Mom Seeking Advice on Potty Chairs

I don't have one to recommend, but I do have one not to buy...it's a bit older, so I don't know if it's still around. The one I have is the Fisher Price Throne one. The reason why I don't like it is because when he pees it leaks out of the seam where the splash guard and holding cup meet. (does that make sense?) Anyway, I guess what I'm trying to say is get one that is a single piece of molded plastic.

Buy the kind of chair that can be used as a chair or breaks down into a step and potty seat that fits on the toilet. That way you'll be prepared if your child favors one over the other. I had my son decorate his with stickers before he started. He loved decorating it! My biggest piece of advice is don't start until your child is ready-for boys around 3 years. Use training pants so accidents are easier to clean up. They can be hard to find, so if you see them, grab them. Lastly, you will probably need all the patience in the world to get through it with a smile on your face and only positive words. Good luck!!!

My children did better with those deals that look like a toilet seat, that you put on the actual toilet that makes it smaller so the child can use the toilet without falling in. It is easier if you have a small bathroom because it can literally be rinsed in the tub and stored behind the toilet, keep a stool under the sink, easier to clean and use than a potty chair.

I would recommend plain and simple. We bought two standard white toddler toilets at babies r us. That seems to work just fine. Also, we started doing potty 101 at around 17-18 months. You can even do it now. Introduce your son to the potty and the words. Talk about it when you and/or your husband go to the bathroom. Let him sit on it with his clothes on with a book or a toy to get used to sitting on it. Try to make it a very fun experience. That has seem to work best for us. Then when he actually does go in the potty; then I would start the actual process. My little girl is almost 2 and she asks us to go poo poo or pee pee. Just amazing!

My son isn't really following the same "rules" I hear about only children, especially boys. Not only is he "easier" than expected, he loves to go poo in the toilet but doesn't make it as often to pee. You never know, do you...
My son has a fuzzy pooh chair he sits in when in the living room watching his couple shows. When he was approximately 19 months old, we just moved the pooh chair out of the way and brought in this cute little wooden throne potty chair (the one with the toilet roll and magazine rack) just for fun. He'd sit in it for just a little while every day while watching his show (with his diaper on) to get used to it. Then we put it back in the bathroom. To get him ready, we also would let him in when we were on the toilet. He'd sit on his chair while I sat on the toilet, and one day I was just being stupid/silly and started a "grunt game" where I would grunt and squeeze my hands and he would do the same. He pooped in his seat! I wasn't really trying to train him, but it worked and we threw a party. Dad had to come in and see, and we clapped and cheered about him being a big boy, did the high fives, and then he got to watch it go in the toilet and flush the toilet himself. He thought it was awesome.
Now at 25 months old, he'll tap his diaper and run to the bathroom (usually this means he's peed at least a little in his diaper, but sometimes he makes it). OR he'll say "I go pee I go pee I go pee" and we run and open the door for him to do so. We put the "throne" potty seat in our bathroom because he likes it sometimes, and in the guest bathroom (where he goes most often) we have the insert (which is honestly much much better than a potty chair): that's really where we started making real headway in the potty training game. We went to Babies R Us and got an Elmo insert seat that you put on your "real" toilet (b/c he is all about Elmo), and a matching Elmo stool, and showed all the cool little Elmos to him so he liked it. Then we put him on it when he tapped his diaper and now he knows what to do. If the door is open, he's been known to take the seat off the back of the toilet, put it where it goes, and climb up himself. We did buy the portable folding seat insert for his diaper bag too, because NO WAY do I want him having to touch icky public toilets (or fall in, lol). We're not pushing him too much though. Make it fun, and celebrate when they succeed. OH--I also got the Elmo potty time DVD from a neighbor which is kinda weirdly cute. He likes that too, and though I don't think it's a magic thing that makes him toilet trained, it was kinda fun and got him thinking about it. I also agree with the mom that said don't ask if they want to go potty---my son loves to go but will say no 100% of the time. Before beginning potty training, we were already on a schedule (we eat at basically set times each day, so the diapers are at basically the same times everyday). I paid attention to the diaper schedule and just added toilet times around that same schedule. When it's about that time, I'll just say "hey big guy! let's go to the potty!" (or as gross as this sounds, taking his warm shower in the morning helps him relax so that as soon as we finish the shower and I dry him off, I put him on the potty for his morning poo). Just kinda pay attention to the routines that are already there and that will help a lot. Have fun.

