we have 4 of these. They are great. I love that there are no parts that pee can hide under!

This is a lovely idea but it is still BIG. I watched a friend use one the the folding seats for her now four year old. It fit in a ziploc bag in the diaper bag. In the car is no good when the child is in the "i have to go now!" , no notice stage of training.

I still love that bjorn potty ring. Love it so much we took it on vacation with us.
Just a logistical question regarding people who keep a potty in their trunk (and I'm not trying to be impertinent, I am really wanting to know): do you just whip it out in the parking lot? If so where do you dump the contents?

I looove the fold up potty seat! It's so easy to tuck into a diaper bag.

daloislane--my SIL places a plastic bag in the potty and then just disposes of the 'waste' in a garbage can like you would with a dog if you were out. She has an SUV so her son can just sit in the back to go before they leave the car.

We have the IKEA potty for our car. We either have the child sit on the potty on the front passenger side floor or in the back of the hatch. It really depends on how badly they have to go and where we are. I have boys, so at this point, they are more likely to pee on a tree. We dump urine into the grass and if there is anything solid, I put the whole thing in a plastic grocery bag and dump and wash it out at home. My kids wouldn't go for the baggie in the potty, but I tried that, too.

We have this potty too. I was shocked that most other potties were upwards of $20 - it's just a piece of plastic! I like that it's small for a stand-alone potty. My son can easily sit on it by himself, and it's easy to clean. Bonus that it doesn't have Disney characters plastered all over it.

We always carry a potty seat in the back of our car for long trips - even our bigger kids have made use of it at one time or another - and, as mdoell77 said, we line it with a plastic bag or small garbage bag then throw it away as soon as we get to a trash can. We have a crossover vehicle that allows us to put the potty in the back for the kids to sit on with a bit of privacy. As far as potty training and having something at Grandma's house, I prefer the potty ring and so did both of my older kids.

Sold! I was in IKEA yesterday and saw these, but didn't buy one as I wondered if it would be comfortable enough for my son to sit on. Haven't started training him yet, but will begin in the next couple of months, so will definitely be getting a few of these now. Hope they have the white or blue one when I go back (they only had red or green). Thanks!

We used the Bjorn potty ring for about 6 months and loved it. My son is now 3-1/2 and refuses to use the potty ring, insisting that he is a "big boy". He's gotten pretty good at balancing on the edge of the toilet without any potty seat, which is fine with us (he's only fallen in once...). That's one more piece of baby gear we can send to the thrift shop!!

We have this potty but my son can't sit on it without squishing his boy bits So I am looking for something with a more flaxible splash guard.

what a lifesaver! we kept that little ikea potty in our trunk for years!! we used it through 3 kids and it was sooooo much better that taking them into a publc restroom (and cleaner!). none of my 3 had trouble waiting until we could get them to our car where they would sit in the trunk (we have a wagon) and go. no one cared, they were sheilded by us and is was super clean!

our 2 year old already refuses to use anything besides a potty ring and is even starting to refuse that. I say using the toilet is most convenient because you don't have to ever worry about disposal or cleaning... only when our only option is a port-a-john do I wish we had something like the Lattsam in the trunk...

I guess I am not afraid of a little pee. We throw this thing in a designated re-usable shopping bag and keep it in the bottom basket of our stroller when we travel. We cloth diaper, so if I can't dump the pee into grass or a toilet I just use an extra cloth diaper to sop it up, and throw it in a wet bag.

In potty training four kids, I never once felt the need to carry a potty around in my car, and I doubt I'll start doing so when my youngest is ready. I have enough gear to haul around.

As far as an "in the house" unit goes, I was excited to see this Ikea version...until a previous commented mentioned that the twig and berries might get squished. This is my first boy...anyone else have any experience with that?

We've potty-trained both our boys (both under two at the time) on a regular toilet seat, no kid ring. Takes the hassle out of toting a ring around and they're able to do their business in any bathroom anywhere.

We do have the Baby Bjorn Smart Potty for emergencies, since we only have one bathroom. It rarely gets used though. But as far a potties go, I like the Baby Bjorn because it's super small and easy to clean.

I know my son is super tall, but I'm surprised no one has mentioned this. We got one when he wasn't even 1.5 and he was WAY too big for it, totally unusable. It also seemed pretty uncomfortable even if it hadn't been too small.

We just stick with the regular toilet seat now. He's in the beginning stages of potty training, but I don't use a diaper bag and I want him to be able to go while we are out without making a huge production of it.

@hanhosh- do you have any potty training tips? My son just turned two last week and I've been putting him on the potty for over a year (rather inconsistently, I must admit) and very often he goes, but he never wants to go if I ask him. If I know he's ready to go and I try to get him to use the potty he freaks out. I want to get this show on the road!

Link for the folding potty anyone?

We loved the IKEA seat over the Bjorn.

DH taught the Boy to pee standing up pretty early after a nasty port-o-potty at an event we attended but with the Girl coming up to potty training soon I definitely plan to keep some kind of receptacle in the car (I saw my doctor at the park with his girls one day and I thought it was amazing to see the littlest one ask to go potty and go running to their van! Light bulb moment!).

My son is 10 months old and has been using this potty for 2 months a few times a day - no squishing of the boy bits happening here. Sometimes he pees over the top though, so be aware of that.

OK, so I have a girl, but I agree with teaching them to use any potty no matter where we are. When I'm in Target, I don't want to have to run out to the car to do something that can be done in the public restroom. I'm working on getting her to use a regular seat, no training seat, but for now, I carry a ring seat in the diaper bag... Yes, it's resulted in a few tears in public bathrooms as she's learned to get over the fear of doing what needs to be done in a potty that is not "hers" - but it's one of those life skills that must be learned! And, the earlier she figures it out, the easier my life, and hers, will be. Kids are capable of far more than we give them credit for - they all can and will figure this out.

