Which Potty Training Potty to Buy??

For small spaces, the baby Bjorn "Little Potty" worked great for us (we got two b/c we have twins and a small bathroom) http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Bjorn-050021US-BABYBJÖRN-Littl...
It's easy to clean and also its small size makes it easy to carry along in the car or in the stroller to the park - lots of parents keep one as their "travel potty". One of the clerks at Rockridge Kids in Oakland recommended this over the bigger Bjorn potty with the removable insert b/c there's less for the kids to play around with (said he knew lots of kids would just take the insert out of the bigger potty and use it as a hat or other similarly goofy things)

Potty training--what fun! just kidding : )
But really, a good potty will help make things easier. It's been several years since we bought ours, so I can't give a specific recommendation, but I can tell you a couple things to look for...

For instance, many of the potties double as a step stool. That feature was not useful at all for us, since you have to clean out the potty before moving it to the sink to use as a stool, and I wanted to get my child finished and out of the bathroom before tackling clean-up. A stool is not a bad feature, but I'd venture that you probably won't use it. So don't be put off by the non-stool kind. (Did that make sense?) We got a separate small stool to keep by the sink.

Also, look for one that's easy to pick up and clean all over. We had the kind where you can lift up the seat ring and use it on the big toilet. Then there was the "catching bowl" which I'd have to lift out and dump (and it takes more cleaning after a poop...). And you'd be surprised how the pee sometimes seeped under the ring and bowl and I'd have to occasionally pick up the entire chair to clean underneath. I think our was by First Years(?) and it only had 4 pieces--the ring, bowl, main body, and lid.

So I would suggest not worrying about all the bells and whistles of the fancy potties, and find something that fits in your bathroom leaving room for a separate stool, that doesn't have too many pieces to clean, and that's light enough to maneuver for cleaning.

By the way, I love your line about "using the word POTTY!" It's so funny how our caual topics of conversation change now that we're moms. (Here I am talking about peeing and pooping....can't do that around my non-mom friends...)
Good luck with the potty training!

I bought the Step One potty and a toilet insert when I did this the first time... My son was a little bit small for the insert in the beginning and really, at 27 mos when he potty trained, he basically skipped the insert thing... Our potty was fine enough (the Step One thing), but it had a lot of parts, and was a pain to keep clean. I also never used the step stool aspect of it. That just got in the way.

I'm going through potty training, now, with my second child, and ended up tossing the Step One potty and replacing it with the baby bjorn potty chair: http://www.target.com/Baby-Bjorn-BABYBJÖRN-Potty-Chair/dp...

because it has fewer parts to keep clean, and my daughter isn't as interested in playing with this.

One other note on the insert - My experience is that my second baby is also a bit small for the insert, and when she wants to go, she doesn't want to take the time to put the insert in the potty, she barely has enough time to get out of her clothes...

Hi M.!

I have three little girls who all used the little seat that fits on the toilet. We made sure there was a seat in each bathroom as well as a foot stool. It made them feel like "big" girls using the real toilet and is an easy transition. They were all toilet trained about 13-16 months old.

Good Luck!

Hi M.,

I'm also beginning to potty-train my older son. After reading many good reviews on it from amazon.com, we decided to buy the Baby Bjorn potty http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Bjorn-055121US-BabyBjorn-Potty...
It's not too big and has a very simple design (making cleaning very easy!). So far, my son likes the potty as it is very sturdy and doesn't easily tip over.

Hope this helps!

J. :)

I bought the safety first one...very basic and works fine. We have a two story so I also bought the little seat to go on the toilet for downstairs. To be honest, my son likes the little seat better that his own potty. He wants to sit on the "big" toilet like everyone else. If I had to do it again, I wouldn't even by the little potty chair.

we got a toilet insert, it's a padded Dora The Explorer potty seat that fits right on ours. We went to Ikea and found a step for about a buck.

Works great.

Hello,
I am also potty training. I bought a really cute potty chair at Target. When he goes number one, the toilet plays a song. It's not too big. We don't have a very big bathroom either but it fits nicely. It was about $20.00.
There are so many to pick from. Good luck :)