potty chair
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- noun
- /ˈpɑti tʃɛr/
- Baby Talk
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orinal
- We got out the potty chair at around 20 months, and she peed in it sporadically.
Examples
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She says she simply put them on potty chairs in the morning, after meals and drinks, and at night.
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With both kids, I put a potty chair in the bathroom, we talked about the process, read the book "Once Upon a Potty" a few times, and the kids let us know when they were ready.
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I brought the potty chair into the bathroom when he was 20 months or so, and he saw it and showed interest right away.
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The key thing we learned between boy 1 and 2 was to skip the little potty chair.
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That's why we carry a potty chair in the trunk of our car.
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My mom had my sister and me sitting on potty chairs starting at about 6 months, and we were in baby panties by 18 months.
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Children should be placed on a potty chair for brief regular periods, while the parent or guardian instructs them to "bear down." A positive attitude should be maintained.
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She now tells me when she wants to go—and she refuses to use the potty chair—only the big kid potty will do.
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They had two potty chairs—one in the living room and one in the bathroom—and she could not manage to get to them in time (at 3 years).
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To help with toilet training, we bought a potty chair for our toddler to use at home.
Synonyms
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A small toilet that young children use while learning
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A small seat children sit on to learn to use the toilet
How Portable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents carry literal, complementary meanings: 'potty' denotes a portable toddler toilet and 'chair' denotes a seat, so their combination directly describes a small seat used as a toilet. This is a straightforward noun–noun compound following common composition patterns, making it readily inferable for B1 learners who know the parts.
Etymology
The name potty chair comes from a small chair made for young children that has a tiny toilet built into it. Parents give a child this little chair so they can sit like a grown-up while they learn to use the toilet, so the name joins potty meaning 'small toilet' and chair, and now means the seat used in 'toilet training'.