Information on Traveling Potty Chairs for Kids

You are entering into the second hour of that road trip with Junior and he's fidgeting and crossing his legs. You know he needs to go potty, but there isn't anywhere to pull over and the next rest area is 40 miles away. If you've done your research, you ask your travel companion to pull out the travel potty chair for Junior. Travel potty chairs are a convenient tool for parents of young children.

  1. Travel Potty Chair Basics

    • A travel potty chair is a portable plastic potty for your child. It is similar to a potty trainer you would have at home, but smaller. It can often be folded into a more convenient size. When your child needs to go while you're on the road, you set up the potty and your child can go the bathroom. The waste for most travel potties is collected in a plastic bag you can discard when you find a rest area.

    Travel Potty Chair Options

    • A basic travel potty is simply a child-sized bowl with a toilet seat your child can sit on in the car to relieve herself. Other travel potties on the market have various features such as storage compartments for the disposable bags, toilet paper or wet wipes. Some travel potties fold up into a portable briefcase-type package. Another option is a travel potty that you can attach to a regular toilet seat. This is handy if your child is potty-trained but too small to fit onto adult-sized toilets at rest stops or hotels.

    What to Look For

    • Many of the folding travel potties have weight limits, so you need to take your child's weight into consideration when shopping. Also consider if the potty fits only a specific type of waste bag or if you can use other items like gallon storage bags or plastic grocery bags. If having a travel potty that fits onto a regular toilet is important, look for that as well when shopping. For parents who find their boys can't aim well into the small bowl of the travel potty, there are also travel urinals. But these don't work if your boy has to go "number two."

    Brands and Models

    • According to the Consumer Research website, which bases its ratings on user reviews, the top travel potty chair is made by Cool Gear. Their travel potty folds down to the size of a briefcase, uses gallon-sized storage bags for waste collection and has storage compartments. Other top brands based on user reviews are Kalencom Potette on the Go that folds down to a very small size, Kalencom 2-in-1 that fits onto a regular toilet and Baby Bjorn Little Potty.

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