I am on a Baby Bjorn roll so today I will review the Baby Bjorn Little Potty. You can click on the links and check out my reviews of the Baby Bjorn Potty Seat and the Baby Bjorn Potty Chair. As always I will give you the positive and negative aspects of the chair based on the extensive research that I have done and put it all in one place for you to find. I don’t own this potty but since I am a researchaholic I believe it is the next best thing.

If you have read any of my other posts you know by now that I love Amazon and Epinion and for the Baby Bjorn Little Potty there are a total of 161 reviews as of January 15, 2010. Out of the 161 reviews 133 reviewers gave this potty 4 stars or higher! To finish off there were 15-3 star reviews, 8-2 star reviews and 3-1 star reviews.

Here is what parents liked about the Baby Bjorn Little Potty. Simple design, lightweight, cheap price and portability were consistent through pretty much all the positive reviews. Parents who practice Elimination Communication, those who don’t use diapers or limit diaper use, really love this potty for their infants because of it’s small size. Most owners of this potty found it easy to clean and like the handle that is built into the back of the unit. The Baby Bjorn Little Potty is a one piece design and comes in 6 different colors, white, pink, red, blue, green and yellow. The built in deflector/splash guard works well for most kids and some liked the fact that this potty encourages easy squatting for a child.

Now onto the negative parts of this potty. Size was hands down the major factor with the Baby Bjorn Little Potty. Those who gave it a poor review found that it was just too small of their little one out grew it very quickly. They found the potty too tiny and too low for bigger children. The negative reviews also mentioned that the bowl in this one piece unit is much too small for bigger bowel movements if you catch me drift. Others found that due to the plastic construction if their child got off the potty too quickly the potty stuck to them and spilled.

Now this is just my opinion but if you have a larger child or are not starting potty training till your child is older, say 18-24 month range, this potty may be just too small. On the other hand if you are a parent who is practicing Elimination Communication or wants to put their child on the potty when they are quite young and small, the Baby Bjorn Little Potty would be the perfect fit. This potty would also make a great fit to throw in the trunk in keep for emergency road pit stops.

Happy Training!

P.S If you want to check out the actual reviews from Amazon and Epinion here are the links. For the Amazon reviews of the Baby Bjorn Little Potty click here and for the Epinion Baby Bjorn Little Potty reviews click here. Also note that if you happen to click through one of my links and make a purchase at Amazon I do receive compensation.

Looking through all my notes of potty’s and stuff I decided that today’s post would review the Safety 1st Potty n Stool. If you have read any of my other review posts you will know how my reviews go but for those who don’t…:)

I will give you what I gathered doing my own research throughout the internet, the good the bad and the ugly, everything you need to make the right choice. So let’s talk about the Safety 1st Potty n Stool…

Crunching the Numbers

Today we will start with my two favorite sites to get the low down on everything. Amazon had 29 reviews of this product and they broke down like this. 5 star rating: 4, 4 star rating: 5, 3 star rating: 2, 2 star rating: 7, 1 star rating: 11. As for Epinion there were a good number of reviews, 77 in fact and they break down like this: 5 star rating: 10, 4 star rating: 22, 3 star rating: 10, 2 star rating: 21, 1 star rating: 14. For those who like percentages like me , it means that out of  106 people, exactly 50 percent gave the Safety 1st Potty n Stool 2 stars or less!

The Good Things

Moving on to the things that people liked about the Safety 1st Potty n Stool (affiliate link). This potty’s positive attributes include the following benefits.

• 3 in 1 unit
• lightweight
• colourful
• large bowl for collection
• good price
• durable

The Bad & Ugly Things

As promised here is the bad and ugly about the Safety 1st Potty n Stool.

• hard to clean due to plastic bracing underneath seat(see picture above and even the positive reviewers did not like this)
• handles too far back and come off too easy
• splash guard constantly falls off or gets lost because it will not stay on
• removal of bowl is tricky, some find that it sticks
• some found stool unstable and some only used the stool and not the potty
• seat alone not very secure on “big” toilet

My 2 cents

Before I get into my 2 bits,  if you want to read some reviews, click here to get the Amazon review and click here for the Epinion reviews. Based on the overall reviews from Amazon and Epinion alone I personally don’t think the Safety 1st Potty n Stool is going to make it onto my list. The biggest put off for me is the effort involved in the cleaning part, not too mention the fact that the splash guard is no good. Now that is just me but it is enough alone to turn me off but hey it would be a boring world if we all loved the same thing. Remember that 41 reviewers gave Potty n Stool 4 stars or better. So maybe this potty would be perfect for you, check all you want to know about the Safety 1st Potty n Stool here.

Happy Training!

P.S If you own a Safety 1st Potty n Stool, lets us know what you think of it, we would love to hear about it

I wonder how many parents have asked that question. Some people loved their musical potty chair purchase and some hate them. No matter what type of training apparatus you are using there are some things that no matter what you need to look for, music or no music. Check out the post on choosing a toilet training seat and it will give you a better idea on what exactly you should be looking for.

Once you have an idea of just the kinds of things to look for in a potty then move onto thinking about any extras you would like or your child would like, such as music, some spit out a sticker when kids have a bowel movement Cool huh, where were those when we were kids, lol.

