Mommy's Helper Contoured Cushie Step Up

by Mommy's Helper

Product Features

• Specially molded non-slip handles for comfort
• Ergonomically contoured with built-in deflector
• Easy assembly no tools needed
• Extra wide non-slip floor pads for security
• Fits standard and most elongated toilet seats

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 22 x 12 x 3 inches ; 2.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000AV5LZ8
• UPC: 036768111481
• Item model number: 11148
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #212 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
  • #2 in Baby > Potty Training > Step Stools
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (174 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

A comfortably padded potty seat with a built in fold-up non-slip step stool from Mommy's Helper. It is thickly cushioned for comfort and confidence. This designed to allow you to fold up and store most anywhere between uses. It has extra soft non-slip handles for comfort and extra wide non-slip floor pads for security. This is easy assembly no tools required and fit standard and most elongated toilet seats.

Product Description

Mommy's Helper Cushie Step-Up

Help make potty training easy with our heavily padded potty seat with built-in step stool. Seat folds up for compact storage between uses.

Features include:

• Specially molded non-slip handles for comfort
  
   
• Ergonomically contoured with
  built-in deflector
  
   
• Easy assembly – no tools needed
  
   
• Folds up for easy storage
  
   
• Fits standard and most
  elongated toilet seats
  
   
• Extra wide non-slip floor pads
  for security

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

68 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Liked it but it broke quickly..., December 17, 2007

By 

Nolan's Mom - See all my reviews

I was impressed by the easy setup and the plastic seemed very sturdy right out of the box. My son did seem more interested in this seat than the potty chair or the other seats that fit right over the toilet. I also really like the way that it could be easily moved right out of the way when not needed.

However, after only a few months of my 32 lb toddler using it one time a night, one of the side pieces that connects the blue step to the sides snapped right off while he was on it. Luckily, he was able to catch himself and not fall.

I have emailed the company and am waiting for a response. I do agree with the others that this is a great idea that needs perfecting!

**update** I received a speedy email reply asking for my address and assuring me that this isn't a common problem. I recieved a brand new unit in the mail within days! They did ask for a photo of the broken area so they could "research" the issue. New one has been used off and on for about a month with no problems yet.

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Potty Seat!!!!, December 30, 2007

By 

K. Salinger "MBA, RN, RRT, sFNP" (Bay Area, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mommy's Helper Contoured Cushie Step Up (Baby Product)

This seat is great! You never have to clean out the pot of the traditional potties for kids (yuck!), it assembled easily, is sturdy for our 36 lb. 3 year old, and it's super easy for her to use! I'm shocked by the poor reviews on this - it's been so amazing for us that we've bought three!

We have a girl, so perhaps it's not as durable for boys who tend to be rougher with things? I don't know, but I've not found it to be of poor quality at all. Then again, it's under $30 so you can't expect it to last forever - we've had ours about 9 months, with the past 6 months seeing "full-time" potty usage and have had no problems at all.

Our daughter loves it because she can get up onto the toilet herself using the step and the two handles to hold onto. We recently traveled and had to use a regular potty seat that just sets on top of the adult toilet seat and we had to lift her up onto it and off each time, so the advantage of the step-stool is huge for us. She's also able to put it on the toilet herself if someone has removed it. This seat gives her a lot of autonomy and helps her to feel more like a "big girl" than a baby.

Also, we have Toto toilets - all with elongated bowls/seats and it fits just fine for us, so I don't know about the previous comments of problems with elongated seats.

60 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars My son LOVES it, but..., February 18, 2007

By 

Busy Bee (Northern CA) - See all my reviews

First, I have to say that my son LOVES the fun ladder design of this potty seat and the seat itself is very cushy and comfy, and he is now potty trained because of it (after refusing a potty chair and hating the Baby Bjorn potty seat and step stool) I'm grateful he will use it, but I have some serious concerns about it's safety. It simply does not fit elongated toilet seats (I tried it on three different toilets with elongated seats)so it is always somewhat unstable, and this leads to chipping and damaging the toilet seat, the step portion can be lifted up and swung around by my son while he is sitting on it, making the cushy seat portion spin and rock on the toilet seat, the sides of the ladder portion are open and my son has gotten a foot stuck in the openings more than once, and the whole thing is unstable until my son's full weight is on the step. I can never leave him alone on this because it is just too unstable. Also, because the fit is not quite right, the splashguard portion does not direct the urine stream into the toilet. If they could just alter the design so that the fit inside the toilet seat is adjustable like the stand alone Baby Bjorn seat, and perhaps fill in the sides of the ladder with more plastic, and incorporate a locking mechanism so that the step portion could not be lifted up while the child is seated, this would be a five star product.