We're in the process of starting to potty train our 33 month old son. My husband and I are wondering what we should use--the disposable pants (PullUps) or the regular, old-fashioned training pants (look like real underwear, but the crotch is very padded to absorb). Any advice?
2006-12-19 02:09:15 · 21 answers · asked by brevejunkie 7 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
You should use the thick training pants, when you use disposable ones babies or kids tend to think there are still in a diaper. The training pants will let them know what it feels like to be wet or pottied on.
2006-12-19 03:37:22 · answer #1 · answered by Michelle M 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think getting the Bummis training pants is a great idea to start out with. They look like underwear but if she has an accident in them it wont leak all over the floor instantly so you have time to clean her up. I do not recommend pull-ups at all during the beginning stages of potty training because they look and feel just like diapers and newly potty trained kids don't understand that they aren't so they will still go to the bathroom in them. You should wait until she has already gotten used to going on the potty and then bring in pull-ups if you need to. I also reccomend that you buy a few potty training books with her so you can get her excited about potty training, and also have her pick out some big girl underwear that she can wear while she practices going potty. If she wears onesies a lot, you should start buying plain white t-shirts so just incase, she can just lift her shirt up and sit on the potty. Other than that, just try to make her feel comfortable. Put her on the potty in front of her favorite movie or TV show and of course, once she goes give her a treat! Do not give her something that she has a lot of because it will not be a treat for her. I'm sure you've already heard a lot of these ideas, but you should just try whatever works best for you. Good luck potty training. It can be a nightmare or a disaster. Hopefully it will be easy for you. :)
2016-05-23 07:17:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They BOTH are very effective...it all depends on whether you want the convenience of just throwing the disposables away!
It has been my experience, (since I am a grandmother now, and we had NOTHING but the cloth "real training" pants!) that the cloth pants make the child MORE aware and literally "wet"...they learn to respond quicker because they don't like the wet feeling...the disposable keep them drier...so they are not as aware of what the whole process is all about ...
For night time , you will DEFINITELY want to use the disposable...they keep night time accidents at bay!
You son is old enough that he will probaly train very quickly...as he will want to "please you and "daddy"...
It is also quite helpful IF he can "go to potty" with daddy when possible, ...it will help him get the idea! Try rewarding him also when he does go....we used the mini M & M's ...for every success...we would give 5 minis...this gives him incentive to want to go to get the next treat! You canuse anything that he associates with "treat" if you do not give him any kind of candy....we used the mini M & M's because they are so small...it didn't add up to that much sugar all day training!!!!
The MAIN thing is to make a REALLY BIG DEAL out of his successes!!!!
Good luck on this latest "venture"!
2006-12-19 02:22:46 · answer #3 · answered by photogram1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At first I would use the Pull Ups. We used the one that made her feel wet. After about three weeks we put her underwear on top of the Pull Up. Within a few days she did not want to wear the Pull Up and longer. She did have some accidents her and there, but she figured it out that she needed to give more than a five second warning she had to go to the potty.
We also bought a Disney DVD called "Welcome to the Big Blue House: Potty Time with Bear." She really enjoyed it and it helped her understand that everyone uses the bathroom and it is an "ok" thing.
I hope this helps you and your son. Good Luck.
2006-12-19 02:16:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
When either of my two youngest are ready I plan to use the disposable training pants. Either way you go, thick training pants or disposable training pants, they are still a diaper. Its in the attitude of how you proceed with the training. The only difference between a diaper and a pull up diaper is the child can easily pull up and down the pull up diaper. Other than that, they both have the same filling in them to absorb wetness. They do make them to look very close to real underware but because of the thickness, crinkle, you have to encurage the child and re-assure him/her to use the toilet and be a big person. Same thing with the cloth style, cloth diapers use diaper pins, training pants use elastic to hold them up. I dont like the cloth training pants becuase like the cloth diaper, you have to use plastic pants to avoid having accidents on the floor or furniture.
Use the disposable pull up diaper and keep the attitude of hes a big boy now and this is what we wear and we use the big potty. Dont baby him and dont tell him hes in a diaper.
God Bless.
2006-12-19 05:59:36 · answer #5 · answered by xxxxxxxxxx 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I found that the (pull ups) disposable pants, were good. My grand daughter trained really quick. She could easily pull those down herself and go potty. If those do not work for you, then try the real underwear, which can get tiresome when they wet themselves.
Good Luck
2006-12-19 02:13:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello I like the pull ups and they are even better now then they were when my girls were little .
I'm not sure how it is with boys but with my youngest daughter I seen that she was ready to be potty trained and I put regular underwear on her and told her that those were big girl panties and she needed to use the bathroom and not pee in them and she never did so that is a suggestion also .
Good luck to you.
2006-12-19 02:19:31 · answer #7 · answered by zera d 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Disposable pull ups are the way to go at night, for sure. But kids feel extra grown up with real underwear. Use both. Use the training pants during the day, and the pull ups at night.
2006-12-19 02:14:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I liked to use both Pull-Ups and regular undies.
In the house or on the go I would use the Pull-Ups so I wouldn't have to worry about the carpet or sofa getting soaked or being out at the store and having to go change pants, socks and shoes. I think the wet shoes are the worst part for you and him. It is also hard if the carseat is wet and you have changed his pants and now he is dry but you still have to drive home with a wet carseat unless you put a bag or towel down. Pull Ups are good for avoiding this.
At home in the yard I liked the regular undies without padding worn with a pair of sandals. That way when he goes he is fully aware of it and so are you. Plus the sandals can be hosed off and air dried. If your kitchen isn't carpet you could also put him in undies while doing a craft in the kitchen or fixing a snack together.
As a fun incentive for my oldest daughter we told her if she went on the potty she could call anyone she wanted to tell them. I called the family and told them to be expecting a call! My daughter went on the potty and said " I want to talk to Bob The Builder!" So I call my brother in law (who had never seen Bob the Builder) and he put on a funny voice and they talked. My daughter was so excited to talk to "Bob" but most days she just wanted to call Daddy or Grandpa. It was fun for the entire family from the West to the East Coast. :)
Good luck and have fun with it.
2006-12-19 02:36:46 · answer #9 · answered by jen 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Real underwear (the gerber brand are good)
Potty training my son now, it's going slow.
You'll have to wash the cloth undies fequently, but i didn't want the expense of the disposable ones. (besides they tend to use them as if they were a diaper anyway! At least my kids did.)
It's up to you, which you think will be easier on you.
2006-12-19 02:16:26 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