What is the best potty seat for a boy?

[We_love_WDW]

What is a good potty seat for potty training a boy and what age did you start? I potty trained my DD alittle before she was three, but I heard boys take longer.

 

[Hillbeans]

I really never had a lot of luck with boys and potty chairs (having trained 2 boys). I think the best one out there that helps avoid splashing is the Baby Bjorn one that goes right over the toilet.

 

[minkydog]

I didn't use a potty chair with DS either. He just climbed up on the toilet and sat on the seat backwards, the better to watch himself pee. I threw Froot Loops in the bowl and he would shoot them down. Once he got the hang of that I put a large dictionary (wrapped in plastic) on the floor and let him stand up.

Incidently this is the kid who preferred to wear his undies backward because he couldn't see Batman back there

 

[TigerBear]

I totally agree with Hillbeans!

 

[nmmom95]

I trained both of my boys standing. We had a seat that went over the toilet seat for #2. Neither one took long to train. They were 2.

 

[Disneycrazy!!]

We had a Bob The Builder seat that fit over our toilet but he never used it. I actually have a photo of him with it stuck on his head! I don't know what possesed him to stick a toilet seat around his head!!! I would post the pic but I think that would be child abuse for public emberrasing my child.
The cheerios and fruit loops work great in the toilet. Boys usually do take longer to pottytrain.

 

[dreamn_Disney]

This is what I used with my son and he is still using it at age 5. He loves it.

Peter Potty

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

I agree with everyone else, just go straight to the big toilet. Otherwise you've got a kid who is either stuck at home, going back to pullups for outings, or requires you to drag the seat with you.

Daycares here can't use potty seats/potty chairs because they aren't sanitary if they're shared, and you know what, all the kids, even the kids in church basement programs with full sized toilets do just fine.

Good luck!

 

[MinnieTink]

We are right in the midst of potty training and my 3 y/o DS (or as he would say, he's 3 old years! LOL) would agree with using the regular toilet. We have a potty here and a potty seat (that fits on the regular toilet) at Grandma's and he prefers the big boy toilet.

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

Neither of my boys would sit on the trainer potties. We trained them on the toilet. One trained easily at just under 3 years old. The other was a real challenge - took us a very long time...

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I have a seat for my son--sesame street. I Don't recommend it. He has yet to be successful on the potty--but it is clearly obvious that the miniscule pee guard they provide isn't going to do much when he does have to pee if he chooses to do so seated.


But I'd love some tips on how to get him interested. He knows what the potty is for as he helps me when he's around (likes to fetch TP, flush the toilet--confirms what I'm doing). But he has absolutely ZERO interest in learning himself. I think he even knows that he went in his diaper and he much prefers to deny it. How can I tell? His smirks, grins, giggles and protests when he did go versus his very nonchalent, complacent "no" that he gives when he is indeed dry.

Frustrating!

2y 10 months and he just had his IEP for speech services when he turns three. They test everything and while he is great on everything but his speech--they mentioned his pottying was borderline not good. I have no idea what that means. But it had little impact on his developmental scores.

Perhaps he should practice backwards on the potty like someone suggested.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Neither of my boys would sit on the trainer potties. We trained them on the toilet. One trained easily at just under 3 years old. The other was a real challenge - took us a very long time...

How did you handle the one that was a challenge?

Inquiring mommy wants to know.

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

How did you handle the one that was a challenge?

Inquiring mommy wants to know.

He was one of those kids that liked to play in his poop.

Because he wasn't the least bit uncomfortable sitting in it (or worse ), we had to back off a few times and try again later. In the meantime, you couldn't leave him alone, or you would have a disgusting mess to clean up...

 

[Shmily1]

DS20 was potty trained at 1 1/2 and DD18 at 3. He didn't use a potty chair. I let him "water flowers" outside and then we moved to standing on a stool to use the toilet. He was soooo easy and DD was sooo NOT!!

 

[golfgal]

I didn't use a potty chair with DS either. He just climbed up on the toilet and sat on the seat backwards, the better to watch himself pee. I threw Froot Loops in the bowl and he would shoot them down. Once he got the hang of that I put a large dictionary (wrapped in plastic) on the floor and let him stand up.

Incidently this is the kid who preferred to wear his undies backward because he couldn't see Batman back there

This is what we did. It gave them the back of the toilet to hold too so they were more stable.

I agree with everyone else, just go straight to the big toilet. Otherwise you've got a kid who is either stuck at home, going back to pullups for outings, or requires you to drag the seat with you.

Daycares here can't use potty seats/potty chairs because they aren't sanitary if they're shared, and you know what, all the kids, even the kids in church basement programs with full sized toilets do just fine.

Good luck!

My SIL did this with my niece-they hauled that potty seat everywhere

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I agree with everyone else, just go straight to the big toilet. Otherwise you've got a kid who is either stuck at home, going back to pullups for outings, or requires you to drag the seat with you.

Daycares here can't use potty seats/potty chairs because they aren't sanitary if they're shared, and you know what, all the kids, even the kids in church basement programs with full sized toilets do just fine.

Good luck!

One step ahead sells a folding portable seat. So we never had trouble once the girls were trained of going in publc. It was a temporary thing. But it didn't leave us "stuck at home" or dragging anything along.

Daycares around here have child size toilets. They are not full size. They are mini-size for small bums. They are regular toilets but with a potty training toddler in mind.

 

[mjkacmom]

We had the baby bjorn one piece simple potty, but both of my boys went on the regular toilet on their own as well. I did traditional potty training with my first 2, and it took months, and nakey butt with the next 3, which took less than a week. My older 2 were 3+ when they were trained, and my younger 3 were under 3. We used the little potty for the beginning of nakey butt, but graduated to the big potty in a few days. Make sure your ds learns to hold his ***** down, or lean forward!

 

[MickeyShow]

I trained my son when he was 29 months within a day. He loved the potty that looks like a frog that we got at Target. It has a very high splash guard that is critical with little boys. He used it for about two weeks and then transferred to the big toilet with the Cars insert (again high splash guard). About a month after that he learned to stand. But from day one he understood that the little potty was for home and used the big one when we were out and about. There really was no confusion and starting on the little one made it less scary.

 

[justhat]

I didn't use a potty chair with DS either. He just climbed up on the toilet and sat on the seat backwards, the better to watch himself pee. I threw Froot Loops in the bowl and he would shoot them down. Once he got the hang of that I put a large dictionary (wrapped in plastic) on the floor and let him stand up.

Incidently this is the kid who preferred to wear his undies backward because he couldn't see Batman back there

This was my son, except for the dictionary thing anyway. Sat backwards, peed on targets, wore underwear backwards to see the character (Diego in our case!), crazy.

Oh, and he potty trained just before he turned 2yo, which was actually younger than my daughter.

 

[paintnolish]

DS was totally trained by 3 (except at night- Pull-ups for a long time!). He tried a potty seat, but it got gross quickly. Like a few PPs, he sat backwards on the toilet.