Potty training toddler in Disney...foldable potty seat

[Wosmama6]

disney doesn't have mini potties anywhere? i guess logistically that might be hard. maybe the baby centers have kid sized potties (not that it would be helpful on the other side of the park when kiddo HAS TO GO RIGHT NOW)

 

[rosedolph]

I also purposely kept my daughter in diapers until after our trip. I can't imagine trying to enjoy Disney and have to worry about a tiny bladder. (It would of been my luck that she would have to go just as we are boarding a ride.)
I'm not saying you should do this, just that reading others post about keeping their kids in diapers made me laugh. I thought I was the only one!

 

[Gracie09]

disney doesn't have mini potties anywhere? i guess logistically that might be hard. maybe the baby centers have kid sized potties (not that it would be helpful on the other side of the park when kiddo HAS TO GO RIGHT NOW)

No Disney does not have kid size toilets.

 

[lmtravis]

Baby centers sometimes have small potties w/o automatic flush.
http://disneyunder3.com/baby-care-centers-at-disney-parks/#.VYoT_RtVg8l

 

[Gracie09]

Baby centers sometimes have small potties w/o automatic flush.
http://disneyunder3.com/baby-care-centers-at-disney-parks/#.VYoT_RtVg8l

I've been to ever baby care center and I have never seen the elusive toddler size toilet. The no auto flush - yes but always regular size toilet

 

[DSNY4ever]

I wouldn't bring a potty seat into the parks. When we were potty training I'd just set the kid on the pot and kind of hold them steady. If they stayed towards the front where it gets closer together they were fine.

This is what we did in the parks and in the hotel room we had a Pottete Plus. In the mornings my son liked to sit on the potty for a while and read a book, so it would be too hard to hold him on there. But in the parks it was easy enough to just help him sit on the regular potty.

 

[tadamom]

http://www.amazon.com/Mommys-Helper...35168988&sr=1-6&keywords=cushioned+potty+seat
This is what we used when my DD was potty training. (She was completely potty trained when we took her to Disney at 2.5yr) She was always scared she would fall in even if you were holding onto her tight and she didn't like potties that didn't "look" clean...even when they were. She would refuse to go potty if the seat or insed the toilet had scratched paint...crazy girl. We used this seat at home and on the go. Just cleaned it with clorox wipes & put it back in the carrying bag. TBH, there were times when adults used it if it was an emergency and there were only sketchy bathrooms on the road..lol.

 

[HoneyLemon]

My DD potty training ended up crossing into our trip to Niagara Falls. I always held her on the toilet but I didn't really like squatting down so she would feel more secure so I can see why you'd want to bring a seat.

My only advice is to use lots of public toilets first. I had used them a few times with DD and she was fine but they weren't loud and busy. I went to 4 different bathrooms at Niagara Falls before giving up and taking her back to our hotel room. I had no idea she would be that upset over a full bathroom. She was sobbing she was going to have an accident but would not use the public toilet.

 

[maxiesmom]

I wanted to add that when we didn't have the potette, I would just kind of hold my leg forward and she would hold onto it to steady herself, and I think she liked the contact in the 'huge' public restrooms. If we walked in, though, and other people had those toilets flushing, oh boy was she outta there lol.

I've seen posters say that they bring headphones along for their kids who really hate all of the noise in public restrooms.

 

[BlueHippo]

We didn't use anything special for the seat with little ones.... just held them steady. Both of my older kids were terrified of the automatic flushes though. We started bringing "magic stickers" (started out as the mickey stickers that CMs handout but then we started bringing our own stash in case we ran out). We just put those over the little sensor before they went and would take it off once they were done.

 

[mcjaco]

I must be a bad mom because I never would have considered trying to potty train while at disney world. I would have kept my son in diapers until after we got back. After he was potty trained though, and too small for a regular toilet I just kind of set him on there and had him scoot to the front. Worked fine for us.

Ha! Tell that to my one son who has decided it's time right now. And we leave for Hawaii in three weeks. Trust me, we were crossing our fingers he'd wait!

