Peter Potty Flushing Toddler Urinal- Reviews???

Updated on April 21, 2009
L.D. asks from Sterling, VA
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I'm thinking about purchasing this Peter Potty Flushing Toddler Urinal ($38-40) for my son (he's 3yr 4mo) and still not potty trained - I have used advice fr this site/books.... I thought I would try this urinal, but want to see how others like it first.

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K.B.

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Victoria and I have similar experiences. I removed the water from the top to keep my son from continually flushing the thing. I also, sometimes, would forget to empty the container but for me it wasn't that much of a big deal, I would just put it in the shower and rinse it out with some cleaner.
It helped my son because it allowed him to stand while urinating and he could do it like daddy. The sitting down was never successful for him and he has never used an actual potty or potty seat even though we have bought many.
I have now passed the torch (the peter potty) on to my sister whose son is almost 3. Her son was so excited about the peter potty he tried to pee in it right away and would not get dressed becuase he wanted to keep trying.
They even rang me up on the web cam to show me how excited he was. They couldn't even get it all the way out of the box before he wanted to try.

Some suggestions of course is try to have a specific time each day that you decide to empty the container so it becomes a habit. This will keep you from having any accidents.
See how your son does with the flushing mechanism and if he is a flusher just don't put water in it.
Sometimes you may want to take a small cup of water after he is done and pour it down to keep the potty from smelling or staining.
Be patient. It will come in time and when it does I have found through my experience it will stick. When I didn't pressure my son to potty train and let him go at his pace he has not had any major accidents. He has been out of diapers for almost a year and has only had one major accident in his bed (when he was first starting) but it was our fault.

Good luck. In my opinion the petty potty is the way to go for little boys.

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P.B.

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I bought this for my niece's little boy and it was a great help in potty training him. She told me it was the best gift ever!

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D.S.

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We purchased for our son when he was in the initial potty training stages. He loved it and as others noted, he wanted to flush all the time. I did not like having to empty/clean the urinal cup, which is why his sit down potty goes directly on our toilet.
We used the Peter Potty for a short time and then found that if we put a stool in front of our toilet, he could stand up, lean forward and rest on the back of the toilet and go directly in the toilet. He’s now tall enough that he can stand on the floor.

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V.M.

answers from Norfolk on

Hi L.! I purchased the Peter Potty Flushing Toddler Urinal about 4 months ago - I have been happy with it. I feel that it has helped the potty process along a little better than the sit down potty. You have the option of mounting it to the wall which we did not do. Also, I took off the top cover(you will see what I am talking about if you get it) because my son would not leave that alone - it has something to do with the flushing. We do not use the flushing because I see it only as something he would play with and try to make the potty process only about going potty and not hearing funny noises or playing with a flush. The only downside which is my fault is I sometimes forget to empty the storage compartment and it can get rather stinky but I take clorox wipes and try daily to clean it all over. Overall I would say give it a try - I think it has been a success for us (even though we are not quite done!).
Not sure where you are getting yours but we ordered it from Walmart online and just had it delivered to the store for free.

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