Adventures in potty training

This morning as I pulled Jack out of his crib and prepared to change his diaper, he started insisting that he sit on the potty. So I took him in there and placed him backwards, as I have seen my sister do with my nephew. Well, he was terrified because his little body was about to fall into the toilet so I pulled out Ellie’s old Elmo potty seat. Jack happily sat (forward facing) on the seat and I went about doing Ellie’s hair. Suddenly, I hear Jack yelling “peepee” over and over. I look and see Jack shooting pee all over the bathroom! Clearly, I am ignorant in the ways of boys because I had no idea his little thingy would not continue pointing down. So, I call Tom up on my way to school to relay the story and to ask him how we are supposed to teach Jack to point his weewee down when peeing.
“I don’t know, Holly. That’s not my area.”
“Well, it is definitely not MY area!”

So, please feel free to share your potty training tips for little boys.