We've mentioned the Peter Potty Urinal a few times in passing, but haven't really given it proper time in the spotlight. This pint-sized potty has real "flushing" action, is height adjustable and is sure to give your friends a tickle when they head into your bathroom upon a visit. Cuteness aside, we hear it really works wonders!
Potty training comes with its own set of frustrations, but when you're a little kid playing with trains, having a grand ol' time, hopping up to relieve yourself isn't always at the top of your list, but with the Peter Potty it is, or so a first hand report from Gearhead Mom tells us.
The unit either mounts to your wall or sits on an adjustable base on your floor and should be emptied once (or more) times a day. It's at this moment, we'd like to announce that we're actually kind of jealous we're not a boy or have ever had the pleasure of trying this out, we're pretty sure it would have made the act of going potty far cooler (then and now). The Peter Potty is available from Target for $39.99.
Have you tried the Peter Potty or known someone who has? Let us know in the comments below!
(Image: Target)
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I bought this as a gift for my friend's twins a year or so ago and their family loves it! It empowers the boys to go "just like dad"...LOL!
My husband wants to get one of these for our son. I don't like the idea, though. First, I'll have to clean it (and the walls around it), and second, how many adults have a urinal in their houses? And where do you buy those urinal cakes?
I just noticed one of these on Craigslist in Chicago. My thought was - how odd! But if anyone wants one, it's there!
Ditto on the not wanting to clean it, cakowalik! Um put the seat up, stand on a stool, pee in the toilet and flush it away boys. I have enough experience with my kids to know that thing would be covered in pee and smelling up the bathroom in no time. And who wants urine setting there all day? Not me. A child's potty is bad enough to clean, I try to get them onto a real flushing toilets as soon as possible.
Just looks like more trouble than it would be worth to me.
boys/men should sit to pee (at home, anyway). much cleaner.
I showed this to my hubby and he said our lil guy would have pee all over the place. So I guess we'll stick with the sit down potty.
I bought one of these for my oh-so-hard-to-train middle son. It was the only way I could get him to stop peeing in his diaper or pull-up. He didn't pee all over the place, but if you use the little water thing to "flush," you have to dump the pee after EACH use or the next time your toddler pees, it might overflow and then you have a nice puddle of urine and water on the floor. With a newborn at the same time I was potty-training my son, this happened to me more than once.
I was at my neighbor's last night. They told me they got their boy
(Luke - 2-1/2) a little kid urinal. He loved it. He peed in in right
away & looked at it for an hour. He tried to go again so hard that he
shit on the floor.
Granted this is a clever idea and kids might dig it, but what a pain for mommy! i skipped all the training potties and taught my kiddo to use the regular toilet from the get-go (he was never afraid of it) AND how to clean up after any mis-fires. For, ahem, seated procedures, he sat facing the rear of the toilet. I feel the same way about toddler beds: just one more transition to deal with, so once he was too big for the crib, we put him in a twin bed with detachable safety rail. no problems.
LOL, this would be a good way to teach my sons how to wee in a urinal without touching the wall! EEEWWWW!