Graco Soft Seat Potty Trainer Review

We received this potty chair as a gift, and it was great.  The soft seat is wonderful for tiny booties, and it is removable for easy cleaning.  It can also be used on the actual toilet to help the child transition from the potty chair to toilet.  There are several things I liked about this chair, and a few things I felt could definitely use improvement.  Something that could be seen as a Pro or a Con depending on whether you have a boy or a girl is the shield.  It is made of a soft rubbery material and is easily removed.  If you have a girl, this is a good thing...if you have a boy it is not.  My son was always pulling it off, and then unable to put it back on.  Most of the time he would remove it when he wasn't actually using the potty, but there were a couple incidents where it was removed at the beginning of a solo potty experience and I had a mess to clean up.  The actual seat was relatively easy to clean except for when urine leaks into the base, but this didn't happen that often.  The compartment that the waste went into was large, easily removed, and simple to clean.  I also liked that it had a lid he could close.  This was nice to get him in the habit of closing the lid when he was finished.  We did not use the closed potty as a step stool because the lid did not seem that sturdy.  Overall I would recommend this potty chair as an inexpensive but useful tool in the potty training phase.