https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:40:49 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-826171 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:34:14 +0000 looch 826171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got one of those freestanding potty things, but my son had trouble sitting on it, balance wise. If I could do it over, I'd get soemthing that is a potty bowl integrated into a wooden chair or something so he can brace himself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-826095 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:56:44 +0000 mamimami 826095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our is not perfect by any means... but I think the key is always to teach them to point downward. This is what they'll have to do when you're out and about anyway! Might as well get used to it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-826086 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:51:18 +0000 pelikila 826086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We potty trained DS at 19 months. We used the Prince Lionheart Potty Pod (no pee guard is going to be perfect so set a towel under the potty and change it frequently and hold the penis down) and I kept C home for 9 days straight (started over a long weekend and he stayed home an extra couple days due to contracting HFMD just before). We used "Oh Crap. Potty Training" by Jamie Glowacki (<a href="http://www.jamieglowacki.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.jamieglowacki.com/</a>) which was a great fit for my parenting style. I would say DS was fully potty training (we night trained at the same time we day trained) where we had very few accidents if any within a month at the most and some of that delay was because he went back to daycare and they didn't have little potties in his room so there were more accidents getting him to the big potty down the hall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-826051 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:26:39 +0000 Honeybee 826051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: We had a very relaxed approach at 3 months. :) With both kids, we just put them on the potty before/after, naps, meals, outing, and baths. Sometimes they would go, sometimes they wouldn't, but if they did go, we just made a really big deal out of their accomplishment. DD was in cloth training pants full-time by 15 months, but DS isn't nearly that predictable (at 14 months). He goes maybe once every day or two. We did take a pretty big break with him, though, from about 8-12 months, where we would only set him on the potty very occasionally (like once a week or less). So we're just now getting back into it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-826020 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 06:48:18 +0000 matador84 826020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: I am amazed. What was the process for starting at 3 months? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-825957 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 01:50:50 +0000 Honeybee 825957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started my son on the Baby Bjorn potty chair at 2 months. As long as he leans forward and sits at the front, we don't have any spray/leaking. He's not potty trained yet (14 months right now) but I'm hopeful he'll be out of diapers by the end of the year (20 months). We started DD at 3 months and she was potty trained fully by 18 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-825871 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 22:49:51 +0000 Mrs. Twine 825871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a girl (well, two, actually, but only one who's wearing underwear, so...) but I will chime in because it looks like you could use some more answers. We started when she was about 18 months and showing signs of readiness, such as staying dry for longer periods of time, ability to communicate (though this one is up for debate, because EC obviously doesn't require verbal/signed communication), interest in mom using the potty, etc. She was in underwear full-time by age two (on the button), and has only ever had three accidents. She was pooping on the potty for every BM by the end of 18 months, but asked for "underwear" (cloth trainers) when she had to pee until right before her 2nd birthday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-825825 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:49:44 +0000 irene 825825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: Wagon Jr has a lot of "potential" in the future! ;) lol</p> <p>OK I am going to buy a potty seat instead of a potty. We'll see how it goes! Thanks ladies!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-825801 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:30:34 +0000 mrs. wagon 825801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@brownie: yeah, still not enough for Wagon Jr. ;) he's... pointy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-825791 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:24:15 +0000 brownie 825791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: tip I saw on here at some point was to have them lean forward. Their wee wee automatically goes down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-825767 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:08:31 +0000 mrs. wagon 825767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We potty trained at just past 2.5 years old. We got two seat toppers: one by Mother's Helper with a little step stool attached, and one baby bjorn seat topper. No little potty. The Mother's Helper leaked everywhere and the baby bjorn one worked much better. But still, no matter what he has to push his wee-wee downward or pee gets everywhere. He constantly has to get his pants and underwear changed at daycare because he forgets to push his wee wee down while peeing on the potty and it gets everywhere.</p> <p>I think we picked the exact right time to potty train. We did 3 days at home with lots of accidents, and lots of accidents in the days following, but he only had one bed wetting incident. Since then he's only wet the bed when he was sick or having a really bad nightmare. Once he had a really bad stomach flu and was doing diarrhea round the clock, and he still didn't go in bed. Once he had to go and stood up and cried, and he had gone before we got him out of bed, but he was wearing pajama bottoms and a sleep sack so we didn't even have to change his sheets.</p> <p>So his muscles to hold in pee and poop were definitely ready at that time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-825766 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:08:08 +0000 brownie 825766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: the Walmart one. It looks like the mothers helper cooshie cover. It's soft on top. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-825749 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:56:50 +0000 irene 825749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@brownie: Kudos to you!! what kind of seat toppers did you use? I am thinking of buying 1 potty and 1 seat topper....</p> <p>Now I wish I potty train him earlier! My mom kept bugging me to potty train him when he was just a .... newborn! She kept saying I was potty trained when I was an infant, way before I was able to walk or talk (i walked and talked very late). I thought she was crazy or remembered it wrong until now I am reading more about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-825725 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:44:12 +0000 T-Mom 825725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at 2.5 and it took 3 days. However she had practiced before that at day care and at home. Haven't trained my 21 mo old DS yet so not sure about best potty for boys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-825691 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:30:06 +0000 brownie 825691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started potty learning at 6 months old so he wouldn't be afraid of the toilet. We chose to get one of the seat toppers for the big toilet instead of a little potty. Ours worked well. We sat him on the potty all the time. At 18 months old he was peeing on command and in pullups. At 20 months old he was full time underwear. We still had to help him take off his clothes and get on the toilet. At 24 months he could take off his pants (underwear with elastic waist pants) and sit on the toddler potty at school. He doesn't request it, but will pee when we take him so we consider him daytime pee trained. He doesn't poop so much in the potty but that is a whole separate issue because of his gastro issues. Today he told me he had to pee and did it. He also pooped in the potty on command. So he is getting there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-825681 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:22:47 +0000 irene 825681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hello.... anyone? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/in-search-of-the-perfect-potty-for-boys#post-825629 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:51:02 +0000 irene 825629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am shopping for the perfect potty for boys on amazon for my 16 month old son. While I read about every single potty on amazon all of them has raving reviews, the negative reviews always say it is not a potty for boys. The pee guard causing pee leaking everywhere, or it is too small, and there is more pee on the floor than in the potty etc. Any suggestions??? </p> <p>Also, when did you start potty training your LO, and how long did it take you to succeed? (I actually don't know what it meant by "succeed", but at least consistently requesting to use the potty while still using overnight diapers?)</p> <p>Thanks! </p>