i don't usually use pull-ups except for at night. i was taught that plastic panties are more effective during potty training. i have a lot of errands to run with my daughter who is currently potty training. should i use plastic panties or pull-ups to run these errands? will it create confusion with her whole potty training concept if i use pull-ups? please let me know your advice. i greatly appreciate it!
2007-01-23 05:22:27 · 15 answers · asked by portuguese_tease 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
use a pull up dont make the child embarrass herself. just ask her often if she needs to go, and take her potty several times. try to avoid autoflush toilets they scared the nothing out of little kids
it wont confuse her. my son is almost 4 and trained but long car rides and times when we wont be near a bathroom i use a pull up. i dont want him to wet himself and be embarrassed he tells me and we have never had a wet pull up not even during an 8 hour car ride
2007-01-23 05:26:22 · answer #1 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The absolute best way to potty train is dedicate 3-5 days in the house with your child, do not go anywhere. Put your child in regular panties and make sure you stock up and each time your child has an accident take her to the bathroom change her there and keep fresh panties in the cupboard and each time she has an accident dont get upsetr just explain to her that this is where we go to the bathroom. This is the only way to successfully potty train, when you are out and about running errands and trying to potty train, it not only confuses the child but can get hard on you. Good Luck
2007-01-23 06:28:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a big proponent of underwear and did that with my son with no issues -- he trained in three days about two weeks before his third birthday, dry day and nights, and that was that. He was easy. Fast forward a couple years to my daughter, now 3 years and four months. We've been training her for about 8 months. Not very seriously in the beginning, but very seriously now, as she starts school in a couple of weeks and they require them to be potty trained. For her, I've gotten to a point where I go back and forth between panties and pull ups. Why? Because she doesn't want to train all the time. She's perfectly capable of going in the potty, is super excited when she goes there, and has some dry days or mostly dry days, but others she gets lazy or just doesn't want to, and so she goes in her pants. It's not an issue of using pull ups as a crutch -- she'll have accidents in her panties or pullups equally, meaning she doesn't wait until she has a pull up on to go like many kids who use pull ups. She just doesn't care if she gets wet or soils her panties. So, when I know we have no room for an accident or I just get tired of doing extra extra laundry, I'll pop on some pull ups. For us, I'm actually hoping school and the peer pressure of seeing everyone else using the potty all the time will be the motivation she needs. But, IMO, if I were you I would try panties and see what happens. For a lot of kids, this is the spark they need. My daughter LOVES wearing big girl undies, she just doesn't care if she soils them. If this turns out to be the case for your daughter, pull ups might be an option. But, for the most part, plain underwear (or nothing at all) works better.
2016-05-24 01:14:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that you will confuse your daughter. Potty training is something that should be consistent. Can't these errands be put off until after she is asleep? Or perhaps daughter could be left with a sitter? It should only take a few days to potty train, and it should be the priority.
Once she has grasped the idea and is doing well. Talk with her about going out. Have her use the bathroom before you leave, and only go out for an hour or so. Check with her frequently about her needs. Be sure you know where the bathrooms are on your route and be prepared to stop frequently. A newly trained child is curious and excited to discover every bathroom.
Carry a spare change of clothing in the car, out of sight. Should she have an accident, just change her clothing, and go on.
Good luck
2007-01-23 05:33:25 · answer #4 · answered by I_Love_Life! 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What my biggest advice here is, STAY HOME as much as possible for the first 3-5 days of potty training. Then do what you need to do, bringing her with you.
With my son, I had him run around the house in just underwear, and a tee shirt, for the first few days. We had to run an errand, and I put him on the toilet for a few minutes just before we had to leave. Then I put rubber pants on him. He didnt have an accident. And for a period of time, I did the pull-ups at night. It will not confuse the child at all. Both protect the childs cloths (for the most part anyways) and both are similiar. To them its pretty much the same thing. So dont sweat it.
Congrats to her for starting this new phase in her life! As well as you! Keep up the good work. Dont forget to call someone special each time she succeeds on the toilet! It makes potty training more rewarding to her, when she can brag to someone that she's now a BIG GIRL!!!!
2007-01-23 05:31:14 · answer #5 · answered by ,,!,,baddest~lil~b!tch,,!,, 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think that pull-ups are confusing to the child. I would stick with just the panties and while your running errands take a little time to stop by the potty at each new place you go when you first get there and before you leave. Hope this helps.
2007-01-23 05:27:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have 2 boys and I found that going straight into underwear trained them faster than the pull-ups. Pull-ups still feel like a diaper and if they can feel wet AND COLD, then they'll learn to use the potty. I am in training with my youngest boy now, who is 3, and he got the jist of it within days. If their clothes get wet then they will realize that going on the potty is best. Also, I told my son that if he can go for a whole week without having an "accident" he gets to go to Toys "R" Us. ( I believe I even threatened to take his "woobee" away. He definitely didn't want that to happen.) Just be firm and don't give up. If you aren't consistent in your potty training, then your child will have basically trained you.....to change her/his pull-ups. I hope this helps.
2007-01-23 05:35:40 · answer #7 · answered by knitcrazy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter went from diapers to pull ups when she was getting trained. It didn't confuse her, it helped her. Because they go up and down like panties, they help keep the clothing dry.
2007-01-23 05:51:13 · answer #8 · answered by sweetgurl13069 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u know u are going to be extreamly busy where u may not get her to the potty in time, i would use a pull up. i dont think it will confuse her. just ask her if she has to go potty often. everything will be just fine
2007-01-23 05:42:13 · answer #9 · answered by goober 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you are going to have to slow down and understand when and were to take you daughter to the rest- room i say plastic panties , you need to not give her so much to drink wile you are out. take her to the rest -room every 30 mins regardless she has to go or not. make her sit on potty and you will see results in 1 week.
2007-01-23 05:31:14 · answer #10 · answered by kimmy07 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