How is the best way to toilet train a boy? Sitting or standing?

[Chocaholic]

To help with their aim (and also encouraging them to stand up), I suggest a ping pong ball in the bowl and ask them to aim at the ball. It is fun and the ball does not go down the toilet when flushed so you don't need to fish it out every time.

This is what my mother/sister did for my nephew and it worked a treat. They very rarely had to clean up the toilet after "mis-fires".

[Pretty Butterfly]

I have taught all my boys sitting down. It helps till their aim is better, but the biggie is it can be VERY hard to teach them to sit to do poo's, after being taught to stand, so just be aware he'll need to be taught to sit too!!!!

[MantaRay]

Yep, sitting here too. Height is an issue too - I think it's harder to aim when they are standing on a step (too busy playing!) and they can't reach otherwise.

[{sarah}]

Sitting here as well, though he will occassionally stand if he feels like it.

[Phteven]

Sitting here.

[Lucy]

Charlie went through the toilet training bizzo at 2.5, from the sitting position. Largely as that is what he saw Olivia and I do all the time!

However, once he got the urge thing sorted in his head, he then started standing on a step and weeing standing up.

And bless DH......he has taught him to put the seat back down.....LOL!

[MantaRay]

Yeah, Jack goes through stages of wanting to stand like Daddy, usually after he's seen kids doing it at day care. But he was happy to sit in the beginning, and still does now a lot of the time.