Potty Training Diary: Meet the Potty

on July 12, 2010 at 10:30 AM

ducky potty The first act of potty training: getting the potty.

So The Stir checked in with Olivia, a mom who just started potty training her almost-2-year-old in anticipation of a little brother's arrival, to share her first experiences on the job for moms who aren't quite there yet.

Today she offers up her assessment of the new addition to the family bathroom -- and more importantly daughter Kristen's views on this interloper.

Important to note: For the sake of this little girl's future, both names have been changed to protect the mother-daughter relationship.

"The potty seems great," Olivia says of the new Fisher-Price Ducky 3-in-1 Potty (at $24.99, it's about $5 cheaper than the other potty she considered for the job).

Describing it as "sturdy" and "cute without being vomit-inducing" (hey, this is a bathroom), it's been a hit with Mom and baby.

"She likes it, maybe because it is easily identified as a duck; we know ducks say quack quack, etc. I like it because it's a step stool as well, and in case we want to, it comes undone to be a seat on the 'big potty.'"

A quick look-see by The Stir shows the potty is also supposed to quack and "plays different tunes -- a musical reward for your child's potty progress."

But Olivia is waiting on the batteries.

"Forgive me Fisher-Price, but I have not utilized the song or quacking options yet," she confessed. "I guess I'm a potty purist, and I'm not sure if a potty should sing/quack. I'm not saying I WON'T put batteries in, but not yet."

How do you feel about singing potties?

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Comments (2)

LoriAnn87

on Jul 12, 2010 at 10:33 AM

We have the fisher price on that sings and can also be used as a stool but we only have introudted the potty to our son we have not started yet and we will probley start after his third b-day. I think the singing is cool because it shows little ones what they just did was great.

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Nonmember comment from SKL

on Jul 12, 2010 at 10:44 AM

One of my kids would have probably freaked out if her potty sang, particularly if it sang upon being peed on. I've heard of kids who have been terrified of the potty for ages after receiving such a shock. So it depends on the child. When my kids were 2, I bought a riding horse that galloped and whinnied when moved, and the kids were horrified. They warmed up a little afterwards, but it never became a favorite toy like mine was as a kid. I should have waited to introduce the sounds until after they got used to the toy.