Potty training stages -next step?

Chris - posted on 05/09/2010

I recommend cloth training pants. We've been using Imse Vimse and Blueberry Trainers with our daughter for a couple months now. They both soak up most of the accident, keeping it off our carpet, etc. (sometimes even off her pants) but allow just enough leakage that your son can feel being wet. She calls them her "undies" and feels like such a big girl. In fact, she pitches a fit if you put her in a diaper for anything other than bedtime. We use her training pants anywhere we go - home, errands, park. Occasionally we resort to our stash of pull-ups if I haven't done laundry, but we use them so infrequently they don't really interfere with training.

Brittany - posted on 05/09/2010

I think just keep diapers. Your wasting your money on pull ups and everyone that I work with has complained that the feel just like diapers. One girl actually just puts her daughter in underwear all day if she has an accident it happens and just does a diaper at bed. SHe said pull ups feel the same as diapers and that her daughter just started going in them like a diaper. You could try but, I'm not going to put my son in them if they feel just the same.

Ariel - posted on 05/06/2010

You are the Mom! You as mom know what is best for you! As a dc provider you've got the best experience.Pull ups are fine the biggest thing to remember is at 16 none of this will matter!They won't be asking you to change them then. They'll be too concerned with other more pressing issues!

Ivys - posted on 05/05/2010

Hello moms!
I have a 20 month old son..
Is he too young to be potty trained?
Some advice ladies!
Thanks =)

Samantha - posted on 05/04/2010

I had an interview with a daycare center. The lady that held the interview has been doing daycare and teaching pre K for years and she actually told me pull ups confuse kids. She said that its so much like a diaper that kids think it is okay to go potty in them, yes they are easier than a diaper but she said underwear are better as she put it kids don't like wet legs its not confortable. She suggested this to me because I find that my son is finally starting to understand the concept of going on the potty. I'm still debating the issue only because I don't want to force the potty yet but I do want to keep the potty routine (he has gone on it once just like your son). But I have tried pull-ups prior to her telling me this and my son loved them. Of course he found it to be more of a game and kept telling me he had to go potty just so he could take them on and off himself! I do find pull-ups to be good for outside sometimes my son just gets to much into playing he doesn't think about potty I just make it a point to take him in every 20 mins. However, I did train my exes daughter and went straight to underwear with her (she has an older sister who was in underwear and she wanted to be like her) and had one day of 5 outfit changes and that was it! We only used pull-ups for bed and long car rides just in case we couldn't get to a bathroom. So I don't know if I got lucky or she really just hated having wet legs; of course she was about 2 in a half. All in all I'm new to this to but it sounds like your son is ready for the next step whether it be pull-ups or underwear! Good Luck!

Zita - posted on 05/03/2010

Absolutely put him in pullups. They can be used like underwear but give the security just in case he has an accident.