Reader Survey, Part II
August 04, 2008
(Because I continue to be endlessly fascinated with other people's bathroom habits.)
This one's easy. Just one question.
The toddler potty seat. Move it or sit on it?
Personally, I've taken to calling it the iPhone Blocker 3000.
C) Child doesn't use potty seat (any more).
When it was being used, I wasn't pregnant and therefore peeing every 2.3 seconds, so I usually moved it. You? Have every right to not move it. Because that millisecond it takes to move it could be the difference between making it and embarrassing blog fodder.
Get the potty chair that sits on the floor. Then you only have to remember not to step in it.
Oh, and also not to splash it around trying to empty it.
Hell with it. Sit on it.
I'd probably say sit on it. I have to pee to often to have to take it off and put it back on every time. And what's up with thing in the front? Are there girl models and boy models? Better start researching...
I move it. But ours has handles on the sides that I think would get in the way. Or maybe not, now that I think about it. I dunno - I just never even considered sitting on it.
... not that I care if you do. (or anybody else does.)
But then, I don't change the way people have their toilet paper hanging, either. :)
Ours always got moved. That pee guard thing was a waste, so we swapped to an easy to take off model...
I think it really depends on (1) how bad you have to go and (2) how disgusting the underside of the toddler seat was.
Hey, if you fit then I say sit. My kid would never use one of those though. I guess he liked the danger involved in potentially jackknifing closed and dropping right into the water.
There happens to be a hook on the wall right next to our toilet which is just perfect for that very same toddler seat. It's never even occurred to me to sit on it!
I'd sit, but I'm afraid I'd get stuck. So even in the middle of the night, half groggy, I'd probably take it off. Also, if I thought I might have to sit for a while, you know... It doesn't look like it'd give good support for those awkward moments. But I'd listen to those who say watch out for errant pee!
I move it. That got SO old fast though. I discovered that a great place to store when not in use is to hang it on the faucet in the bathtub. It is perfect. You can run water over it really quick for a quick cleaning and then hang it there to dry. Bella has even figured out how to remove it from the faucet and put it on the toilet herself now.
Definitely moving the pee catcher. Yyyyyyuck.
Put a 3-M hook on the wall. Attach a cable tie to the little black loop already on the potty. Teach toddler to hang up seat after using the potty and then CLOSE THE LID before flushing. Oh, and also teach husband to STOP MOVING THE STOOL so toddler can actually climb up on potty seat. Pretty cool!
Once my son mastered peeing standing up and now uses that thing just for numero dos, I am not that interested in sitting on it. It is a poop faceplate.
I would move it but only because I'd be afraid that my aim would be horribly off and I'd make a big mess all down the side of the toilet or something.
I'm gonna have to go with move it. I'd be afraid it would shatter under my tender bum.
Our guest bathroom is the designated kids bathroom, so the seat stayed on when they were potty training (unless company was over). My husband and I just used our own bathroom....but of course our house is only 1100 square feet and we didn't have far to go. :)
Sit on it! Who has time to move it every time you have to go?
I'll let you know when my son starts using one of these. On second thought, I'll remove it, as for my wife...could go either way.
Move it. For everyone. I have heard too many horror stories of wee packages getting hooked on the guard as they try to get off the potty.
I'd probably sit on it because I'm lazy. Right now we still have the freestanding potty chair, so I don't have to compete with a small butt for the throne.
But as soon as her potty training is more of a success, we're switching, because cleaning that thing is NOT a favorite task.
I'm going to have to go with sit.
I mean...why not, right?
Being that we just recently, as in 3 days ago, purchased such an item. So far I'm in the remove it camp...but I haven't had an emergency-OMG-I-have-to-pee-right-now kind of moment yet...so my story is subject to change at that point.
We have one of these in our house. And I move it!
The little seat has germs, germs I don't want touching my rear. Granted you get germs on your hands moving it, but ours has a handle which mitigates a bit. And you can wash germs off your hands easier than your rear.
Sit on it. I don't want to risk grabbing pee or something worse that's been left before I've had the chance to find and remove it. Usually, I just go to my bathroom and avoid the kid's like the plague, though.
On inspection, your toddler potty looks kind of like a saddle.
So I don't know if I could sit on it without a also wearing a cowboy hat. And you know. Being overwhelmed with the general feeling of being some kind of turd wrangler.
I can't believe you all have such svelte asses that you could actually sit on one of those! I'm lucky that I don't need a toilet extender. Yes, I am just that glamorous.
move it. Todlers do not have good aim. Even when sitting.
I always move it. I've seen what those kids do to those seats. It's not pretty.
We had that dilemma and went with option C) Neither. Make the toddler learn how to sit on the big potty without falling in.
Move it. It creeps me out for some reason.
Awesome. Im thinking you should rename website McGyverlah.
I vote move it. Though it also has the bonus of keeping skirts and/or shirt ties out of the toilet, which is a necessary function.
Sit. No question.
I'm gonna have to go with "move it" on this one. There is no way an adult can take a shit on that.
Sit on it- but only if I were to be rewarded with a potty treat afterward.
I'm prickley like that.
Um, yeah... Faced this very dilemma tonight... I moved it but only because I thought my big rear might break it and since potty training is finally going well I didn't want a trauma!
If you're at my house, my toddler will follow you into the bathroom and move it for you herself.
sit! way too much effort to move it! And it has a bonus use protecting the iphone, so it has to stay!
move it because sometimes, if you plop down in just the wrong position? ow.
Oh, seriously, I'll never forget one moment in my glorious parenting life -- sitting down on the elmo potty seat to pee while breastfeeding my second child, thinking "my god, I wanted this?"
When I've really gotta go or it's the middle of the night and I just don't care, I totally sit on it. Not that I'd ever tell my husband.
Definitely depends on what "business" you have to do. To pee...eh, just sit or hover squat (depending on the severity of the pee). If it's a #2, especially w/ pregnancy constipation, I'd go with move it...unless it's actually comfortable for you, in which case have no shame and plop yourself down (no pun...wait yes, it was intended).
A toddler's aim is never good. Move it.
I say "move it" because the situation would turn awful ugly, awful fast, and the bathroom only gets cleaned once a week - whether it needs it or not.
Recognizing that males may have a couple additional options over females......
....I'd still move it.