When did you get rid of the potty?

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And Dc just used the toilet?

DD has just turned 4. Easily potty trained with wees from 2 years old, but we have had more trouble with poos. For a long time she would only do them in a nappy. That’s now much better and most of the time she’ll do them in the potty.

But, I’m so bloody fed up of the potty. I hate emptying it and cleaning it. Final straw came this morning when I went in the downstairs loo to find a stinking, stagnant wee filled potty. I absolutely blame DH because he never empties the bloody thing and he’d used the loo several times and obviously just ignored it.

But, given DDs preference for using the potty, is it a bad idea just to get rid of them? Will she just get on with it using the loo, or could it set us back? She’s starting school in September so I don’t want to unsettle her but equally I would like her to be used to using the loo exclusively. She’s happy to use a loo when we’re out and about but I do still give her quite a lot of help.

thanks for any advice.

Do you have a seat reducer for the toilet? We have one with steps that fits over the regular toilet seat and allows my kids to climb up by themselves. They wouldn't be able to use the toilet independently without it.

You need a family toilet seat that has two seat sizes so your child have a comfortable and easy to use seat on the loo. Absolutely brilliant invention. And since your DD uses a toilet when out and about I'd just hide the potty so she uses the toilet at home.

As quickly as possible! ( toilet trained at two and potty taken away just after).

Like you, just an awful task, emptying and cleaning.

I stop using them as soon as they are trained enough to be able to hold it for long enough to get to the loo. When you start training, a potty is handy as you can take the potty to the child, rather than the child to the loo. Within a couple of weeks I transition them to a loo, with a seat and step, it makes things much easier when you are out and about.

We never used a potty at all. Straight to toilet with a trainer seat.

Thanks all. I’m just going to do it. We have steps in both bathrooms but only one child seat to go over the loo seat, so I’m going to get another one of those and just get rid of the potties. Hopefully she just accepts it seamlessly!

Yep age 4 you need to get rid.
At school she will be using the toilet with no help, so you need to get her ready for that really. That includes using the right amount of toilet roll, flushing the toilet etc.

Yeah just get rid of it completely.

It was in the bedroom mostly unused until a little bit before my youngest 5th birthday. When I got rid of it.

Before that both the kids occasionally used it at bedtime.

I think it depends on the child but at 4 I'd be bored of cleaning potties and I'd just get rid of them.

We have a LOT of fairies in our part of town...and they really help mummy out of some jams....

I would just have the Potty fairy come and take them to a new baby and leaves some paw patrol junk or whatever behind....