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Fisher Price Royal Stepstool Potty
by Shoptillyoudrop
After weeks of trying to convince my little princess to sit and do a tiny weenie wee-wee on an ordinary potty bought from Asda's for next to nothing, I realized that it was not going to happen unless I found a way of convincing her it would be worth it. Bribing her with biscuits, cakes or sweets was not working, in fact bribing her with ... anything was having no effect whatsoever. Then I heard about the Fisher Price Royal Princess Potty, which many mums from the toddler group swore by, and so reluctantly I got my debit card out and ordered one online. I paid £32 including delivery, which I think is extortionate, but if it means my little girl sitting on it and using it it would be worth it (plus quicker potty training would mean she would be out of nappies quicker, so that would save me money anyway).
You can buy the Royal potty in blue for your prince or pink for your princess, I went for the pink one. As soon as my daughter saw it out of the box and put together she sat on it (she still had her nappy and leggings on mind you). Needless to say that within the hour, nappy and leggings round her ankles, she was sat on it wanting to do a wee-wee. The potty itself looks very comfortable (obviously I cannot vouch for that as my butt is far too wide to have a go at trying it out), but my daughter would sit on it for ages every time, sometimes even forgetting what she was really there for, sitting there watching telly. She would lean back as there is a back rest (which I think is a wonderful idea) and which also acts as a lid and can be put down when the potty is not being used. This also converts the potty into a step stool for further use as you wish. Within days my daughter was doing both wees and poos in it, encouraged by the royal tunes played to her every time she was a brave and good little girl!
If you lift the seat up, you can then remove the bowl for easy cleaning, meaning you don't have to carry the whole of the potty around the house with you. As a reward for using it, the potty starts playing a tune whenever anything goes in it. A word of warning though, explain this to your little one before they first use it as they may be startled and throw themselves off the potty whilst still relieving themselves! Also, I don't know if mine was faulty or they all do the same but I found that the tunes will keep on playing until you empty it. Alfter washing the bowl out, make sure to completely dry it as a few drops of water left in it will trigger the music on and drive you up the wall, it seems to be quite sensitive. The batteries seem to last forever, I used the same ones and never had to change them.
This potty can also be used with an adult toilet seat, but I never did as my daughter went straight on it from stopping using the potty.
I would definitely recommend it to you as if it means getting your little one out of nappies, it is worth spending that little bit extra, and anyway you can then flog it off on Ebay (yes believe it or not people do buy potties second hand), I sold mine on and got £20 back for it, so all in all it was a very good buy.
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Fisher Price Spray 'n Light Bath Whale
by coventry123
I don't usually review baby toys, although I buy them regularly, as I'm never quite sure how to review them however with the added points incentive I am more inclined to give baby toy reviewing a try. I buy baby toys for my 8 month old nephew and some of my younger cousins. The product in question today was a toy that I bought around 2 ... months ago for my nephew. I bought it on a whim after seeing it in my local Boots store, I'd heard my sister complain that my nephew hated bath times and would scream during and after having a bath so I decide that a bath toy may make the perfect solution to the bath time tantrums.
The bath whale was from fisher price and I know that this brand is a popular make for baby toys and is trusted by millions of parents. In the packaging the toy looked perfect: it was plastic and contained no small bits that my nephew could choke on. Being plastic it also meant that if my nephew were to put this toy in to his mouth it would be safe to do so. The whale looked brightly coloured and child friendly until it came out of the box.
Inside the box you get a decent sized blue plastic whale and a 'flutterball' which is essentially a plastic ball with a yellow plastic fish inside of it. The description of the toy was that it floats in the water, squirts water and lights up. I thought that the aesthetics of the lights and the action of the squirtin water would really keep my nephew entertained but unfortunately, I was wrong.
My nephew was initially delighted at the gift when it was out of the water and would smile as it and touch it etc., however, it was a different story once in the water. The whale made a very loud 'mechanical' sound which was like a continuous whirring sound I found this very unusual for a child's toy as a suspect that most children would be frightened of this. My nephew wasn't visibly upset by the sound but he was wary of touching the whale due to the sound!
The 'squirting' action entertained by nephew whilst in the bath and seemed to distract him from his usual distressing bath time regime. The lights were not very bright when used during the day but when used at night they were significantly bright enough and again enough to distract my nephew. However, I did find that the whale did not really float how it should and would sink quite significantly into the water and tip onto its side as it was too heavy despite this it still served it's function. The flutterball, I thought, was just a little bath toy that didn't really do much it floated well but my nephew wasn't really interested in it.
I paid £14 for this bath toy which I think is over priced as essentially it is just a glorified water squirter but it did distract my nephew from his usual tantrums so it wasn't a complete waste of money!
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Fisher Price Royal Potty
by pinkprincess24
I started potty training DD quite early, about 16 months, because she was very ready. She would tell me when she needed to go to the toilet, and detested being in a soiled nappy. I started off with a normal pink potty from Boots, and she became comfortable with that being around and would sit on it, play with it etc. However she started ... to hate it and absolutely refused to do anything on it, and eventually refused to sit on it at all.
My best friend's daughter is a few weeks older and she recommended the Fisher Price Royal Potty, as it is a bit like a chair (and my daughter loves her Fisher Price learning chair) and it plays music as a reward. So off I went and purchased the potty in the pink version from Toys R Us, at £27.99. It is not cheap, but it seems to be a good idea.
The potty comes in pink or blue and green like the picture, and £27.99 seems to be a good price for it, as elsewhere I have seen it for over £30.
Assembling the potty is a bit fiddly, it takes a good few minutes to get the legs on and get it all together, but it isn't difficult, just fiddly. The chair is quite sturdy, much sturdier than it looks. The good thing is that when you are ready to start using the toilet, the legs of the potty chair come off and you can use it as a trainer seat on a normal toilet. I wish I'd have thought of this before buying a trainer seat but never mind!
One thing that always irritated me is that the traditional potty is quite uncomfortable, plastic and cold. It doesn't look particularly appealing. The Fisher Price royal potty is the opposite - it is shaped like a throne and is very colourful, it looks like a chair and is very eye catching and appealing to infants. The potty has a removable cup, so when the child wees in the potty, you only have to take the cup out to wash - and you literally just pick it up out of the chair, simple. It means you're not carrying the whole chair to the sink and cleaning is very simple. There is a splashguard at the front which is removable and designed to protect any splashes from the front.
The chair plays a royal tune if the child sits on the potty, and a royal fanfare if they use the potty. It requires 2 x AA batteries (not supplied) and there are 4 different tunes. The other handy feature is a hinged lid, which when closed, turns the potty into a step stool.
This was a huge hit with my daughter, she learned pretty quickly that to hear the tune she needed to sit on the potty (much the same as her fisher price learning chair) which encouraged her to keep sitting on it. She did manage to wee on it once, and when she heard the fanfare it did alarm her at first, but once she realised that if she did a wee she'd hear this fanfare, she kept telling me she needed to wee just so she could try!
There are 2 downsides to the potty in my opinion - the first being that the batteries do not last that long and need replacing probably after a few weeks. The other downside is that it is quite bulky so not easy to travel with, and if your child will only use that potty (as my daughter does) then it is a pain to take it with you! We tend to sit it on the back seat of our car when we visit relatives as she really will not use anything else, but if you wanted to take it with you everywhere it's probably too bulky!
All in all, this definitely encourages the child to at least sit on the potty, which is a good start! It does encourage the child to actually use it, but only once they have actually worked out that using it will make it play a fanfare!
Very expensive for a potty, but well worth it!
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