Toilet Training Products You’ll REGRET Buying
There are all sorts of items on the market created to help with toilet training, but the truth is, many of them are unnecessary and can even make the process more difficult.
In reality, there are only a few things you actually need to toilet train your toddler. The list is short, and anything else is a waste of money at best, and a hinderance at worst. If you want to toilet train your toddler as easily as possible it’s important to avoid the products that may hold them back or make the process harder than it needs to be.
I’ve personally purchased and/or used some of these and regretted it, so I’m hoping I can help you avoid the same mistakes.
In this video I’ll show you the incredibly common toilet training products that you should avoid buying, and also explain the reasoning behind each of them.
I hope you enjoy this one!
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00:00 – 03:22 : 1st Product To Avoid When Potty Training
03:23 – 04:19 : 2nd Product To Avoid When Potty Training
04:20 – 05:21 : 3rd Product To Avoid When Potty Training
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My toddler is 17months, and in cloth diapers (which should be giving her a better feeling of dry/wet/poopy than disposable diapers), but she NEVER gives me ANY indication that she needs a diaper change or is uncomfortable in her diaper😭 I just have to be constantly checking her. It concerns me for when we do start potty training
Same question as someone else previously asked, Emma, this is really great advice but what about when you are out and about having to use other people’s toilets or public toilets? Do you try and use the seat reducer then by taking it with you?
Thank you so much for your videos, they are helping a lot!!!
What do you do when you go somewhere there isn’t a combination seat?
Hi Emma ☀️ at what age do you typically start toilet training?
Wow! That was mind blowing! Very informative, thank you . I actually bought a little potty seat for my infant because i was interested in the elimination communication idea- after watching this would like to know if you would say to avoid elimination communication too?
At least the Family toilet seat I have is poor.
Another interesting video, thank you! Not terribly important for the subject of the video, but interesting in how same products are marketed different in different cultures; here in Sweden pull up diapers aren’t seen as a middle step, but as a different style of nappy to be used on babies/children not yet potty trained. We use them at night for our 14 months old, as the elastic makes it comfy and it follows her nighttime rolling around better than a regular nappy (less leaking) 😊
Just interesting how same products are seen differently in different cultures 😀
I used a floor toilet with my daughter and had no problems. Kept it in the bathroom, never forced her to use it just encouraged her to use it. She used it when she was ready. She was potty train around 2 years old. Then we transitioned to the big toilet with the child seat. Got a portable child seat for on the go. No problems here.
Thank you for this advice. I only keep a clean potty chair in the back of the SUV, in case my toddler needs to go while we’re out and about. Normal toilet otherwise.
Hi, thank you for the advice. I was wondering when is it recommended to start training a toddler to use a toilet?
My 3year old baby still train potty. Its hard she always say she afraid.
Hi I have been trying to toilet train my 3.5 year old daughter and the only way she will go on her own is if she’s bare bottom and the floor toilet ! She refuses the big toilet what can I do? I also need her potty trained before September!!
also I was thinking to buy skip hop potty which is similar to adult one in design with also flush sound but just smaller to match toddlers size.. will that be okay or shall I go directly for family style toilet seat?
I’m expecting my first baby and your videos are so helpful! What do you think about elimination communication?
So this is fine if your child’s bottom is actually big enough to not slide through the family toliet seat insert. My son is tiny and his bum falls through.
I wish you could show this on TikTok and all the Amazon products you recommend or potty training
Great advice! My daughter is only 5 months old, so we’re a ways off from this step, but I love researching & being prepared for what’s to come. Thanks Emma!
Thank you for this video ❤ my daughter is 20 months and started training her 2 months ago. She can say when she pees or poops but just refuses to use the potty and the small toilet in the house. I have no idea the type of potty I must get or how to encourage her to use the potty
I think in the middle of the night potty is not that bad🙂 During the day, my 3 year old boy has his own urinal but if he wants a poo, he has to use the toilet🙂
Hi Emma, thank you so much for your great advice.
