Hellobee Boards

DS didn't potty train until older, so he stood. But, when he has to go #2, he pushes it down so that it won't spray all over. I would think it would be the same for you.

I have a feeling that some parents do hold it down. I remember babysitting a kid who I think was three. I took him to the washroom (public place) and he asked me to hold his penis down. I convinced him to do it himself.

I would hold it down to help him understand the process so he knows to do it in the future also. I can only imagine how many times a day you'd have to clean the bathroom otherwise. Yikes!

The Baby Bjorn pee spray shield at front has worked for us so far. (We're just starting though, so there's that.) He's not much of a sitter (he'd much rather stand whenever he can) so in most of the ways I've been able to hold him and get him to calmly sit on the potty, he presses his penis down against the pee spray shield part anyway. He's a lot closer to crawling than sitting on his own, but I imagine once he starts sitting on his own, we'll hold the penis down. I can't imagine the way he presses his penis against the shield is comfortable, but then he doesn't seem to mind so I guess it's ok and we'll go with it. It's tough though. Boys and potty training... everything about it seems hard to me.