OT: Best potty training chair

[goofy4wdw2]

Our DD is 18 months and seems to have a growing interest in her diaper changes and our using the bathroom. We don't think she's ready to start potty training anytime soon, but we thought we'd buy a potty training chair now just so she gets used to seeing it, so it's more familiar when she's ready. Are there any you recommend or don't recommend? Any other tips? Thanks!!

 

[roliepolieoliefan]

Truthfully neither of my kids (one boy one girl) would use a potty chair.

DS just used the toilet, he was bigger. For DD I used one of those seats that fit over the normal toilet seat. I had the potty, they just perferred to go right on the commode. Fine with me!

 

[gabbysmom04]

I bought the fisher price royal potty chair for DD when she was the same age. I found it to be very loud and did not work that well, it kept telling her she went when she wa ot doing anything. We bought a seat that goies over a reg toilet she loves that. Only thing Is she needs help to get on and off it.

 

[KariC]

I have 6 potty chairs and 2 or 3 potty rings in my basement right now. Oh, and a potty ring is still at my mom's house that I purchased for her to have. I have so many because we kept having issues with them! Our very very all time favorite was.....the Baby Bjorn. We have one in pink and one in blue. I liked the ones with the removable bowl (as opposed to the ones that are all one piece). I had to buy them online, none of the stores had them. I did find the Baby Bjorn potty ring (for Mom's house) at Once Upon a Child for $5!!! We liked that a lot, too! So, that's my recommendation. Our others leaked, or tipped over easily, etc. Oh, and I took back the padded seat potty chairs....the twins thought they felt weird. Our fold-up potty rings (purchased to take to Disney on our last trip) tended to fold-up while sitting on them....not so good.

Anyway, for us, the expense of the Bjorn was well worth it!!! Good luck!

 

[Tinkerbell2002]

We had a little plastic seat that you attach to the toilet just over the regular seat. So it didn't come off (till dh unscrewed it off when ds got bigger). Then it flipped up and down just like a regular toilet seat. We found this worked best for us since at the time of pottytraining we had 1 bathroom that was not really big enough for a potty chair. It was a pain to trip on the potty chair in the middle of the night.

 

[Gillian]

One with a lift out (not slide out) "pot" is easier.

My dd likes the insert for the regular toilet we have with handles. I think it came from a potty seat. It's white with blue handles. For a while she used the seat as a step stool, and the lift out seat with the handles on the big toilet. Now she doesn't use anything special (age 3 1/2).

 

[MariMouse]

The best potty training seat for all involved is the one that snaps onto the regular toilet. The toddler feels like a big kid using the same toilet that everyone else in the house uses and the parent does not have the wonderful job of cleaning the potty!!

 

[PeachesDoesHair]

For DD I used one of those seats that fit over the normal toilet seat.

Exactly the same for my daughter. I didn't really like the idea of cleaning out a potty chair anyway, so I was very happy she wanted to use the big potty like mommy.

 

[monorailsilver]

I have a toilet ring for my kids too.

And I have one of those foldable plastic ones for when we are out.

And I have a potty seat (my sister gave it to me since she didn't need it anymore) in my car (I have a SUV) for emergencies while out along with lysol spray.

My 2 never that are potty trained never had a problem with the toilet ring & I will do that for my youngest who will be 1 in March & hopefully be PT early so I can be free of diapers!

 

[SummersMom]

Another vote for the potty ring that fits on the regular seat. I found it to be the easiest with my kids, especially when it was time to go somewhere and have to pee on a regular potty at a store.

 

[katiesmom2]

Yet another vote for the little seat that goes on the toilet. I think it works better for familiarizing the child with the toilet so that when you have to use a regular toilet in public, it isn't so scary. Just get a little seat and a stool that your DD can use to get up to the toilet and you'll be good. The stool can then be moved over to the sink for handwashing - works well.

A point to consider - who wants to clean out that potty afterwards. Free yourself from the POOP....LOL

 

[mom2aredhead]

Both of our bathrooms are SMALL so we just didn't have room for a seperate seat. No need to "transition" from the chair to a toilet and have something else to learn...

 

[tink621]

I agree with the other posters. We have four boys. Only one is left to be potty trained . I never understood why someone would want to use a potty chair. First of all you have to clean it out which is like changing a diaper or worse Also you have to retrain them to the toliet. My children all used the cushioned potty rings. They come in different characters also. We just use a child's stool to climb on the toliet and to wash our hands afterwards.