Please or to access all these features

Add post

Watch this thread

Save thread

Start a new thread

Flip thread

Hide thread

My feed

Active Unanswered threads

Getting started FAQ's

Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines

Hide shortcut buttons

Talk

Parenting

For free parenting resources please check out the Early Years Alliance's Family Corner.

Flip

Original poster

What is better - a potty or a sit on seat (that is put on toilet seat)?

11 replies

likessleep · 19/01/2009 19:19

Do you think?
Thanks!

OP posts:

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Habbibu · 19/01/2009 19:28

both! seat for upstairs and potty for downstairs in our house.

rookiemater · 19/01/2009 19:30

Really depends on what your DC prefers. Potties have the advantage of being cheaper and more portable. We bought both but DS prefers potty or just normal toilet seat.

nuttygirl · 19/01/2009 19:41

Well we had a potty that dd used from 10 months old BUT once she could stand up from it she never used it again so recently we bought a seat to sit on the loo and she likes it but not sure she understands what it's for depiting asking to go on it cos she needs a wee or poo

Interested in this thread?

Then you might like threads about these subjects:

Families General parenting

nuttygirl · 19/01/2009 19:42

despite not sure where depiting came from!

Seona1973 · 19/01/2009 19:45

we had a potty which rarely got used and both dd and ds have sat on the big toilet without needing a trainer seat

bodiddly · 19/01/2009 19:47

we had both .. sometimes ds liked having the seat for the toilet as it made him feel more like a big boy but other times he preferred sitting on his potty with a pile of books to read!

Breizhette · 19/01/2009 19:47

Just potty trained DD 2 weeks ago and it's going well. She uses both a potty and a seat on the loo. The potty is good as she can use it on her own if only wearing some knickers and tights for example.

ThingOne · 19/01/2009 20:03

Depends entirely on the child. My DS1 preferred a potty until he was quite old (he's small) but DS2 is quite happy on the extra seat on the loo.

Original poster

likessleep · 19/01/2009 20:35

thanks so much for responding.

ds is only 15 months, but is weeing on demand after his bath in the evening (guess is a temperature thing), so i thought it was worth seeing if he would wee on the potty, so he might build the association.

i knew it was way too early, but thought if i had no expectations, it would be a bonus if he took to it.

anyway, he hates the potty, refuses to sit on it and if he does, he clings to me/cries/gets up.

so i might invest in a 'seat' for the future.

thanks again

OP posts:

normanthehairdresser · 19/01/2009 21:43

See what he likes in the future.

Mine absolutely refused the potty but was hooked by a loo seat with Thomas the Tank Engine on it - and the concept of peeing on Thomas cheered Mummy up a bit

Seona1973 · 20/01/2009 13:04

likessleep, my ds never really sat on the potty but liked to pee into it standing up - I would just hold it up under his willy and he would do his pee.

Flip