Potty training, nappies or pants? This is a question that every parent will ask themselves at some point during the toilet training stages. Nappies are safe but they can make your child feel a bit babyish while you are trying to make them feel like a big kid. In pants your child feels grown-up, until there’s an accident. Nappy pants, or trainer pants as they are commonly called offer an alternative for the period in between nappies and pants.
Training pants are basically pull-on nappies, they go on like pants but protect like a nappy. There are two different kinds of training pants, cloth and disposable. The main disposable brand are Huggies Pull-Ups. They have colourful prints on the outside which fade when they are wet and tear away side seams in case of messy accidents. Disposables tend to be very absorbent, much more so than cloth. This is good if you are out so your child doesn’t end up in wet cloths but can hinder the training process because you child doesn’t know when they are wet. Cloth trainer pants work out cheaper because they can be reused. They usually consist of a plastic outer and toweling lined inside. They are not as absorbent as the disposables but do let your child know when they are wet.
A pack of Huggies Pull-Ups costs about £4.99 for 14 while a cloth trainer is around £4.99 per pant but can be reused.
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I had some samples of these sent from both Huggies and Pampers when my son was at this stage. I found them a nuisance as he just thought he had a nappy on. He indicated to me just before he was 2 that he wanted to not wear a nappy. It was February, no central heating and there was Adam happily playing in the house with no nappy on. He did very well and didn't have many accidents. In early March we had nice weather and we ventured down the road in pants and trousers. He told me if he wanted a wee and he went in the drain/bush wherever. He cracked it very easily. The only time I used the training pants was in the early stages when we had a 5-6 hour journey to Cornwall on holiday.
Advantages: I guess when they are just starting to toilet train and you are going out and the child wont wear a nappy they could be useful Disadvantages: to much like nappies they feel like nappies to the child wearing them
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