What is your advice for nap time and bed time while potty training? I would think the child still needs to wear a diaper/nappy while they’re asleep?
I tried to scroll through the comments to see if someone else had already asked this question but there were just so many comments, I couldn’t read them all, haha. Sorry if this has already been asked.
I use the „pull up pants“ when it‘s too hot to wear a bodysuit underneath a tshirt.
They stay better where they should be. from Time to time normal diapers slide down without a bodysuit.
my boy hates potty seat, what to do ?
We cannot get my 3 and a half year old to poop in the toilet. He let’s us know now and then to pee but he has regressed to just going in his pull up.
not true. i have never seen anyone fall into the toilet but i was still deathly afraid of falling into the toilet. i was not the easiest baby to toilet train.
Thanks for this video! what would you recommend for travel if an insert is not recommended? would an insert be okay for EC (elimination communication)
I’m ur new subscriber 😊
I have very vivid memories of falling in the bowl 🤣
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hello emma love your videos. have a question: how to stop contact napping? 6 month old sleeps in crib at night but refuses to sleep in crib for naps. will wake up within 5 minutes of being put down versus 45+ minutes if held. sometimes will sleep in bed but will wake up 15 min later. dark room, white noise etc nothing works.
Can I toilet train a 15month old using family style toilet seat ? I will check on dimensions but because it’s not in shops in Belgium I will have to go by measurements and judge and order. But otherwise does 15m old baby resist it or it’s suitable to try since the beginning of potty training ?
I can’t get my almost 3 yr old to go poo in the toliet, we’ve been potty training for 4 weeks and have no pee accidents anymore but I can’t even get him to poo in the bathroom. He’ll go pee and then poo in his underwear shortly after. Idk what to do
I use pull up nappies because those are easier for me to put onto my active toddler! Also less leakages.
He’s 18 months now. Not sure when is best to start toilet training. Is it usually around age 3?
Our pediatrician recommended using a simple potty without any sound, light or anything that resembles a toy. She said we can locate it somewhere easily accessibe for the first week. After that, always in the bathroom. I dont know how professionals differ so much about the basics.
You look great Emma!!! Thank you for your videos!!! They really help me as a first time mommy!
How on earth can I get a family size toilet installed if i don’t own my home lol. And if I’m only gonna live here for a year. Just seems difficult to do as a temporary short term renter
To everyone asking about EC: I do EC with my 6mo, we started at 3 wks old and the 1st time we tried she went on the toilet right away! We’ve been doing it ever since and she almost only goes poo on the toilet, which is awesome because we also do cloth diapers. People ask why I’d do cloth diapers and say isn’t that gross to clean? I tell them it’s not thrilling but my baby almost always goes poo on the toilet so I only clean maybe 2 poopy diapers a week if I don’t "catch" when she needs to go to the bathroom. We have a little mini floor kid potty but never use it- Emma’s right it moves too much, she doesn’t like how unstable it is (even w/my extra support), it’s useless. I want to get the adult&child seat like Emma showed, since my daughter is now trained to the toilet and won’t use any other potty. I’ve always just held her over the toilet, makes for less/no clean up and then just wipe her with toilet paper- we hardly ever need to use wet wipes! If any of you are interested in EC I’d rec checking out ECPeesy’s channel for the basics. Hope this helps!
Love the video!! At home, with our little one we use the potty as a play item, the same way as a play kitchen works. We pit it out in the bathroom when he was 12 months and let him mimic the motions of going to the bathroom when we go. He loves it. Even makes little pee sounds when he sits on it. He’s now 16 months and he’ll pull down his pants, pretend to wipe and flush the big toilet when we go about our business. Once he’s ready for actual toilet training, family friendly toilet seat all the way!!
My nephews were potty-trained before their 1st birthday. They were very much able to ask for help when they needed to use the potty, and later – use it themselves. They were barely walking at this point, definitely not able to climb safely onto a grown-up toilet. You can only skip the potty if you start toilet-training really late, when the child is physically bigger.
