should i get a different potty?

ok so we are toilet training......1 cause he luvs sitting on the potty and 2 it would be super if i didnt have 2 nappy kids.

Anway Ty is a big boy and we put him on potty while he drinks he bottle but he doesnt stay there very long as he bum gets red with the presure marks...it appears its very small for him and its the normal potty people get.

also he wears undies outside but he gereneraly knows even in nappy that he has done something but he refuses (doesnt understand) that he needs to let it go in the potty.

we also have a toilet seat but there is lots to play with so we tend just to put him on the potty..............mum has a big one at her place that goes into foot stool............no presure marks but he still doesnt go.............although luves to read on there like nan TMI........:)

any help or suggestions would be super as i feel i may be doing something wrong...........he is ready and luvs to sit on it but how do i make him understand to realese himself?

IMO it sounds like Ty definitely understand when he is going to or is weeing/pooing but maybe still a bit too young to grasp the concept of having to do it on the big persons toilet/ or even a potty?

I have heard on rare occasion of some girls being potty trained early, and it's definitely not a bad idea putting him on the potty to get him used to it but boys do tend to TT later than girls (someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here, but I'm sure I've read this somewhere in the past ...?). Might be expecting too much for a 19mo, but definitely not doing him wrong by letting him sit on it and get the gyst of it all iykwim. I can definitely understand with the state of the economy, that you wouldn't want to have 2 kids in nappies if you can help it.

Good luck with whatever you decide though. I have a 22mo and whilst we have a potty here, he has shown no interest in it yet but he does understand when he's going to the toilet in his nap. I have a couple friends who have left TT with their kids until just before/after the 3year mark and their kids have managed to go from wet to dry within just a week!

Let us know how you get on though! Best of luck (sorry for all the waffling, far too much time on my hands hehe)

Thanks Buzzy Bee............i think if he does do something one day i may end up crying with excitment............