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Is your child ready for potty training at nursery? Here's the place for all your toilet training questions.

Comfortable, smaller potty that doesn't cost £20!

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perceptionreality · 14/08/2012 16:36

My dd has just started using the potty of her own accord and the only one she will sit on is the Baby Bjorn one - we have the potty chair. She won't sit on any of the basic Mothercare ones and I think this is because she's well over 3 and is not small for her age and they are uncomfortable.

We are going abroad in 2 weeks and I'm thinking she will still need a potty. But the chair we have is too big to take with us. I think I am going to have to fork out £20 for the smaller Baby Bjorn version - but I just wanted to check with any of you with larger toddlers whether there are any cheaper potties that your dcs find ok enough to use?

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jjazz · 14/08/2012 20:39

We have a mothercare one and it is very small and my DS is prone to 'overshooting' on it and my DS is a small/averageish 2.5 yr old . I have emailed mothercare to complain about its design- guess what? no reply!
I have a Tesco £3 yes you heard correctly £3 one which is the best. It is big enough to do the job with a sort of flat area at the back and liiks comfy to me!

Mum2Fergus · 14/08/2012 22:49

In all honesty Id start to encourage using the proper toilet. I bought 2 cheap Tesco potties, 2 step stools, 2 toilet boosters (the ones that sit on the adult seat) and a Potette for Spain last werk. He stopped using everything after about 3 days! The Potette has yet to see the light of day...he wants to be like Mummy and Daddy and use big toilet, so all I bought is now packed away!

perceptionreality · 14/08/2012 23:56

Thanks for your replies. We do have a step and I feel she will be quite happy to use the toilet. I've veen considering getting a loo seat but I'm not sure if she's quite ready yet. But then in 2 weeks maybe she will be.

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forevergreek · 15/08/2012 07:08

We never used potty. Straight on loo seat. If you can encourage is so much easier as you can obviously find loos anywhere and just hold her if no loo seat

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