Our Story
It all started when...
It was a typical day with my (2.5) year old sitting naked on her princess potty in front of the TV in our living room. My daughter said she was cold sitting on the potty, so I grabbed her a blanket and wrapped it around her. The blanket kept falling and she wanted no part in holding it together. As I was doing laundry, I started to fold a green frog towel that we used for my daughter's baths. That’s when I got the idea. So I grabbed some scissors, cut a hole in the rear of the towel and gave it to my daughter to wear hoping that when she uses the potty, she didn’t have to do anything except sit there. Guess what……...she peed while still wearing the frog towel. We were both over the moon excited! That very night, I sketched out designs, wrote down all the reasons how this could help toddlers and from there I was off to the races.
I knew I had a fantastic idea...
Once, I got a few samples made by local retired grandmothers I found through social media, I made appointments and took my samples to show to anyone that would meet with me. I met so many super cool people along the way. I always left these meetings with excitement and fuel to keep going. If these people who have been in this business their entire careers loved my product, I believed I had a great idea. I took something from each and every person I met. Thank you to everyone who gave me just five minutes.
Everything happens for a reason...
I sadly went through a very unexpected divorce, a move, a new job and trying to find my new normal. My business idea never left me, but for a while, it had to go on the back burner. I had things that were more pressing in my life that I needed to sort out. Like taking care of my two daughters and myself. Trying to find a balance being a working single mom was quite the transition, but thanks to family, friends and faith I knew everything was going to be ok. Years later I revisited my business idea. I was truly shocked that there still wasn't anything on the market for potty training. There seems to be everything and anything on the market these days, how in the world could this be! The Potty Poncho is the perfect solution to all potty training needs!