Has anyone potty training skipped out the potty & just used the loo?

[thegardener]

Ds won't sit on the potty at all but is showing the signs - staying dry for a couple of hrs, making a noise when he's doing a poo to possibly be potty trained (he's 16 months)
Should i leave it & try later or should i buy a toddler seat for the loo?
Please help!

I was very keen to skip the potty as getting them to use the loo avoids all that tipping wee into the loo, not to mention wiping poo out of the potty (worse than changing a nappy!).

So we've used loo seats from day one with both of our kids. They also have the advantage that when you're out and about your child is used to sitting on a loo and you can even just pop them on a normal loo seat and hold on to them and they won't freak out.

Having said that - we have ended up with a potty in the kitchen, as our loo is upstairs, and dd2 seems to like to wee about every 30 minutes, especially if we're cooking or eating supper or doing something else that we don't want to interrupt to take her upstairs.

16 months is quite young, but you can always give it a go and go back to nappies if it doesn't work out. Or just have the potty and loo seat around for a few months for him to get used to the idea before seriously trying to abandon nappies.

We used loo seats from day one too, never have liked a potty but if DD2 shows signs of not wanting to use the loo then i'll try her with a potty.

There is no harm in trying, and if he isn't interested then it can just lie and gather dust for a bit LOL

I used to be very anti potty (the idea seemed disgusting to me) and always assumed I would skip it.

So far I don't know as MIL reccons potty is an essential (but that's another thread altogether) and DS is so not interested in anything but nappies ATM anyway.

I can mention that my sis went straight on the toilet.

yup - mine all went and chose a new potty from the shop, then all refused to use it AT ALL, and went on one of those loo inserts straight on the loo. so that is 3 out of 4 of them (the youngest isn't ready yet, although 16 months like yours!)

I think squatting down like that to pee/poo isn't very restful - much easier to go straight onto the loo sitting I think.
But I'd leave it a bit later - I think at that age you are on a hiding to nothing until he is at least 2.

do you all have downstairs loos?

Both of mine were toilet trained without a potty and went straight to the loo (without a toddler seat). Our childminder was the force behind this...she just said that all her mindees were trained perfectly well without a potty...and that they just balanced themselves on the toilet without mishap. It certainly was convenient. Before she told us not to, we had actually bought a toddler seat for our loo, but it only seemed to direct the pee everywhere but in the toilet and we very quickly gave it up.

as much as I'd love to use the loo only we don't have one downstairs. DS is happy to use the potty but only if he can go to it himself, in his own time. This wouldn't be possible if we were only using the loo as it is upstairs.

My dd was 3y4m when she decided that was it with the nappies. Went straight to the toilet and was completely dry after 2days. No potty at all.

Yes, went straight to using the loo with a seat insert (it helpd to have a downstairs loo though )

Our 2yr old DS went straight on to the Loo rather than a potty (he was dry/clean at 22 months) however at 25 months he regressed and will not use the loo at all only the potty - if we try to put him on the loo he screams and screams and goes as stiff as a plank, so we have decided to leave the loo well alone until he is big enough to stand up and wee (Not sure what we will do about poo at the mo!) The problem we have encountered now is that we have to carry a pot round with us everywhere and sometimes disposal is an issue!

Never potty trained that young but I skipped the potty and went straight for the loo even though it was upstairs and had to open the stairgate. Biggest advantage was that they learned from day one they had to give me notice to get there so when we were out and about they didn't expect me to magically produce a potty at 3 seconds notice!

Do you think it is too early for ds - he's 16 months? Lots seem to start later on.

I think it could work then he will lose interest but that's just my opinion I found having them in nappies more convenient - especially as I had a younger ones at the same time!