What's a good potty for boys?

[sarahew]

Hi all. Just about to buy a potty for ds, but not sure where to start. Any recommendations would be great! What has worked well for others please?

[Vik]

We found the BabyBjorn potty chair the best, a good height if they're sitting for a while, with back support and easy to clean as it comes apart. http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=babybjorn+potty&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&oe=utf8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=9445449860127123584&sa=X&ei=XckzT9SEFKaw0QXWqr27Ag&ved=0CHMQ8gIwAw#

[Pickle]

We just got a cheap one from Mothercare, we found both children only used a potty for a couple of weeks before switching to using the toilet instead - much easier if you can do that early on.

[onefifty]

We used the baby bjorn seat that fits onto the toilet and a step stool. Worked great for him and we never had to go through all the fuss of cleaning out a potty.

[akc74]

Very interested in missing the potty out all together and using the loo seat - sounds like a great idea. Is that unusual, or are there many of you out there for whom that worked?

[alieh]

I think if you have a downstairs toilet it would be fairly easy to just use the loo with a seat cover. However without a toilet nearby we've found we need the potty closer at hand. Especially as we have a baby as well so not easy to rush upstairs at a moment's notice. We have the Beaba potty and it has been very good for our son. Lots of room for his willy to aim down at the front!

[bumpy]

Currently on week 4 and my boy prefers the potty to the toilet, think he feels more secure and in control. I think it all depends on the child as have a friend whose child loves the toilet rather than the potty.

[Belle]

yes I'm definitely finding without a downstairs loo we still need to have the potty to hand - that's after starting potty training just before xmas. Also means he can just go without assistance. But of course don't exactly want to live with a potty in the sitting room forever! We use the potette as we're lazy and it means can just bin the contents straight away - find cleaning poo out of a potty a nightmare. Size of potty def an issue with boys - we initially had a cheap John Lewis one but quite often find the wee goes everywhere, which is bad as he then thinks it's like having an accident, when it's not his fault at all.