Potty training, especially for new parents, can be an overwhelming and dreadful experience if they are unaware about the correct technique and equipment required for the same. AptParenting enlightens you on how to choose an appropriate potty training seat for your child and train him accordingly.
Portable Potty Seat
A seat that is detachable from the regular toilet seat is a portable potty seat, which you can carry wherever you go.
Toilet training is an important developmental stage in a kid’s life, and it’s the parents’ responsibility to train their child well in this routine activity. To enhance potty training, there is a variety of equipment available in the market, which you can select according to your preference and convenience. Amongst the many equipment, a potty training seat is one that can help your growing baby during his potty training years. However, there are a few important things to be considered regarding your kid’s safety and comfort, before buying a potty seat, and they have been discussed in the following sections. Take a look.
Tips to Buy a Potty Training Seat for Your Kid
Firstly, it is extremely important to learn the difference between a potty training seat and a potty chair. Secondly, decide which equipment does your child need and want, and what are your preferences regarding its use, cost, durability, etc.
While a potty chair is a stand-alone potty equipment, a potty seat is an attachable plastic seat that fits over the regular adult toilet seat. Some kids dread the adult toilet, which, in turn, may hamper their learning process. That is why, many parents invest in an individual potty chair that is a low and comfortable equipment for the baby. However, there are toddler-sized potty seats, which can help the toddler sit comfortably on the adult toilet. A step stool can be of great help to climb and access the seat and rest the feet on the stool comfortably, rather than keeping them dangling all the while.
The equipment used for the toilet training of your little one should not only be safe and comfortable for him, but also easy for you to use it for the kid. In such a case, a stand-alone chair can be a problem as compared to a potty seat. You may have to repeat the potty chair cleaning process several times a day after each visit by the toddler. Also, if you get stuck with some difficult to clean mess, the task may become all the more tedious and frustrating.
On the contrary, if you choose a kids’ toilet seat it will make the toilet training easy and convenient, because once the little one gets done with his business, you just have to flush it away and you’re done.
The potty seat should have a dial or a rubbery underside to prevent the kid from slipping off the seat. It allows your kid to fit over the adult toilet perfectly and reduces the risk of falling. It also removes the fear from the child’s mind of using a bigger toilet seat.
Use of a splash guard will enhance the toilet training by preventing the possible mess created by the kid if he is unable to aim properly. Hence, consider a toilet training seat with a splash guard. If the child feels uncomfortable with the splash guard, don’t use it. Be patient enough to clean the mess, and allow the child to take his time to learn to potty train without the splash guard.
A potty seat with handles on the sides is always a better option for toddlers. It helps them with a grip to grab the seat properly when in a hurry.
Some kids may feel scared of this whole potty training thing, and may take a long time to learn it. To avoid this, you can allow your kid to choose a potty seat of his choice and hope that the training goes faster with his favorite equipment.
While using a kid-sized seat over an adult toilet for your little one’s potty training, it is important to use a step stool for two reasons. Firstly, it can be scary for your toddler to sit on an elevated toilet seat, and secondly, if there is no step stool to push against, it may hamper his bowel movements.