I have potty trained 4 of my 5 kiddos & my best advice is NOT to buy a potty chair. Instead buy a seat insert for the big potty & a step stool.

The reasoning is this: if you train them to use a potty chair, then you have to retrain them to use the actual toilet. I buy the inserts and found a portable fold up one that fit in the diaper bag for using in public. They are much mor sanitary bc your LO will ALWAYS put their hands on the toilet seat to steady themselves...gross... the insert will cover most of the sides.

I have also seen to many training kiddos either freak out in public bathrooms wanting their chair or wet their pants bc the big potty scares them.

So in my expieriencem the inserts are sooooo much better & they are only about $10 or less so you can habe several & so can grandma.

just fyi for your sanity: I never actually "trained" any of them.I just kind of followed their cues. My boys both just decided to go potty about aweek before their 3rd birthdays & my girls both trained around 2 1/2 sleeping in pull ups only. Its so much nicer to let them lead the process instead of fighting about it, demanding they do it and causing tears :o)

good luck!

K.
mom to 5
good luck!

First...i syour child very independant and like to be 'big' or more laid back and follower?
If independant, i recommend the seat that goes on the tiolet and a good step stool. If the other then i say a lwo tot ground soft seat potty chair. The tall chairs are cute but some are too high to get on and their legs hang uncomfortably on it.
My first and third were very strong willed and wanted to everything by themselves and like me and be big. They would not even use the potty chair. I even had teh pretty wooded princess chair with tiolet paper holder and magazine spot but no.......... Only they real toilet. Now my mid girl, she was slow and at her own pace. You couldn't force her to do anything. Not even sit on it just to pretend and read a book. But when she was ready (she decided) she wanted to potty chair. She would hang out in the bathroom on the chair with a book or just sing for what seemed like hours. She did not like the big toilet. Seh is still my baby and woudl gladly at 6 still let em carry her everywhere if i would. Maybe your son can help you pick it out and go ahead and leave it out and get him use to it and definetly start talking about it everytime you go.

I purchased both the baby bjorn potty chair and seat.

My daughter has no interest in the chair.

She does like the seat for the big girl potty.

We tried potty training a few months back but she wasnt ready. I would take her to the bathroom and sing a potty song to get her excited about it and had some books and toys like flash cards for her to stay intertained. Nothing has happened yet.

But reciently she has been telling me she has poo poo or that she needs a diaper change by tapping her diaper...in front for pee pee and back for poo poo.

Now that she is aware of her body functions and has already been prepaired by a trial run she is excited when we go to the potty. So I take her to the bathroom and show her that poo poo goes in the potty. And sit her there til she is ready to get off.

I do not force her to go the the potty which is the key.

When starting potty training do not ask do you need to go to the potty. Odds are they will say no.

Say it is time to go potty! With excitement! If it is fun they will learn better.

I would plan not to leave the house for the week of potty training unless you are prepaired to continue the potty training outside the house. Let your friends know that you are potty training your child so they are aware when you visit.

Also I found out sugary drinks for some reason are bad to give when training it for some reason blocks off the sensation of having to pee. Stick with Water and milk when training.

Good luck.

Ikea has some that are really small and are a single piece of molded plastic, so no crevices to clean out. And they are only about $4. We bought 4 so we could put them in different rooms (when we get ready to finally potty train...haven't started yet) My cousin told me that instead of potty training, I should just beat myself in the head because it's the same thing. Her little girl is 6 months older than mine. Maybe she's wrong...I hope so. Good luck to you!

A.
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