I would ask you how to break her of this, but all I said was “If I catch you doing this again, I’m going to beat your ass“.
Yes, I said that. I don’t care what you think of me.
Last night DH is cleaning out all the bathroom trash cans and the one in her bathroom smelled like PEE. He dumps it out…pee in it.
Wait for it...
Wait for it…
She peed in her trashcan.
And it was ripe pee that had clearly been there for a day or two. So DH asks her “Did you pee in your trashcan?” She said “Yes”. He said “Why?” and she said “Cause I didn’t want to go in the toilet”.
Good lord, I’m glad it wasn’t a piece of dooky she didn’t feel like plopping in the toilet.
OMG, maybe SHE is teaching Sebastian to piss on things.
Then DH goes to clean out the one in the downstairs bathroom. You guessed it…piss.
My daughter peed in two mini trash cans.
Uh. Huh.
I have to tell you that about 20 years ago I was working in a huge computer room on graveyard shift. I came around a corner and caught a female co-worker peeing in one of those big galvanized trash cans! The only thing in it was the chads that came out of the IBM punch cards. I guess they soaked up the pee pretty well. Can you believe that? I was totally shocked. I have no idea how long she had been doing that. She used to wear the same tee shirt to work for a week, then turn it inside out and wear it for another week. With no bra!
Nina@Playground for Parents wrote:
I assume you found this kind of surprise yourself once? OMG! I would so beat that kid’s ass for that!
I pray I never find that kind of present myself. EVER.
haha We have the same trashcan! Hope Lucy doesn’t start doing that!
AHAHAHAHA I’m so sorry, I don’t mean to laugh, but my goodness thats funny. As long as it’s only this once and she doesn’t do it again, then it won’t be so funny anymore. I wonder why she prefered the trashcans to the toilet. Your trashcan is cute maybe if you get her a little decorative potty she’d prefer it.
I’m sorry but I couldn’t help but laugh. She does seem a bit old for that but at least it was a trashcan and nothing like your sock drawer.
Oh that’s gross and….well a little funny! Sorry! Hope she stops!? That’s all I’ve got! Good luck with that!
At least it wasn’t poop!
The best thing to do is have a little talk with her and tell her that waste basket are not to be used as toilets and that you will be removing it until she learns not to do it again. I know it seems like so much extra time and work involved but that’s what children are all about. Time and that extra push. Children love to learn and if you can present the solution as a learning project then both of you will be winners without that bad feeling of anger and resentment.
My oldest has done this!! SO aggravating!
Can’t be of any help we have bathroom issues here too…
hmmm, guess that would be preferable to opening up the kitchen cabinet and finding that she pissed in one of your pots…and then put the lid on it.
I hate finding surprise pee.
I HOPE this is normal behavior. The reason I hope this is b/c my son(almost 3) who’s been potty trained for some time now….pooped, yep POOPED on the floor yesterday!! This is riiiight after he went potty in the toilet. This is the 1st accident/incident he has had since being potty trained. He spent a good chunk of time in time-out and he hasn’t had a problem since. I’m not sure what to think of it other than “something to try” or “attention seeking”. I just read this and had to let you know you aren’t alone!!!
I think it’s perfectly acceptable to tell her that you’re gonna bust her ass, and I also think it’s perfectably acceptable for you to do so if she pees in the trash again!
Ok I would have said the same thing! That exact phrase comes out of my mouth more often than not! I hope that she doesn’t do it anymore! I would have been pissed!
Who knows what kids think of. I bet she’s just exploring her environment and trying to manipulate things her way….she’s just peeing in the garbage can instead of coloring on her walls or cutting chunks of her own hair off. Odd, but I bet she moves past it and you never have the issue again.
I wish I had some advice for you. I would have told her I was going to beat her ass, too.
That is just gross. Maybe she is trying to imitate Daddy & because she can’t stand up over the toilet, the trash cans fit her? I’m stumped.
LOL. I could see my 3 year old son trying something like that. His aunt has taught him to pee on trees or in the grass…