Seriously though, when it comes down to a musical potty chair, seriously consider the fact that you can live with it. Now this is just my opinion but there are already enough gadgets and toys that make noise so when in the heck does the toilet need to! At the same time for those that it does not bother and there kids really enjoy music then hey, have at it, get yourself a super cool musical potty chair. I’m sure your kid will love it and if I am ever over at someones house who has one, I am totally going to have it make music.

As a matter of fact we ended up buying a musical potty chair because it was one of the few that Alexis like sitting on. I just made sure not to assemble the musical part of the potty chair but I have read enough about of potty training seats and chairs for everyone it seems and for some kids, especially for those that are really into music, it can really help the training process. So if you have one of those kids and you can tolerate the noise then here is a quick link to Amazon’s musical potty chair offerings.

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If the time is drawing nearer for you to begin potty training your little one, choosing which of the potty training chairs is right for you and your child can seem like an overwhelming experience. I know I have just gone through it and when you first start it is absolutely mind boggling  just how many choices are actually out there! The potty that you choose is hands down going to be the single most important investment of your potty training arsenal so if there is one thing you can do that may help out the overall process would you be willing to try?

Quick Tip:

When it comes to potty training chairs make sure you involve your child in the process of picking their potty!

Potty training is going to be one of the biggest things our kids will be tackling to date so far in their lives and it is up to us as parents to try and make this experience as positive as we possibly can. Whether you shop online or go to the store, involving your child in the process of choosing which potty training chairs they like is a great place to start.

Let them look at all the different types of chairs and see what their reactions are like, take note of which ones they like and dislike and if possible let them make the final decision. Here is a quick link to all the potty training chairs on Amazon. Doing something as simple as this may actually end up helping  the whole potty training experience. Your little love be able to be part of such a big decision and you know that they already like the potty training chair because they picked it

One of the biggest obstacles the parents face is kids don’t like the potty but you won’t have that problem because they picked it out

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Deciding on which training unit you are going to use can be a difficult decision, especially if you are like me and have never potty trained before. Looking around I discovered that the Baby Bjorn Potty Chair seems to be a very popular choice for many parents. Now I realize that to provide a unbiased review of this potty chair and any others, I should own them myself but if I was going to do that I would need to own a whole lot of potty seats and chairs! My goal is to give you as much information as I can, all in one place, in order to help you save time and help assist you in making a decision.

I decided to do the next best thing from owning one and that is research, research and more research. This will allow me to provide you with the best information possible on the Baby Bjorn Potty Chair. I am going to tell you what the majority of owners liked and disliked about this chair and I will do my best to tell you who I think, based on the research I have done, the Baby Bjorn chair is best suited for.

That being said here are what people like about the Baby Bjorn Potty Chair. Consumers enjoyed the fact that this chair is a good size, has nice contours that kids find very comfortable and enjoy sitting on, it is a very simple design with a bowl that is very easy to remove and keep clean. People also like the fact that no assembly is required. People also appreciated the height of the Baby Bjorn Potty Chair for children and they found that the side arms offer added comfort and stability to the chair. Lastly, people really loved the fact that the chair comes in 6 different colors which makes it a breeze to match your bathroom decor. One person went as far as to say that is was the 2nd best purchase they had made for their child aside from a dresser!

Before I get into what people did not like about the chair let me tell you this, Epinions has 7 reviews on this chair and everyone of those reviewers recommended purchasing the Baby Bjorn. Amazon has, as of January 8, 2010, 369 reviews of the chair! Of those 369, 280 gave 5 stars, 52 gave 4 stars, 15 gave 3 stars, 10 gave 2 stars and only 12 gave 1 star. I don’t know about you but when 90% of the reviews give a product 4 stars or better I  feel pretty good about it.

As promised here is what consumers disliked about the Baby Bjorn Potty Chair. People thought that paying $25-$30 for a potty was a bit pricey but thanks to good old Amazon you can now get the Baby Bjorn Potty Chair for under $20. Almost all who wrote a con about the chair, while not very many, complained about the size of the splash guard. They did not like the fact that the splash guard could not be removed and they found it a little large. They had issues with pee getting everywhere and their children had difficulties with the splash guard getting in the way. Now perhaps they did not have their child positioned correctly on the chair but I promised to tell you the good and the bad The only other negative comments people had to say was the fact that the removable bowl sometimes sticks to their child’s little tush and tried to come with them when they got off and also that the chair was not all that portable.

The majority of people love the Baby Bjorn Potty Chair and it seems to me that after reading a ton of reviews this chair should be a great fit for your child but especially boys. Whether your child is big or small, boy or girl, 90% of owners recommend this chair.

For those of you who enjoy videos here is a short video from YouTube reviewing the Baby Bjorn Chair:

Happy Training!

P.S My two favorite places to do research when it comes to any product is Epinons.com and Amazon.com. Why? I like them because you can easily get the opinions of literally hundreds of consumers with a few clicks of your mouse. To read the Epinions reviews click here and for the Amazon reviews of the Baby Bjorn Potty Chair click here. Another nice perk of Amazon is that if someone happens to purchase something by clicking on my link I receive a compensation.