Potty Chair

I tried the safety first chair but didn't like it because the splash guard fell down every time Tristan sat on the chair. I went out a got a bjorn potty chair. The splash guard is part of the collection bin(there are 2 versions, the one I got has the collection bin that comes out for easy emptying and has a nice high back). My son goes back and forth between wanting to use the potty and not. He does use the regular toilet at times but I am stumped on how to get him to keep his pants on and go to the bathroom. He has only done that once and it was on the bjorn chair.

Good luck!

hey J.!

we finished potty training our 3 year old son a few months ago, so it's fresh on my mind! we bought a potty chair, and he used it once. we had much more luck with the seat that fits onto the big toilet. he liked it better, there was no clean-up... we just used that with a nice sized step stool.

the only other advice i have at this point is to wait until he's ready. chase started showing an interest at 18 months, but wasn't ready until his 3rd birthday (oddly enough!). when he decided he was ready, it took us about a week for day and night dryness.

good luck!
J.
mom to chase (3)

We are not using a potty chair. We are attempting to train our 2 year old, but having some difficulty cause he can't talk and still needs to learn the sign for potty. We bought the adaptor rings for the big potty from the first years. My parents used a potty chain with me but when I got to big to sit on it, it was like my parents had to re-train me to use the big potty. I think starting them out on the big potty also helps alevate(sp?) any fear of it (big potty).

I have both the Safety 1st one and the Circo (Target) one. I think the Circo one is a much better design.

I know how you feel. I have a 3 yr old son, Terren, and it was hard in the beginning. I had set a goal that I wanted him potty trained by the age of 3. I bought a potty chair but he just wasn't interested. So what I did turned out to work. I took Terren to the store and let him pick out underwear that he liked. We started by just having him wear it around the house. That way, when he peed his pants, he would feel it running down his leg and know that that wasn't right. So after that we would ask him about once every half hour if he had to pee. He just got used to the idea of not having to wear diapers and was trained. I hope this helped in some way. Good luck.
J. B.

This one worked for us. We have 2 boys and 2 girls.

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-19/qid=11757849...

how to toilet train...good question

What we did was select a day, and put it on the calendar...together...I even had them put their own "mark" on the day. Then a few days before the big day, we went and picked out special underwear. Every day we talked up the big day with videos or books, and little confidence building comments through out the day.

then once the big day came (typically a weekend), we took off the diaper and pants. and for the whole weekend, I just followed them around and reminded them to go potty every 30 min to an hour (or sometimes just asking them if they need to go potty...being very consistent with the time in between potty...then gradually trusting them to just go when it was time to go. We even woke them up at 11 and 2am to bring them to the potty. Oh and be sure to celebrate each time he uses the potty...especially the poops.

There were accidents, yes, and they helped clean them up by bringing me the things I needed to clean it up. We also picked up some bedwetting pads to put under the sheets to catch any mess there.

BUT the biggest thing is that your child has to be ready to do it. It has to be his decision.

One thing my husband did to help prepare the boys is, take them to go when he went.

So funny...I would sometimes listen at the door

"check out these bubbles, pretty cool huh"

Other comments, were, big boys go like this or he would do a little dance like he had to go pee then he would ask (implore) our son to go with him.

make it fun regardless of what happens and don't get frustrated. Some children aren't ready for awhile, and that's ok.

I have the royal potty by Fisher Price. Yeah it has the sounds, if you decide to put the batteries in it :) I found that to be a problem with my daughter too. My 18 month old son sits on it after he gets cleaned up, before I put a new diaper on him. The legs come off and it snaps onto the toilet, has a back to it and so far he is loving it with no sounds. I think I've seen it just about every where. Bought mine nearly 3 years ago, so I don't know how much they are any more.

We liked the one that matched the "Once Upon a Potty" book (with a picture on it of either the boy or girl version), but it was really small. And it was really gross to keep cleaning it out.

Our best luck came with the put-on-top seats, instead of separate potties, and a stepladder. We bought a "real" stepladder for grown-ups, not the mini kid ones, because the small kid ones kept flipping over.

Our favorite seat was one that you bolted on between the lid and flip-up parts of the regular seat. The original company's been bought out - I think it's currently sold as the Safety First One-Step Trainer Seat.

Then a mom at my ECFE class recommended another seat - it's a regular toilet seat, but it has a special hinge so that you can't slam it - a real boon with two boys and a baby! The added plus was that the "hole" in the seat was small enough that we didn't need any kind of adapter. We got ours at Home Depot, but I bet they sell them lots of places. Just look for the one that brags about no slamming. The hole's still big enough for me to use (just barely) but it's a lot less scary for the kids.

- K.

Hi J.,

I bought the one that plays music when the child goes for my son. It was cute at first but after he really started using it we had a mess because it leaked all over the floor. My friend said she didn't have that problem with her daughter so it must have been because boys pee toward the side so be careful what you buy. Also with boys you have the cup piece and I have seen them that remove and don't remove. I got the one that removed thinking that it would be better for keeping it clean but in the beginning my son didn't like that being there and would try to pull it out which is messy and unclean. He eventually stopped that as he got used to it but it took some time. Just some info so you can make a better decision. There are many out there so I have no idea what are the best, I just know that it was easier choosing a potty chair for my daughter. Hope this helps. -S.

When I was potty training my son I went out and bought a nice chair as well and he never used it once. We got him to go on the potty by buying him a seat that you put on top of the adult toilet seat so the child dont fall in. My son liked sponge bob at the time so it was perfect..he got to sit on sponge bob while he went potty. Good luck

I tried all the potty chairs you could imagine with my little boy and honestly just going straight to the big potty was the best. If he had to poop he had a spongebob seat he could put on the big potty and if he just had to pee he used a step stool to reach. I originally started him sitting down and it was the worst experience ever. He couldnt get his thing down into the potty chairs in time because there was no room so he would pee all over the walls and floor. Not for lack of training just because he couldnt maneveur.