Do Pull-Ups Work

Updated on October 19, 2008
M.B. asks from Glen Ellyn, IL
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Does anyone have any advice regarding whether or not to use Pull-Ups.
My daughter is 2 1/2 and we are in the process of training her.
Some days are better then others and I have heard it is still early.
I don't really know exactly how the Pull-ups work anyway.

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K.K.

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I would use underwear during the day with frequent potty trips and only use the pull ups at nap & night- that way he knew he could pull them up and down by himself if he needed (or wanted) to go in the middle of the night, but I knew that if he had an accident it wouldn't be a terrible mess to clean up.

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C.M.

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Hi, M.,

I found when training my daughter when she was 2 1/2 that pull ups did not work because she knew she could still pee in them. I used them only if I knew we would be gone for while with no access to a bathroom or at bedtime or naptime. Letting her feel the wetness when she had an accident seemed to help let her know that she didn't like it. What worked best for us was to take her to the bathroom every 20 minutes at first and put her on the potty. We started our every 45 but found she had too many accidents, so we cut it down to 20 minutes the first few days. Gradually, we increased the amount of time in between potty trips and she was trained in 2 weeks. Good Luck!

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M.P.

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I think Pull-ups are a marketing ploy to keep your kid in diapers longer than necessary. I'm not a conspiracy theory type but aren't they just a diaper without the pull tabs??? I would try training pants and go from there.

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