Little potty chair or kiddie toilet seat?

I just bought at the weekend a seat to put under the toilet seat, and a regular old styles potty, and a stool. Jacob is very interested in wee wees. I guess it is personal choise. I just sit him on the loo on the seat when he comes and says wees and is pulling at his nappy (probably shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted, but he will get the idea) and before bathtime, after tea, i sit him on the potty and say you can do wee wees and poos on here. He is a bit young as well, but I am just integrating it into daily life kinda like the big bed thing in the hope he will of his own accord be keen on trying it at some stage.

I asked about this in the Baby factory. And despite their service being questionable (don't get me started!) the advice the gave made sense to me.

She said get a potty because when they are learning it is harder to get to the toilet, get clothes off and get up on the toilet to go. If you have a potty you can keep it somewhere close by.

We use a potty for that exact reason Anna. We have it in a discrete place and abby just goes and sits on it whenever she needs to go. It has a slide out tray that we empty and can wash, and the top part looks just like a toilet.

The reason we use a potty is because Abby is only two and still thinks the toilet is a fun water play room (Yuck) so she needs to be supervised and sometimes there just isn't enough time to drop what you are doing and run to the toilet. This way she doesn't have to ask and can just go. Once she's over the whole yay water lets play we will get rid of the potty. I like your idea Bee and might follow you lead and offer a treat for the potty.

Edited by vick

We had a normal potty and decorated it with stickers.
We also have a toilet seat I got from pak n save for $5. It is great. The folding ones are quite useful too as you can take them with you when you go out.

Personally I don't see any point of getting a fancy one

i had an insert for gabriel but it freaked him out...he preferred the toilet without one and used the stool from the bathroom to get up at first but doesnt anymore. toby also climbs up on the toilet without a stool now too and it is so funny seeing this little under 2 sitting on the loo. i never had a potty cause i hate that they get carted all over the house...

I didn't use either, my son was terrified of the potty and my daughter went through the whole "I'm a big girl" thing. So both kids were trained straight to the toilet. A friend of mine is using a kids toilet seat not sure where she got it from though.