it besides express a little displeasure, since he knew what he

was supposed to be doing. With him, I think it was just kind of an experiment,

which luckily he decided he didn't really like. Don't know if this helps or

not! I wonder if you should effusively praise the potty going and ignore the

weird stuff? Maybe making potty going positive and the weird stuff getting no

response will pull them out of it?

Ruth

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I certainly have no answers, but Mack did finally stop urinating in

inappropriate places after residential treatment at 14years. Before that he

urinated in jars that he would hide in his bedroom, the kitchen trash can, and

even in the kitchen sink at 3AM. His explanation for why he was on a stool

urinating in the sink was because the trash can did not have a bag in it. That

is how we realized he was using the kitchen trash can. The bathroom was across

from his bedroom, but the kitchen was down the hall. We asked why he went to

the kitchen. He said he went to get something to eat and had to go and so he

went right there.

I really don't know why or what to do to stop it.

Donna

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> Boy, I know all too well what you're talking about.

> Our 13 yo. AS has recently taken to peeing in the cat's litter box!!

> This one is really a tough one to stop. I'm thinking right now that we may

have caused him anxiety when we asked him to please clean up his pee-mess when

he went in the toilet and perhaps he decided it'd be easier to go in the cat's

box to avoid the hassle. But it's getting ridiculous!! My husband told me

jokingly that we've hit a new low when he saw me googling for " ultra-absorbent

kitty litter brands " , the other nite. LOL I actually agree.

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> I welcome ANY ideas!!

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> > My six year old son, who may have PDD, goes to the bathroom in strange

places. Last week, he needed to go, so instead of going upstairs to the

bathroom, he went to the basement and peed in the cat's litter box. The next

day, he went to the basement and peed in my picnic cooler. The bathroom is the

same distance as the basement.

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> > My seven year old, with the pooping issues, once peed in his dresser drawer.

We reenacted it and found his dresser was exactly the same amount of steps away

as the toilet would have been from where he was standing.

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> > All I can say is, WHY?--Ginger

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If it is the mess he wants to avoid, perhaps you can suggest he sit to urinate?

At least at home?

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> > My six year old son, who may have PDD, goes to the bathroom in strange

places. Last week, he needed to go, so instead of going upstairs to the

bathroom, he went to the basement and peed in the cat's litter box. The next

day, he went to the basement and peed in my picnic cooler. The bathroom is the

same distance as the basement.

> >

> > My seven year old, with the pooping issues, once peed in his dresser drawer.

We reenacted it and found his dresser was exactly the same amount of steps away

as the toilet would have been from where he was standing.

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> > All I can say is, WHY?--Ginger

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