Mamas & Papas-
Our DS may be a bit young for this at 16.5 months, but he is showing signs of readiness, he can remove his own pants, he knows when his diaper is off, and if given a chance, he will go hide somewhere and pee the floor. My mother, has been doing some old school old world E.C. (using an old yogurt tub and making PSHHHH noises to encourage him to go). I dont know what success she's had with that if any.
I think it might be time to at least introduce a potty. When shopping on Amazon, I see that there are comments re: splashguards, and that some models aren't really suited for boys. Is there any merit to this? Does one need a splashguard at all? Let me know which potty you used and how it worked out for you.
Thanks a bunch,
LSHA
I went through 3 potty's with my son before we found this one that he loved and never had any problems with splash.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Fisher-Price-Precious-Planet-Fr...
Hi there!
I do home childcare and for years searched for the "perfect" potty chair. I don't use them long as my preference is for the large potty, but kids have their own ideas! Always!
I also work on early training (22 mos-28 mos usually with the 3 day method as the base with families starting at home and I support their efforts), so have smaller, younger kids.
The easiest for both boys or girls to use and to clean that I have ever used is the Fisher Price Froggy Potty! 2 pieces, making clean up easy. Pee does not shoot out between the pieces. It forces any child to sit in a sort of natural wide footed stance (then they can see what they are doing as they all want to anyway!), and this natural hip tilt gets boys business in the right place as well. It also has a raised front for the froggy face shape that serves as a pee guard for the fellas! Cheap too...$10-$12 at Target or Walmart type stores.
http://www.target.com/p/Fisher-Price-Froggy-Potty/-/A-137...=
I can not say enough great things about this as a simple little free standing potty seat!!!! Its cute, easy to clean, good positioning for kids, and they seem to love it as well!
I love the froggy potty. I don't remember what it's called, but I bet you could find it by searching. It was wonderful for boys, never any mess.
ETA: I see that KP actually posted a link for it. So, I second the recommendation for that potty!
The Fisher-Price Froggy Potty is easy to use and keep clean, and the design in front is nice and high and smooth with no splashguard to accidentally hurt himself on ~ it's great!
I was thinking about my nephew’s potty training and thinking that boys (and men) will always need a splash guard, lol.
I would get one of the potty seats for the toilet and a step stool and have him start sitting there. When you see him heading for a corner or taking off the diaper bring him to the bathroom. This way you won't have to redirect him later from the training potty to the toilet.
Also the old school way works, other countries do not use diapers for long if they even use them at all. They potty train babies at birth.
Neither of my boys wanted a traditional potty chair. They both wanted to use the big potty like mom and dad. So, although we had one (with a splash guard), it is basically unused, and we ended up using this one all the time: http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2304657
The nice thing about it is that in addition to being cheap and easy, you can throw it in the diaper bag when you are leaving the house.
Your son is at the perfect age to start, and should easily be trained by his 2nd bday. Good for you for noticing the signs of readiness!
I bought one of those three-in-one potties. It worked great with both my boy and girl.
Good Morning,
We did not use a boy specific potty chair, and we never saw a need for a splashguard. Rather we just got a plain one, that would work for each gender, in the event we had a daughter later (which we did). We also didn't get one that made music or noise, as I had gotten advice that it would be a distraction. This is the one that worked for us:
http://www.bing.com/shopping/summer-infant-step-by-step-p...
Good Luck!
Baby bjorn floor potty is great with boys. No removeable splash guard to break - it's build in. Plus all in one piece - it's very easy to clean.
With my son we got a potty chair with the soft splash guard. You could flip over the seat for a girl. I also heard about the hard plastic hurting little boys. It's this one. http://www.amazon.com/Safety-1St-Comfy-Cushy-Potty/dp/B00...
But my son's interest was short lived (thankfully, the potty seats are a little gross). He wanted to go potty like Mommy and Daddy so we used the old potty seat as a step stool for the real potty and just got a potty seat that went on top of the potty. He never had any issues with those seats.
GL!
