My daughter has been completely PT'd for about a year now and has never had an accident. She uses a public toilet in stores, resturaunts, health club and anyone's house we go to. But when we are home, she wants to only use her potty chair. I have made suggestions that we should give it to some other little girl who isn't trained yet, she cries and I feel bad. She refuses to give it up. Any advice anyone?
Hi Cheri
This is a little late, but they will lose interest in the potty chair. I think it is just a comfort thing.
My daughter could use toilets just fine without a potty seat, even the toilet down stairs, but the upstairs toilet she would only use her potty seat.
My daughter who is six, finally told me she doesn't need the potty seat (sits on the toilet) anymore.
With my twins we just removed the potty chair and had the chair mold for little butts and it worked. They have a little step stool to help get them up there. Some days one of my daughters wants to use the insert and the other one doesn't and there are some days that neither one wants to use the insert, it just all depends on their moods.
Good luck!!
It was not hard for us to move from the potty chair to the toilet. Friends of our had a little one that we spent a lot of time with. I said that it as Gracie's time to learn how to use the potty, so since we already knew how to use it, she wanted to give it to Gracie so she could then learn.
I think that even though she's been able to make that mind/body connection required for successful potty-training, she hasn't quite caught up to it emotionally. I think if you take away her potty it will send the wrong message...even though you see it from a practical point of view, she sees the presence of the potty chair comforting. If you get her a little spray bottle filled with vinegar and water, you could have her perform the clean-up so you do not have to when she uses that potty. To have the potty a year longer or so is a small price to pay to ensure she doesn't regress in an effort to get it back.
Great advice from Lindsey. I would suggest getting a adapter big seat. It is a regular seat that has a drop down that is the size for newbies. I think that with the larger toilets there is the fear of falling in along with the feet not reaching the floor, so a stool is another good idea. The toilet seat can be found at most hardware stores and the really nice thing about it is that you don't have to constantly put it on and take it off.
I would also suggest a potty ring that fits on your big potty. Our daughter is still potty training, and goes back and forth between her potty chair and the potty ring. I think if she had a stool so that she could get up onto the big potty by herself she would probably use it more. I'll have to try that!
We just had this same issue.. Here's what we did. We put the potty chair totally away and out of sight. She never batted an eye! Its easier than you think if you don't make an issue out of it. Did the same with the nuk and same results. Kids look for our reactions to things. When my daughter falls, I'm quick to ensure she's OK. Once I know she's fine. I say Oh lets rub your knee and then I move on to the next conversation. Npw, she rubs her own knee and tells me- its OK mom I'm OK. If she fixates on something, I leave the room and say, let me know when you're ready to read (or play or have a snack), then join mom in the other room. Worked like on a charm on my older boys- now the same w/ my daughter. Good Luck!
Have you tried having her being the one who empties it? If it's more work for her, maybe she'll take the easier path and use the toilet. And even if she continues with the potty chair, so what? Since it's no longer any work for you...
Cheri,
Perhaps one day, it will just be missing! Well, you looked everywhere and just can't find it. Oh well - but look at this little potty seat with Dora on it (or whatever) that sits right on the big potty! That will be fun!
Good luck!
One day I brought home a cool DORA insert for our toilet at home. I got my daughter a stool from Ikea so she could get on more confidently. Immediatly she wanted to try out Dora. I left her "potty chair" up for a while but she almost always choose the big potty. After a couple of months of it just sitting there, I asked her if I could put it away and she was good with that. If you don't want to go the insert route, maybe you could get something "cool" for her use while/after on the big potty like a character soap or lotion that she only gets to use on the big potty. Good luck!
