Potty Training + elongated toilets

Jen4033

DS has been using his potty chair, but I think he is losing interest with it & he refuses to poop in it. He has pooped at day care several times. I also want to get him on a daily schedule to get this process kicked into higher gear, that won't require me to clean the cup on the potty chair EVERY time he goes. So I'm looking at getting something that just goes on our toilet now.

We have elongated toilets in our house. My BIL gave us a character themed, cushioned potty seat his daughter used, but it doesn't seem to fit our seats. It slides around & is not secure at all. Looking online, seats that look like the same thing SAY they should fit most standard & elongated toilets, but I am weary to buy & have it not work. (Can these types of items even be returned? Guess that is something to check on too  )

I've been looking at this one, but am hesitant with the price if something simpler will work!
https://www.amazon.com/183EC-000-Elongated-NextStep-Easy-Clean/dp/B00596IFY8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404146519&sr=8-1&keywords=next+step+potty+seat

This is the cushioned-type I was referring to above: (a lot of reviews on these say they slide around.. I'm assuming those are elongated toilet families)
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Disney-Cars-Soft-Potty-Seat/36708656

 So - if you have an elongated toilet at home... what are you using? (Sorry if this has been asked recently already!)

sportsmomma

We have this potty seat on every toilet in our house and love it!!!
https://m.homedepot.com/p/BEMIS-NextStep-Elongated-Closed-Front-Toilet-Seat-in-White-1583SLOW-000/202721314

(File that under things I thought I'd never say...)

Jen4033

Looks like that might be the same if not very similar to the one I found on Amazon! Good to hear another good review on it.

sportsmomma

Duh! It is! I guess I missed it without the name brand. We love it!

Jen4033

@sportsmomma - I was reading some reviews & wanted to know if you experienced any of these things with yours?

Do you ever have issues with the toddler part of that seat popping off when your DS sits on it? 

Any issues with urine getting between the toddler & the adult seats or issues due to a lack of a "splash guard"?

Any issues with the paint wearing or bubbling up on the wood parts?

If I purchased this one, & found we did have issues with "splashing" do you think a cheap character cushioned one would fit on the toddler part? (Just trying to think ahead. )

Other reviews mentioned the magnet coming off because the child slams it shut, but if I get the slow close as in the link you shared, I could probably avoid that issue.

Wow... so much research for a thing to sit on to poop & pee! LOL I love shopping online, but I get so paranoid when I cannot see & touch something myself!

 

sportsmomma

Jen4033 said:

@sportsmomma - I was reading some reviews & wanted to know if you experienced any of these things with yours?

Do you ever have issues with the toddler part of that seat popping off when your DS sits on it?
Nope hasn't ever happened  

Any issues with urine getting between the toddler & the adult seats or issues due to a lack of a "splash guard"?
Yes, I think with DS not aiming pee is getting on the seat somehow regardless. It's not every time but does happen.

Any issues with the paint wearing or bubbling up on the wood parts?
I think ours is all plastic? If not, no we haven't

If I purchased this one, & found we did have issues with "splashing" do you think a cheap character cushioned one would fit on the toddler part? (Just trying to think ahead. ) it might but my experience is you still have to constantly clean those too from pee getting under it and harder to keep clean if pee gets in the cushion part.

Other reviews mentioned the magnet coming off because the child slams it shut, but if I get the slow close as in the link you shared, I could probably avoid that issue. No magnet issues here.

Wow... so much research for a thing to sit on to poop & pee! LOL I love shopping online, but I get so paranoid when I cannot see & touch something myself!

 

Answers in text above. We really love it but I'm sure other seats work fine too! Happy potty training!

Leap08

We had that seat in our first floor bathroom. The magnet fell off into the toilet so we replaced it and it happened again. We also had problems with toddler seat sliding / popping off. They had the same seat where we do swimming lessons, and they had the same thing happen. Anyway, we have now taken off the toddler seat part and both girls just sit on the regular toilet seat.

NNGnome

Leap08 Just had a quick question, we potty trained DS1 this past couple weeks, he is dry, but he only uses his potty. He was happy sitting on the toilet before potty training, but hasn't used it since learning, I think because it is too many steps to put the potty seat on the toilet.

So my question is, how did your DD2 to sit on the toilet without the fear of falling in, as this would make trips out much easier, currently we take the carry potty, which DS1 is too big for really.

jesselayne8

@NNGnome‌ - I fear DD will want to take her my carry potty to college.

NNGnome

@jesselayne8, I know, we had the my carry potty in the house because it needed cleaning and it was by the door to go back in the car, L just kept asking to use it instead of his regular potty, I had to move it back to the car to get him to stop LOL.

Leap08

I honestly can't say what we did to make her comfortable with sitting on the regular toilet seat. I think daycare helped a lot. They use regular, low to the ground toilets and I think she just got used to sitting on them. I used to help her get on the potty (especially if we were in a hurry) and I would kind of put my arm behind her for support. I still try to do this if we're at a public restroom and it's kind of a high toilet, although she doesn't really want me to do it anymore. She's a very independent and sometimes stubborn little girl.

MesmrEwe

sportsmomma said:

We have this potty seat on every toilet in our house and love it!!! https://m.homedepot.com/p/BEMIS-NextStep-Elongated-Closed-Front-Toilet-Seat-in-White-1583SLOW-000/202721314 (File that under things I thought I'd never say...)

THIS!!!! It's the way to go for now - and really - you were going to put money into seats, may as well get this one that's more functional, easier to clean, and will serve you well for the next year or two...

Jen4033

Leap08 said:

We had that seat in our first floor bathroom. The magnet fell off into the toilet so we replaced it and it happened again. We also had problems with toddler seat sliding / popping off. They had the same seat where we do swimming lessons, and they had the same thing happen. Anyway, we have now taken off the toddler seat part and both girls just sit on the regular toilet seat.

@Leap08 - Reading the reviews on these seats, I think they must have changed them quite a bit over the last couple years, but older models are likly still out there for purchase.  Many reviews said they were wood & the paint would bubble, and that they lost the magnet.  We did end up picking up this very seat at a local store that had it.  It is not wood at all and it had a slow, no slam top lid. I think that was possibly the cause of so many list magnets where the child could slam the lid down.

We also always put the seat in the 'ready' position for DS. We didn't once & he just got to the toilet & just went on the rug in front of it instead, LOL. So we haven't had any issues with him having to do the setting down of the toddler part.  It, so far, also doesn't move even a tiny bit when he sits on it.

We've been really happy with it.