PullUps vs. Training pants - Parenting Issues Message Board

scaredbuthopeful · 10-14-2003, 05:38 PM

Hi everyone...
Ok so Im getting ready to potty train my 2 yr old. Im stuck on the pullup issue though. My husband wants to use them but Im thinking of just trying out training pants. Any info, advice, or potty training adventures would be appreciated. Thanks!

momof3mjt · 10-14-2003, 05:44 PM

My children thought pullups were just a decorated diaper. They didn't work at all! We went to the "cool" underwear with their favorite character on them.
But I will tell you from LOTS of experience. My first 2 children, I started training at 2 yrs old. It was a down hill battle, and took me FOREVER! My 3rd child, I decided to wait until she was ready. With just a little prompting here and there. (talking about it, having the little potty out) And she trained herself about a week before her 3rd bday! All of the sudden she didn't want a diaper anymore, and we didn't have any accidents!

So good luck to you! I don't envy you in the potty training stage!

Lindy

Meg28 · 10-14-2003, 11:24 PM

I had the EXACT experience as the poster above. I tried to train my son at two and it was the most frustrating thing i've encountered as a parent. I honestly thought that he would be in diapers when he started school!
Guess what? He'll be three in less than a month and just this last week he decided he was done with diapers. The important part - HE decided. It will happen.
By the way, we didn't use pull ups either....my son really enjoyed using his "big boy underwear" with a picture of Spiderman on them. Another factor is that with pull ups they don't feel uncomfortable when the pee....in underwear they do and they HATE it. My son would refuse to walk when he peed his pants.
Good luck! I can relate.....give it time...have the potty around, talk about it with him/her...they will do it when the time is right.

BigMomma24 · 10-14-2003, 11:44 PM

My suggestion? Training pants or underwear. I work in a preschool and have a 4 year old daughter, and I think the child needs to feel when they're wet or soiled. They need that uncomfortable feeling to trigger an "UH-OH! THIS DOESN'T FEEL GOOD!" in their brain. Pull-ups may work for some children, but the majority thinks it's a waste of time and $$$ (those darn things can be expensive).

What worked with my daughter? Power Puff Girl underwear. And please be consistent. So many times we see children doing well in underwear, and then the parent decides to switch back and forth. I confuses the child, and can cause them to regress back to wetting themselves.

Good luckl!!!

scaredbuthopeful · 10-15-2003, 06:28 PM

Thanks for the replys...
Ive been worried that we are starting my daughter to early on the potty training. My husband disagrees. Whenever she is wet she runs and gets us a diaper so she can be changed. Im hoping thats a positive sign that shes ready. But Im starting to think from all the other posters that maybe I should hold off a little longer. Another issue we have is that we may be moving back to the lower 48 in the next few months. I wonder if it would be a good idea to wait until after then?