Snazzy Potty Chairs - Save Your Money
by Lynette
When my eldest was ready for potty, we purchased a really basic one - no thrills or frills. Later, when her little sister was ready, we purchased a new one because this one really didn’t want to touch the old one and she was a potty snob.
Then we found a snazzy one while shopping one day. It would make a magical sound every time you walk past it and when they actually used the potty, it would make a ‘tada’ type of sound. Ok so far so good right, it’s supposed to cheer them on. Tada! Well done, great job! We paid way much more for it than the first one, brought it home and proudly encouraged our little ones to go.
Well what do you know? Not 20 minutes later, I kept hearing that ‘tada’ - how excited and proud until I realized they weren’t going potty in it. Yup, they stuck their hand in the potty to trigger the sound.
It never got used as much as the first one. Or those seats that fit on the big potty. When it was their baby sister’s turn, I thought well maybe this one will be more willing to use it. No such luck! She too just used it as a toy - sticking her hand into the potty to make it sound.
Potty training your child? Take it from an experienced mom. Forget fancy potty chairs. And oh - mommy’s or daddy’s cheers are always better than music from the potty chair.
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August 9th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
My favorite potty EVER, hands down was a little $2 number from IKEA. They don’t make them anymore but they were perfect. Small, one piece, easy to clean, so portable, cheap….
August 9th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Oh I love IKEA they make the absolutely most wonderful, practical stuff.
August 10th, 2007 at 8:28 am
Lyn, thanks for the tip. I will keep that in mind.
With all the gadgets nowadays, I wonder how our parents potty trained us.
My mom once asked me if I’m potty training Olivia by holding her over the sink/potty and go “ssshhh ssshhh” so that she’ll pee. I said no! She couldn’t control her muscle yet. But she said that what she used to do with us.
August 10th, 2007 at 11:49 am
To be honest Hooi Imm, I think you should take her advise. We started very early with Cheryl-lyn and it worked wonders… until baby 2 came along then she just decided to abandon potty but that’s another thing. Did you read the book I passed on to you? The natural potty one? I didn’t get far but it mentions the shhhh shhh method too.
Potty is one of the hardest things as a parent thus far (sure there’ll be other things later) but I pushed my two older ones and that didn’t work out too well. With my youngest I’m just taking it as it comes but she’s also another issue. She won’t wear cloth panties. The only type she’ll wear are those that come lined with plastic. And when she wets it just once, she refuses to wear them anymore for the day.
August 10th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Frankly, I haven’t read it but I will, this weekend.
August 10th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
LOL I know how that works - when there’s baby around - reading goes out of the window.
August 11th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
It’s Sat night and I only managed to read the first 2 pages. It says the method would work if 1. The parent stay home 1-2 years of baby’s life. 2. You have a caregiver who is willing to work with you.
Ok, I don’t qualify but I will continue to read.
August 12th, 2007 at 1:42 am
LOL I’m sure there’s some parts that would work… let’s hope.