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Disposable Toilet Seat Covers

Take Some of the "Ick" Out of Potty Training in Public Toilets

By , About.com Guide

Disposable toilet seat covers are a great addition to your potty training supplies list for when you're away from home and need to take your toddler to a public toilet. These disposable toilet seat covers have fun characters on them or other features that make them ideal for encouraging toddler to use the potty, which is important to keeping potty training on track.

Green & Clean Potty Protectors Disposable Toilet Seat Covers

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Green & Clean Potty Protectors are oversized to cover the toilet seat and the side, as well, so when your toddler inevitably grabs onto the toilet seat and sides of the toilet for stability, you don't have to worry about what your little one is touching. The adhesive strips help keep the disposable toilet seat cover in place while your toddler wiggles around. These disposable toilet seat covers are made of biodegradable cotton, so they'll decompose faster than plasticized covers. Green & Clean Potty Protectors come in a package of 10 for about $7.
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Potty Toppers Disposable Toilet Seat Covers

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If your toddler has a favorite TV character, these disposable toilet seat covers might be a big hit. Potty Toppers are available with Dora, Diego, Sesame Street characters, SpongeBob and other fun themes to get toddlers excited about using the potty. These disposable toilet seat covers have adhesive strips to keep them in place, and offer a small amount of padding for the toilet seat. They also have a bit of plastic in them to block any wetness from the toilet seat. Potty Toppers are available in packages of 10 for about $5 and packages of 40 for about $16.
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Zeets Disposable Toilet Seat Covers

These somewhat rigid toilet seat covers help make the public toilet seat feel more toddler-sized. Zeets also have little handles that pop up so your toddler has a ready-made place to grab if support is needed. Using Zeets involves a bit of folding, but you don't have to actually touch the toilet seat to prep it for your toddler, and because the more rigid material makes the toilet seat a bit smaller, there's less chance of your toddler falling into an adult-size toilet. The biggest drawback to Zeets disposable toilet seat covers is that they're a bit pricey at $13 for a box of five.

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