Potty Chairs... Friend and Foe...

So, Ava's been pretty much PT'd since Early July. She decided right before we left for our vacation this summer that it was time. That was interesting. I managed to convince her that while on vacation we needed pull-ups and not undies.

Once we got home, we were good to go with the undie wearing. :)

PT-ing, at out house is a long process. As soon as we see interest in the whole using the potty thing, we get out the small potty chairs. Generally there's a lot of just sitting on the potty chair, diaper on possibly even clothed at that point.

As we get further into the process we ad the soft potty ring to fit over the big potty. We still have the little chairs around too, because well, they can be handy...

I don't know about anyone else, but around here it seems like whenever *I* am using the potty, Ava needs to go too. Potty chairs are a big help in this situation, especially when it's not really convenient to say, get up OFF the potty so I can help her get onto the big potty. :-P

I'd say that's the biggest plus to the potty chair around here.

The Hubster is allergic to them, to say the least. He'd much rather bag the things up and toss them in the trash, than to empty one out. :-P

In a former life I was a CNA at a nursing home, so I have a pretty high tolerance for bodily fluids/function. Especially when you add almost 7 years of parenting to that too. Emptying them out is not pleasant, but I don't usually mind.

Unless of course, say you are in the potty having a not so great time, and along comes your toddler, who is having the same issue, and then completely fills that puppy up with her not so great issue... all while you are feeling not so great and just the smell emminating from the potty chair, that she's still sitting on is enough to make you want to hurl right then and there.

And trust me, I was really not wanting my 3 course Thai meal come back for an encore!

I LOVE the potty chair, and I LOATHE the potty chair...

What do you think? Friend or Foe? Or both?