When I bought the Vital ID bracelets that I mentioned on the last post I saw this cool little potty on the website and had to get it.
One of the big components of EC is having a routine, which means that we potty Wilhelmina before and after getting her in/out of her car seat when we are out. Pottying on the go can sometimes get messy especially when you are somewhere that you can’t umm… dispose of the contents…
A cheap tupperware container with a soaker at the bottom has been what we have been using the most but now that Wilhelmina is bigger and is getting picky about her elimination location, it just hasn’t been working out as well so we have been needing to bring the potty… It is not always the ideal situation!
I know of a lot of people that use the “potette” system, but I kept on holding off as you need think of and buy bags and then dispose of them which doesn’t make sense to me when I want to put less in the landfills and honestly with 4 kids, I don’t want to have to think of yet another thing when leaving the house.
So when I saw the “My Carry Potty” I had to get it!
The idea is brilliant…
A portable potty that closes and seals and can be easily carried around…
From the outside it looks like a little suitcase with a handle and Wilhelmina loves carrying it around…
One the inside, it is a potty on one side and the seal the other…
The size is perfect and I can definitely see that it will be utilized by older siblings at times also…
The greatest part of course, is that if you can’t dispose of the contents right away, you can just close it up and do it when you can…
Nothing is getting through the seal and there is just enough resistance when opening it so that no “accidents” can happen with kids accidentally opening it.
You don’t really need much for EC, but there are somethings that make just a little easier…
very cool! love the idea of you thinking about the landfills. brilliant! 🙂
My dd who remembers her own EC little-person-hood just said “How cool – a potty suitcase!”
We managed without such a fantastic invention but it would have been more practical than putting a couple of microfibre cloths in the bottom of the potty then dumping them into a plastic bag to wash when we got home!
I showed this to my spouse who asked if you are ever in a situation where you can’t dispose of the contents? I also was just watching this… http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSausageheads?blend=24&ob=5#p/u/55/3nvvhTbVefM … where she shows her potette with a reusable PUL bag.. thought you might be interested!
Thanks for the link…
Sure, you could put a bag on it or a cloth diaper in the bottom which is what I did with a tupperware before but as I said in my post, I with 4 kids to get out of the house, I don’t always think of those things.
Which is why I have been loving this product!! if you can’t dispose of the contents you just close it up and you are on your way. The potty is completely water proof and seals when you close it, Simple and easy and no extra things to deal with.
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