 

[disneypolybride2008]

my dd2 at the time, was good about potty training for the first few days. we brought her baby bjourn travel potty, which she also uses at home. it fit roomily in the big compartment of our jansport big bag back pack. the restrooms are super loud. not only are toilets flushing constantly, kids are screaming crying b/c their parents did not know about sticky notes for the constant flushing. then there is the noise of the automatic hand dryers. it is chaos! so by mid week she was not asking to go, just using her pull-up. this time she will be 4, and she's scared of every loud sound now, so we bought noise cancelling head phones for the baby, dd1, but i bet she'll be wearing them into the restrooms. just be prepared with diapers, they'll go through a lot b/c they need to drink a lot being in active in the heat.

 

[Tiffylv]

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[lindsmom]

to OP: one thing to do while training at home is visit a local park and the mall a number of time to get you child used to the autoflush toilets. the noise from one next to your child plus the possible flushing of his can cause more problems than not having a small potty seat on top

We carried a pad of sticky notes with us everywhere we went while potty training our two. Put the sticky note over the sensor so it won't flush until you're ready. Good thinking about getting them used to the big noises from everyone else!

 

[SwimMom2]

I took my second son to Disney 3 times after I introduced the potty.

Honestly, if you bring all of the extras (bringing a special potty seat, covers, etc.), you may or may not need them. My oldest used a foldable seat; my youngest refuses to use them. It is a shame to put forth all of that trouble if you don't absolutely need to.

Ask yourself how far in training your child is. At one of our trips, my DS was fully trained at home but not on the go, so we used pull-ups while in the parks and tried to get him to a potty when we could, but didn't sweat the accidents. Later, when he was trained in the house and mostly successful out of the house, I brought pull-ups along as well as disposable seat covers and gave him the choice in the parks. He is 3 and half now and has been trained everywhere for a year. I brought a few pull-ups on our recent Disney cruise but he refused to use them and was very diligent about using the potties everywhere. He was trained enough for the Oceaneers' Club, so underwear it is then.

I think offering choices is important, remembering that Disney is a really exciting environment, far from the routine, no matter how many contraptions you bring along. Be prepared for accidents, don't overburden yourself with accoutrements, and talk about it with your child.

The baby care centers are great, but chances are, they won't always be near when you need them for a potty stop. You can use toilet paper to cover the motion detectors. I really do think that for most kids, if you are nonchalant about the noise, then they will follow your lead eventually. I have a sound-sensitive son, and even he relaxed after lots of practice in public bathrooms.

 

[ktlm]

http://www.amazon.com/Mommys-Helper...35168988&sr=1-6&keywords=cushioned+potty+seat
This is what we used when my DD was potty training. (She was completely potty trained when we took her to Disney at 2.5yr) She was always scared she would fall in even if you were holding onto her tight and she didn't like potties that didn't "look" clean...even when they were. She would refuse to go potty if the seat or insed the toilet had scratched paint...crazy girl.

That was totally my DD as a toddler! There were times we had to look in about every stall in the restroom, because if the toilet seat had scratched paint, she would refuse to believe it was clean and would not sit on it. She also did not like it if there was any piece of toilet paper on the floor in the stall and considered that dirty as well . She is 9 now, and she still is picky about restroom stalls, but not as crazy as when she was a toddler. We both have crazy girls!

 

[Baklava]

I must be a bad mom because I never would have considered trying to potty train while at disney world. I would have kept my son in diapers until after we got back. After he was potty trained though, and too small for a regular toilet I just kind of set him on there and had him scoot to the front. Worked fine for us.

Scoot over and make room on the bad mommy bench. We timed one of our many attempts (She's autistic. She wasn't ready the first few times.) for right *after* a DL trip.

 

[dprincessmom]

to OP: one thing to do while training at home is visit a local park and the mall a number of time to get you child used to the autoflush toilets. the noise from one next to your child plus the possible flushing of his can cause more problems than not having a small potty seat on top

Another trick with the auto flush toilets at WDW (which seem to be pretty sensitive) - bring a packet of small dark post it notes to cover the eye sensor. When little one is done and off the potty, then remove the post it and you are good to go.

 

[Betty Rohrer]

Another trick with the auto flush toilets at WDW (which seem to be pretty sensitive) - bring a packet of small dark post it notes to cover the eye sensor. When little one is done and off the potty, then remove the post it and you are good to go.

the post it notes work for your stall but what about the other stalls? can stop all of them from flushing while you are there and that is reason I say to practice at mall or small park near you.

 

[Tiffylv]

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