Potties for Boys

[Azure]

I (well, mostly the nursery) started potty training DS (27 months) this week. So far, so bad - only one wee in a potty. Anyway, the main reason for this post is that I've found both the potty and loo seat bought from Mothercare to be much too small - it's a squeeze to push his willy down and seems uncomfortable to sit on for any length of time. Is this a common problem with boys? Can anyone recommend a more capacious potty? Any advice appreciated.

We always found the IKEA one good, so cheap we had about four of them. Seemed OK for DS1 but I don't know if they are any larger than any other potty.

Azure I found the same problem in the beginning. I ended up getting a potty that was higher at the back than it was at the front, so we just turned it around and ds sat on it back-to-front (if you know what I mean). Works brilliantly and we never have any problems with it. A lot of the potties out there seem to be too small for boys, I know what you mean.

I don't know what brand it is, but it wasn't expensive - I was more looking for the right shape and something that was big enough for him to sit on.

Azure

We trained our ds when he was 28 months and never used a potty for the reason you stated. He started doing wees in the toilet from day one. DH took him to the toilet for a two week period before we started properly to get him fully used to the idea. He then introduced a game which was putting a piece of toilet paper on the water in the bowl. DH and then ds pretended to be firemen putting out the fire (yes - imagination needed!). It really worked a treat. Obviously no 2 (as in bodily function not child) was a different issue but I found that when necessary I would put the trainer seat on the toilet when needed as normally he didn't need to do both at the same time.

BTW we used a step to make sure he was at the right height.

Sorry if this completely misses the point.