We have 3 -one for each bathroom and one for the car. Love love love these, they are cheap, light, easy to clean, work well etc. My little boy is now 2.5 and just graduated to using a big potty sitting sideways with an assist from mom while out, but he's been doing his little Ikea potty independently at home since 22 months. We also have the Bjorn, but I actually like the Ikea one better - less clunky, fewer crevices for pee to hide.

do most ppl use a potty chair? we just use the toliet. just wondering?

Um, that sounds like a. awful lot of potties to me.

We installed a 'family' toilet seat that has a child-size seat hidden in the lid for home, and have the folding potty (Potette Plus, from Amazon) for away from home.

The folding potty can either stand alone with a plastic bag inside, or the legs flip out to lay flat on a big toilet as a reducer. I have it in a little bag that I stick in my purse when we leave the house. We use it every day.

I'm kind of floored that @tmoore potty trained four kids without needing to take some kind of potty along - the early days of potty training in our social group involve a lot of sudden "I need to poo!" moments when there is barely time to whip out the folding potty, let alone find a real one. So I personally think a strategy of some kind has to be in place, from my experience.

Now, at three, she's comfortable going on a big potty without a littler one (although it's cleaner with it) and is starting to go before we leave the house, be able to hold it...all that. So the potty is one of those things you only need for a little while, like a baby sling, but use the heck out of while you do!

So no four potties for us...but I don't have twins ;)

Our daughter used Tigex potty, like this one http://www.babyboom2000.co.uk/products/Tigex-Potty-Pearly-White.html
I loved its curvy look without sharp edges, wide base, footrests, and a really nice handle on the back of it, on which you can hang a potty, when not in use.
Only, I'm confused by the price tag on this web store, ours was 6-7€ :-/

we've never used a potty - my daughter has always gone on the toilet and sits sideways on the regular seat. even in restaurants. we just make sure she thoroughly washes her hands. super easy and simple. i am amazed at how few gadgets we have used for her.

Our sitter taught her 3 sons to use the toilet sitting backwards. We did this with my son, too. It seems easier for the kiddos because they don't have to balance as much. Their legs are spread out on the sides of the toilet as opposed to just in front and can use the tank/cover as a place for their hands. The pee never misses (at least in our experience) and dribbles down the front of the potty, onto clothes, across the room (!). The only hassle is that you need to undress more - they need to get one leg out of their pants/underwear in order to get on the toilet. But, for me, it's worth it not to have to clean up pee that missed the toilet or change clothes. Works for #2 as well - although my son now prefers to pee, then turn around and finish the job. Anyway, getting off topic!

We have the Lattsam and I can't imagine how big your boy's twig and berries would have to be for them to get squished. My 26-month old is tall and heavy--40" tall and 36 pounds--but he fits just fine on the potty. He just points his thingy down and pees.
One caveat: because our dude is so big and only poops once a day, the Lattsam's receptacle can occasionally be too small, allowing things to, er, stack up and touch my boy's undercarriage. Other than that: love it. $4 (or less) well-spent.

Oh, and as far as what we do out on the road: I hold my boy up so he can pee from a standing position in potties, or he stands by a tree if we're in the woods. And we just hope he doesn't have to poop, because that's a 30 minute affair and I refuse to wait around that long when we're out and about.

I haven't tried this yet, but I have a couple of friends who taught their kids to sit sideways (legs hanging off one side), at least in public restrooms. And it worked well for them. I grew up in a house with 4 kids, and we used an little potty, but I can't stand the thought of cleaning out a little potty...I have been doing enough wiping since the day my son was born! So we have the Bjorn ring ready and waiting for its day to come. Soon. I hope.

We just used a regular toilet for our daughter; no fuss, no muss, no carrying things.

Our son was a different story for 2 reasons:

1) highway rest stop toilets in France are Turkish (i.e., floor) toilets; and

2) he's very small, and initially was too small to balance on a regular toilet.

So we used a simple Bjorn potty for initial potty training; we kept it in the car on long car trips, and used a Bjorn toilet seat ring after the initial toilet training (which only took 2 days) to get him used to the regular toilet, but prevent him from falling in. He's still small, but has no problem balancing on a regular toilet seat now (or using the very high handicapped toilet in French rest stops).

p.s. When they are small, you start them sitting sideways like the previous poster mentioned.

We potty trained my son when he was 2.5 and never used a potty - we started him right on the toilet from day 1. The thought of using and then having to clean out a potty sort of grosses me out. At Home Depot they sell these toilet seats that have a smaller seat attached magnetically, which makes it easier for him to sit on (the small seat fits into the bigger one, like a puzzle so you don't have to lift two things up). It's genius.

We've never traveled with any sort of potty either, just put him on the regular toilet and made sure he washes his hands after. It never occured to me to have a potty in the car - why not just ask them to go to the bathroom before getting in the car? I do always make sure I know where the bathroom is in each store though, and try to encourage him to go when we are out.

We started using a Baby Bjorn Little Potty once DS could sit up on his own (around 6 mos). I love that the bucket is removable from the seat so it's easy to clean. We never traveled with it, though. Instead, I would just hold him over potties (even for poos) while we were out.

Now that he's 16 mos, he's started using a Little Lion potty seat on the big potty—for those of you looking for a fantastic splash guard for boys, the Little Lion is where it's at. High rise to keep the pee in!

I still hold him over potties in public. Some examples of elimination communication holds can be found here:

http://www.naturalbirthandbabycare.com/ec-positions.html