What do you recommend for those who have to travel and move a lot with a toddler – in many places toilet seats are disgusting and for sure there is no footstep stool or family toilet seat? Also with kindergarten – ours is to start in September but they use potties there or regular toilets, no family seat. How to best navigate in such situation?
Emma, are there any potty training courses that you would recommend?
How do you do this with a baby though?
all kids toilet seats pinch babies butts??? i’ve never heard this?
Emma, I completely disagree about the potty being counter-productive for toilet-training. On the contrary! I notice that parents often prefer starting with the regular toilet, since it easier for the parents (no need to empty any potty contents after use, of course); however, I think for the child, especially when starting training before the age of two, it is simply far more comfortable to use a potty which is just his or her size. A toddler can set him or herself on a potty without any assistance whatsoever, which isn’t the case with a toilet, even one with a step-stool. They do need more assistance with that. I like the fact that the child’s feet are firmly planted on the floor, which puts him/her in more of a squatting position, far healthier for emptying the bowel (you’ve probably heard of the "squatty potty"!) A small child on an adult toilet is arguably less positioned in this optimal way. Also, I love the fact that a toddler can really "take ownership" of the potty. They can move it around and sometimes will actually pee or poo in the potty and bring it to you to "show". I think the potty just encourages more autonomy in this way. And, although some might not see this as a plus, I like the fact that a toddler can really take a good, close look at what they’ve "produced" in the potty- when my 20-month old has peed, I like to point it out to him and say "pee-pee" while he looks on admiringly! With a toilet, the "product" sort of just gets lost down the bowl, if you see what I mean. It might not be a big deal for us, but to a toddler it just makes the connection so much more real! And that definitely helps with training. Lastly, for those of us starting training earlier than the average (here in Germany they don’t start before age two), a potty is essential. It would be totally impractical to perch a one-year old on a big toilet. We started at 6 months with our child, generally following the recommendations in the book "Diaper Free Before Three". Now that he’s almost two, using the potty first thing in the morning is just a normal part of the routine! While he’s on his potty, I sit on the toilet. He likes the camaraderie! The other nice thing about a potty is you can take it with you if you’re away from home (well, at least the small cheap ones, not the big clunky types shaped like cars or whatever). This is practical since a toddler might not feel comfortable sitting on a "strange" toilet, which also may not be so hygienic depending on where you are. Lastly, since the video is about products you’ll regret buying: at 4 Euros a piece from Ikea, a potty is one of the cheapest baby gear you’ll ever buy! Even if it doesn’t work out, it’ll hardly break the bank.
What about positioning tho? Especially for BM?
The seat that’s low to the ground positions them in the proper position to help with constipation and BM’s.
You can get a stool for the bathroom but it’s hard to have one high enough that’s also removable for when you need to go.
Great video, but I don’t see the link to the toileting tips and tricks. Maybe it’s my browser?
My son completely rejected the family style toilet seat. He would cry and cry whenever I tried to put hi;m on the toilet. We even had the proper step stool and everything to make him comfortable. So I opted for a potty that resembles a toilet. It even has a flushing handle and makes the sound. I put it near the bathroom (because our bathroom is tiny) so he can immediately wash his hands afterwards. But my son will not pee or poo in the potty. He holds it for an extremely long time then randomly goes in his underwear while playing. He can tell me that he has wet himself but he just can’t seem to tell me BEFORE it happens.
Useful but what to do when the toilet in your house is unable to fit any family style seats????
😂 nah my son loved his mini toilet.
I have only ever potty trained with the stand alone potty seat and toilet seat reducer. I’m currently potty training baby #4 who is 18 months old. We only have one toilet and with 3 other kids using the toilet its much more practical for her to have her own potty and she is able to go sit on it without my help.
Emma thank you for your advice my baby is doing excellent at going to the potty and please make more potty videos thank you.