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tommy tippee potette, worth buying?

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ClareVoiant · 01/05/2008 18:35

we're potty training and planning a day out. should we invest in one of these?

(and is it socially acceptable for your potty trainee to use one whilst queuing for a ride at a theme park, if they need to go? )

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Flame · 01/05/2008 18:36

Better than pullin down pants and sh*ttin on the floor

I loved mine - well worth it.

OracleInaCoracle · 01/05/2008 18:37

i bought one, and ds wouldnt use it. its too flimsy for him. waste of money ime.

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NotABanana · 01/05/2008 18:37

I bought one and thought later what a waste of time but tbh it has been great and I have had it since 2004 and used it more since the first one was not needing it than when he did.

DS1, age 7 used it 2 weeks ago when there was really no other option!

NotABanana · 01/05/2008 18:38

One little tip - when you have used it make it up again so it is ready immediately when the need arises.

nobodysfool · 01/05/2008 18:38

DS has never used his one.
He finds it too low to sit on (he is very tall for his age though).

DontCallMeBaby · 01/05/2008 18:41

Worth the money just for the time DD used it in the back of the car as it was moving veeeeeery slooooooowly round West Midlands Safari Park on a bank holiday Monday. Priceless.

WigWamBam · 01/05/2008 18:42

Dd had one, but it wasn't much use. She was tall, the potette was small, and she found it too low to sit on comfortably. When she did use it, the wee just sailed right over the front of it, missing the pot altogether.

BevB · 01/05/2008 18:49

Although it didn't get a lot of use with dd1 it was always nice to know you didn't have to rush and find a public toilet when out and about.
wigwambam - I thought my dd1 was the only girl who could pee over the front of potties & toilet seats! Have you found out why or how this is happening as its really annoying having to tell her to stop midstream because shes peeing out .

VanillaPumpkin · 01/05/2008 18:51

I would not be without ours. It is kept in the car and has got me out of many a potentially awkward sitution. My nearly five year old was the last to use it . The two year old seems to have better control...

VanillaPumpkin · 01/05/2008 18:52

Bev, my dd1 used to pee over the toilet seat. I tried to encourage her to lean forward so it was propelled back and to put her legs clser together. It seemed to work and she has now grown out of it. HTH

mothtelephone · 01/05/2008 19:10

Yes, really useful - not just for when training, even once mine had been trained for a while it was a godsend on long car journeys when he still found it hard to wait a long time - he was small enough still to sit on it and it was familiar and we could use it anywhere. Agree about making it up again straight away - also you can make it up with two or three of the liners so you just take the top one off each time. Do make sure it's properly set up though and won't collapse - that happened once to ds and he was very put off for the next couple of times he used it and took a lot of cajoling - but that was our fault, not a fault of the product.

barbamama · 01/05/2008 19:14

yes this was THE product that allowed me to easily potty train my 2y 5m old boy last summer I think. We don't really use it anymore but for a good few months it was essential and I will use it with ds2. For some bizarre reason, I chose to start potty training him the day we were going to LEgoland last summer and we used it after each ride - no accidents all day until a little one just before getting in the car on the way home. TBh now I would just let him wee in the bushes but for him, and me, it was great for reassurance and gave me the confidence to take that first step and take him out without a nappy on. He was completely toilet trained withing the week, nighttime a few weeks later. even after that though it takes thema while to be able to hold it in so we used to stop in the car on the way home from nursery to use it. I think for the price they are very useful, albeit for quite a short time.

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ClareVoiant · 01/05/2008 20:17

thank you for all your replies barbamama,we must be on the same wavelength cos dp can't undertand my desire to try to potty train ds this weekend when we are planning a themepark trip. I shall be visiting mothercare tomorrow to get one, and hopefully all will be well. noted about setting it up. ds really cant wait, once he's decided he needs to go atm.

thanks all.

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GreatGooglyMoogly · 01/05/2008 20:27

We have this which is fantastic and better than the potette imo as it is higher off the ground, but I'm not sure if you can get it in the UK. We also keep ours in the car and use cheap rubbish bags in it so that it doesn't get expensive to use!

barbamama · 01/05/2008 20:28

Clare I missed your last comment in the OP about theme parks - how funny!!! We used it all the time at Legoland and noone seemed to mind! I think you get more dirty looks if you just let them wee in the bushes! Good luck, go for it, I think making it part of a big day out was good as it was all pert of the excitement.

barbamama · 01/05/2008 20:31

I think I had had it in my head that I wanted to start the month before we went on holiday so we wouldn't have to take nappies with us and that just happenned to fall on the Legoland trip and I just thoughth, sod it, lets go for it. Everyone thought I was crazy but, as I said, it worked out fine.

How old is your trainee?

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ClareVoiant · 01/05/2008 21:46

he's 2yrs 7mnths. I also want to get cracking with it properly. atm he will wee in the potty in the afternoons at home,so i really want to stop confusing him with nappies in the mornings (he goes to cm and wont wee in her toilet).

dp thought i was a little nuts to go for it this weekend. I think we should just suck it and see so to speak. i think if we just stop putting nappies on him, he'll soon get the hang of it. we may have some accidents,am a bit worried about the car journey and him falling asleep. how did you cope with that?

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PortAndLemon · 01/05/2008 21:54

Yes -- only used it for a few months, but it was a lifesaver for that time. I agree with NAB about always making it up after use so that it's ready for the next time.

DS has never weed in the car; we did get one of those car seat pad things, though, just in case.

yehudiwho · 01/05/2008 21:56

absolutley would- was brilliant for DS and you can use carriers with sanitary towels in the bottom rather than splashing out for the replacement liners

bluenosesaint · 01/05/2008 21:57

Yes yes yes!! Lifesaver for me with dd2 who was one of those children that couldn't have possibly have made it to a toilet in time once she had felt the urge to go ...

One product that i seriously couldn't have done without! ...well, i could obviously, but there would have been a lot more washing for me

UniS · 03/05/2008 12:02

for use at CM why not get a 2nd normal potty?
I pop our potty under the buggy and take that out with us, I use a cloth to soak/bundle up contents and pop into napy sack if not able to dispose of in more appropriate place.

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ClareVoiant · 03/05/2008 17:33

oh,i will send the normal potty to cm with ds, she only lives next door but one,so thats not a problem

it was for out and about,specifically,we are off to thomas land tomorrow at drayton manor,and ds really cant hold on for long. He's doing very well so far though

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sfxmum · 03/05/2008 17:35

I use it, dd calls it her travel potty and makes sure it is at the bottom of the buggy when we go out.

Rosa · 03/05/2008 17:48

When you finish the liner bags use plastic bags and put kitchen paper in them ..But do check they are not child friendly ones with holes in them
Also make sure everybody putting it up knows how it works ( that the legs have to click in ) dd ended up sliding sideways in the car park yesterday ..thankfully it was a grassy bit but poor thing she did get a shock. Thankfully after refusing it all day yesterday she decided she wanted to pee in the 'outside' potty this morning !
I think its fab as not many public loos here and can't hold her to pee if you know what I mean.

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