son goes to the bathroom on the floor | ADHD Information

my son who is 7 will go number 1 on the floor. i do not know how to get him to stop,i tried yelling,i've made him wash the floor.i've told him could no longer use my bathroom that he would have to use the basement bathroom which he's afraid of. any suggestions?

I would take him to the doctor to see if there is anything physically wrong with him.  Try some counseling, he may have some kind of problem with it mentally.  Maybe he had a traumatic experience that has triggered his not wanting to use the toilet.   Does he do this anywhere else besides home?  My kids have always "forgotten" to flush the toilet at home, but always do everywhere else.  I have finally gotten them to do this after years of just nagging about it.  I've had the same exact problem with my son, who's 10. I tried everything and nothing worked. I think it's just a symptom of ADD that he can't control well.  I stopped getting on him about it and hoping that once we get the ADHD symptoms under control, this peeing on the floor problem will also go away.

I wish I had a better suggestion. But I don't think they're doing it on purpose, which is what I thought for years.

I am first curious if he ever used the toilet for "number one" or did he move away from using it?  If so why? Perhaps you have already tried cool flushable targets in the toilet...or if he doesn't mind going in a cool looking bucket on the floor and then showing the similarity it might be easier to change to the toilet.

Have you tried positive reinforcement for each pee in the toilet?  A certain number of stickers equaling a special activity or reward?  Allow him to drink a special drink so that he will go more frequently, then reward each time in the toilet.  If he likes the reward enough he may be encouraged to drink a lot of water so he can get the reward.  The problem might be figuring out he likes enough to change his habit.  As one teacher of severely autistic children jokingly told me, "You have to find out what they will sell their soul for."

Good luck!

After reading some other posts, I realized maybe you are talking about poor aim.  If that is it then my boy is guilty too.  I think that his sloppiness was similar to lots of other clumsy inattentive things he does.  Time helps improve things like that.  I have gone in his bath and called out loud to the boys asking,"Why is there a puddle of pee next to the toilet?"  This is shared space, clean it up.  didn't happen much after that.

Is he actually "going" on the floor or is he just missing the toilet? ALL boys tend to miss.  I love my son, but I don't envy my brother and sister in law with 4 boys! 

  I've never found punishment to be the answer to any sort of bathroom issues.  I'd suggest the marble reward system.  I wouldn't make a big deal over it either.

it's sometimes he does good he lifts the seat and that. and then last night he started by the sink and went all the way to the side of the toliet.so he had to clean it its starting to smell nasty so i have to clean the floor daily and use odor ban,so then this morning he did the same thing,a trail from the sink to a puddle on the side of the toliet. last year he was peeing in my heat vent on the floor which was lovely but he stopped that.  I am the only woman in our house and the boys bathroom stinks.. they get pee everywhere.. I have them help clean, but they just don't get it.. Dh took Ds to homedepo to get new seats. I replace them often.. can't stand the ick.. any way. he has done better with his new seat.. DH let him pick his own.. the lid goes down by itself.. I was not happy with the cost.. but, that's what I get for letting DH take him... but, I will say he doesn't miss on purpose..My son went through a long phase of this too. Potty training went
great for him and from 2-4 we would joke that he had better aim
than Daddy. Then I started finding pee everywhere! The floor, the
trashcan, the bathtub...even in vases!!! He could never give me an
answer on why he did it.
He has an "ALMOST" obsessive fear of germs (which I passed onto
him, lol), so I finally explained in detail how the only place we were
safe from the big bad pee germs, was if they went straight into the
toilet. Anywhere else and they could make us sick. Problem solved.
maybe it wasnt nice to prey on his fears, but there is truth in it and it
worked!I have to say, I've seen my adhd son running with his pants down, pinching pertinent areas to keep from peeing before he gets to the toilet!!  He just waits too long, then thinking about going makes it impossible to not go. For some reason the men in my house can't seem to keep from dribbling on the floor, from age 39 down to 8. Boy, do I get P*ssed when I step in cold drops of pee in the dark in the middle of the night!!  The dog manages to do his business where he should, why can't they?!   Oh, well, back to your problem.  I would also rule out a medical issue, then really start hitting a reward/un-reward program.  Good luck!  My 6yr old always forgets to flush. No matter how much I remind him and make him go back and do it.  I think while he is pottying his mind is thinking of what to do next ..  and he runs off and forgets.  I know this is not your issue, but my resolution might help.   To help resolve the flushing problem, I told him that everytime I find where he did not flush..  he has to pay me 50 cents.  DS is really into money now and saves to buy a toy he wants..  He thinks twice now about flushing b/c he doesnt want to take 50 cents out of his toy fund and give to me.  Give him a toothbrush and make him clean the floor AND the toilet (inside and out) with it.  Tell him he has to get up under the rim and everything.  Make him responsible for it.  UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES do you clean it up!  This probably will take more than once, but if he messes it up, he should have to clean it up! WEll I'm glad to hear my son isn't the only one that pee's on the floor.  It's not poor aim, I WISH.  He just in such a rush that he doesn't care where he goes.  Oh he make it to the bathroom, just on the toilet.  Now he has started peeing out side his bedroom door on the carpet.  BTW he's 10.  Looking for parents in the Kyle, Texas area. 

Ewww...I'm glad I have all girls!

Well, until menstruation hits...

Double ewww.

This is so my DS.  He is now 11 and has finally improved.  I belive it is because at the age of 10 I was so tierd of it and added cleaning his bathroom weekly to his list of to-do's.  I would check it and if it wasn't cleaned well enough he would clean untill it was.  He always had tooth paste all over the place and soap was dripped all over the place as well as the aimming problem.  He finally got tierd of cleaning up his own mess and now takes more carefull aim.  I know that he never did it on purpose, he was just careless.  I had tried the "Aim at the Cherrios" as well as positive reinforcment and punishment.  None of it worked.  But a few month of cleaning and he take much better care of the bathroom.how long has he been doing this,,,,what was going on that that time,,,that he started,,,,is he just being smarty pants,,,aggressive or fearful,,,,,,my grandson is afraid to go down the hallway i have to walk him to the bathroom,,,,and he has no idea of what he is scared of,,,,i do his oldest sister had him watch chucky with her,,,,,,

well he 10 and I've had trouble with him and the bathroom since he was 2 1/2.  I guess i'll try the cleaning and see how that goes.  His ADHD is moderate to servere at times.  Extremely servere with Strattera.

 

 

Maybe not only have your son clean the floor but lose a privilage too.

What dosage of straterra is he on? and what is his weight?  How long has he been on it?He may not be on the right dose. Straterra is dosed by weight, and is VERY weight sensitive.

I have all girls9 thanks goodness), but my nephew stays with me on alternate weekends, and we have experiencced the poor aim dilemna also, and it is gross. I do have to say that if a child peed on my carpet outside of a bedroom intentionally, not accidently ,  they would find themselves on hands and knees cleaning with vinegar and HOT water, and they would never ever intentionally do it again.I would make sure it was a good long life changing cleaning session, but then again I am a clean freak.

edbson39013.7665277778he was on strattera, but he's on Concerta 38mg and Prozac 40mg.  Trust me I got on to him and told him if he did it again he would find himself sleeping out side with the animals.   He hasn't done it again.  9 girls, wow!