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At one point I felt hopeless and was convinced my short 5yr old son (40 inches tall) would never be potty trained. But this realistic looking potty and sticker charts to earn new Lego minifigure rewards finally got his attention and did the trick! When he began using it he liked that it looked just like a normal toilet and made him feel more like a big kid. Less than 1yr after purchasing this he's transitioned over to using a normal toilet and even poops/wipes on his own. Buying us a much quieter Kohler toilet also helped. I hadn't realized the noise our old toilet made while flushing upset him so much. Btw a great potty book to purchase is "The saddest toilet in the world" by Sam Apple. The book made us laugh and helped my son relax while sitting on his potty. I eased him into wearing underwear at first we'd just put them on over his pull-up for preschool. Then when he began keeping that dry we switched to underwear alone during day yet still allowed him to wear pull-ups for going to bed or pooping. Once he stayed dry thru the night I had him switch to wearing underwear full time. Explaining how to push out gas is what finally got him to poop in the toilet and then we no longer needed to use his summer potty chair. I found him a toilet seat insert with handles to hold if he got scared and also put a short stool under his feet so they're not dangling off our toilet. Most of his pants still have an elastic waist since zippers, laces buttons and snaps are like his kryptonite. Getting him special Lego and Star Wars underwear was a great motivator to not poop in them anymore. He had the most accidents while wearing plain boring white underwear. The key for him was wearing something fun that he actually cared about. We'd have funny convos about his underwear. I'd say things like "you better not poop on Darth Vader today or he'll get pretty mad😏 "Don't worry mom I have the force on my side." Potty training him was one heck of a long journey (for both of us) but don't ever give up! The normal Potty training suggestions didn't really work for him. For years the harder I tried the more he fought it. I still can't believe he's finally potty trained (it's only been 3 months) I'm hoping he'll continue doing well in kindergarten this September. Best of luck to all parents currently potty training their children. I hope the summer potty works for them as well. The only negative things I have to say about the summer potty is the seat doesn't detach from this potty to be used as a toilet seat insert and the splash guard sometimes fell off while he was peeing. The back of potty was great for holding small books or 1 package of flushable wipes. He rarely pretend flushed it although it made realistic toilet noises. I do apologize for the length of this review but wanted to share what worked for potty training my lovable, smart, stubborn autistic son.