Peter Potty

 Standing Room Only

I’ve often joked that my next home will have urinals in the bathrooms. With all sons and a husband, I’m not really kidding. Naturally, as my youngest is potty-training, he noticed that sitting on the toilet to go #1 isn’t  how his brothers and Daddy do it. Enter the Mom-of-boys dream… the Peter Potty [$49.95], the world’s only toddler-sized flushable urinal.

Personally, I prefer that my boys learn to urinate standing up right from the beginning. The Peter Potty is an excellent and convenient training tool for this method. I feel it is more sanitary and keeps my guy’s little hands out of the big toilet (for now, I guess!) Taking just a few seconds to assemble, it's a breeze to fill the top portion with water for flushing, and empty the bottom drawer for cleaning.

Equipped with an adjustable stand, the Peter Potty is portable for whichever area in your house accommodates the training process. Or, if you’ve got little room for a potty seat in your bathroom, the Peter Potty comes complete with a wall mount- just like the all-too-fascinating public restrooms, only without the smell…

The Peter Potty has even received an endorsement from a group of board certified pediatricians who agree that there are significant benefits to 'standing up’ while little boys are potty training. And there is a possible link to early potty training success by using the Peter Potty, anywhere from 2 to 6 months faster than traditional sit-down training. It’s not just a novelty- it’s practical!

-Steph

Potty Song

Music You Can Potty To

I'm going to be completely honest here, when the Potty Song CD arrived for us to review, one listen had me wanting to run to bathroom... to hide! I'm not a huge fan of kids music period and a 60 second song about your child going potty seemed an eerie replacement for a parents praise. I asked myself if I would seriously use it with my son, answered no and put it on the back burner.

Fortunately, I happened to leave our potty song CD in the player I share with my almost 2 year old. After breakfast one lazy morning he saunters over and pushes play, I get ready to jump up and offer another tune but quickly sit myself back down when I see his face. He LOVES it! Now before and after he goes potty (and at other random intervals throughout the day) my little guy begs me to play his potty song!

While definitely not a replacement for a Mama's cheers this 50 some second personalized song is a great tool for motivating and congratulating your little guy or gal to use the potty. The simple lyrics and catchy tune are motivating to any little potty-trainee. The Potty Song website also offers training tips and a certificate of achievement you can print when your little one is diaper free.

I would LOVE if they would loop the song so you don't have to push play again every minute, and in the interest of not pushing the marketing machine on my little one, I was a little dismayed when my tot started repeating the "PottySong.Com" mention at the end of the CD. All that aside, we've become huge fans of the Potty Song after seeing it work it's magic and think it's a definite plus in any parents potty arsenal. The kids are sure to love it (even if drives you a little crazy) and anyone who's been through potty training knows, we'll take all the help we can get.

Win it!
Does your little one need a little encouragement? We have two certificates for free Potty Song CD's (or downloads) for two of you. Just send an email to reviews[at]mamaspeaks.com by midnight November 16 with Potty as your subject and let us know who goes potty in the sample song.