Pull-ups or Panties?

My daughter is 3 and she is in Pull-ups and I love them. She always tells me when she needs to go potty and she goes but sometimes she doesnt. She is getting really good at it.

L.

Pull ups were a waste for us. My daughter thought they were just like diapers but she could pull them up and down and still peeded in them. I just put on real panties and let her pick them out and told her dont pee in them or you will get wet and yucky and she never did. At first I took her every 30 min and then she got the hang of it. You can always have a pany party and have everyone come and bring her new panties and have cupcakes if you make a big deal about it it seems to help. We also told her if she didnt pee in her panties for 2 weeks that she could have a gift. She wanted a scooter real bad and it worked. She has never had an accident either. Just be patient and they will learn most of it on their own. Good Luck I know this is a rough time.

I think that panties are the way to go. Yes, it takes more effort on your part, but I think kids tend to "get it" faster if they know when they are wet and when they are dry. We did pull-ups with my son, and he just continued as if they were diapers. As soon as we put him in underwear, he was totally potty trained in less than a week. With my daughter we completely skipped pull-ups unless we were going to be where a restroom would be inaccessible for more than 30mins. She was a very strong willed child and it took forever for her to "get it." She did great in public, but would be "too busy" playing or whatever to want to get up and go potty. Once her little friends started saying something to her, she stopped having "accidents." Good luck to you, and whatever is best for your little one and you will be the best decision.

I've done both. With my 1st dd, we went cold turkey. I think she only had 1 accident. The same with my 2nd, but she had more accidents. My 3rd, we put her in panties, but she had accidents every day & put her in Pull-Ups. She eventually got it, but could not hold her bladder at night(& still can't for that matter)so we put her in Pull Ups just for bed. My 4th, we put in Pull Ups but she got it pretty quickly & went on to panties. For us, it was what worked for the individual kids. I think it's a good idea to try panties for awhile. You have to give it time though. But it takes some kiddos some time for their bladders to catch up with them.

I am in the same boat. I have a 2.5 years old girl and she knows all about potty... except how to bring herself to it. Funny thing... she will bring everybody else in the house to the potty if they need to go. She will try occasionally before bathtime or during the day but usually nothign happens. My frineds tell me - go cold turkey straight to panties. One of my girlfriends even told me she bought her girl those Gerber potty training panties (they are very thick in the crotch (so I guess it doesn leak straight to your carpet) but they seem to be more like pull-up for the little one. Once she changed her to straight panties accidents quit happeing fast. So... once it will get really warmer (amybe 2 more weeks?) I will go cold turkey.
Let us know how it went

Panties, panties, panties! Especially with a little girl! It's getting warmer out so just have some little summer dresses on hand. A big thing we did was make a HUGE deal about picking out her big girl panties. Make a day of it even....let her choose whatever ones she wants. Back it up w/ your sticker chart.
Use Pull-Ups at night but I wouldn't do it in the day. If she's showing signs of wanting to start using the potty then pull-ups will confuse her. They have the same look and feel of diapers.

Best of Luck!

S.

I looked into thepottytrainer.com and felt like it was a scam. Nothing we got out of the "teasers" worked for us at all. I love the pull-ups, but because they're easier for me, especially during the summer, not because they necessarily work on training. We tried lots of things with our son and then just stopped trying anything at all. Everything was available to him and one day he just went in and used the potty all by himself. Good luck!

My daughter is 2 and wore pull ups for a while and would only dedicate to potty training while naked. She started two days a week at a new day care. They asked that I bring several pairs of clothing and just put her in panties. She had about 3 accidents a day for 3 days and like that she was completely potty trained. She would have a rare accident but quickly became able to hold it in the car, store etc. I am a fan of the wet yourself technique until you get it, but will say that the pull ups were good to start with. Good luck.

We used the Cool Effect Pull Ups and they really helped. They make them feel cold when the wet the diaper and is a little uncomfortable. I used them exclusively for about 2 weeks and then went to underpants exclusively. I think the Cool Effects really helped helped him to recognize when he had to go.

My first response to your question was panties, but I think the Cool Effects are one of the best tools around!!

I just recently got past potty training my 2 1/2 year old, not at night yet but that can take time. My daughter was doing the same thing as yours it sounds like, always wanting to go but not always going, plus mine would potty in her diaper and then say she needed to go. So I tried pull-ups first but she just did the same thing with the diaper, she would just potty in it most of the time. I then went cold turkey into panties, but I made a really big deal about it getting her all excited going panty shopping and letting her pick out her own. Then when she wore them I told her how we dont want to ruin the pretty panties. Granted we had quite a few accidents so keep towells and carpet cleaners ready but be patient. Every hour I would remind her lets try and go potty and if she went I would reward her with a sticker and a single m&m. It took me only about a full week and she has been potty trained now for about 3 months with only about a handful of accidents. She still wears a pull-up at night but that takes a while. From my experience going cold turkey to panties is the best it worked for both of my daughters. Good Luck.

Well, One Step Ahead has (what looks like) some great training pants. We haven't used them yet. My 2yo son isn't even close- shows no signs of being ready. I do plan on buying some of these training pants, though. It says they're soft and leak resistant. Here's the URL... http://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId.... They also have some for night time and they have one of those night time alarms for when they pee in the night. It wakes them up. Put "training pants" in the search box and all the products I listed will come up.

There's also this website that seems to have a "magic" potty training solution. I haven't paid the $17 yet for the answer, but I may. I'd like to know if someone else has tried it. If someone does pay for it, please let me know how it went. The website is...http://thepottytrainer.com/. It sounds good, but it may be a scam. If it worked, it would save money in diapers and pull-ups (and training pants), so it could be worth it. Like I said, if anyone tries it, please message me. Thanks!

I just potty trined my daughter and from the first day I put panties on her and would take her to sit on the toilet every hour, the first day she peed on herself two times, the next day as soon as we woke up I put panties on her and reminded her she cannot pee on herself and needed to tell me if she had to go to the toilet this day I took her to sit on the toilet every 30 minutes and she only wet herself once. The third day no accident but I would still take her to sit on the toilet and this day sometimes she wouldn't pee but if she had to she started telling me "I have to go to the restroom" and she would go. After that on Saturday we went out and I told her Im going to put thick panties on you but you cannot wet yourself you still have to tell me when you have to go to the restroom and she did,she did very good and only had one accident in the restaurant. This was three weeks ago and we have been accident free. The dirty ones are when they poop in their panties she did this twice but hasn't done it again since those first two times. She is doing really good and tells me everytime she has to go. Good luck, it's a hard thing to do but I had to keep reminding myself she has been peeing and pooping in her diaper for two years, it will take time for her to learn that she can't do it anymore and has to go in the toilet. They will get it they are very fast learners, it just takes patients on our part.

I felt very strongly against pull-ups b/c I feel it gives a false sense of security. We went straight to panties and were just prepared with extra pairs in case our daughter had an accident. We celebrated the first day she went the whole day without an accident by going to McDonald's (unfortunately, she had an accident in the car on the way to McDonald's, but that's okay!). We constantly praised her. When she consistently was dry throughout the day, we bought her a small toy. She was actually done (day and night) within 2-3 months. It makes a huge difference as to whether your child is really ready for it. If she is, it should be easy for you. Otherwise, you might be fighting her tooth and nail for something she cannot quite do yet. Play it by ear and know that it's okay if you need to take a break from it..... Good luck.

I have a 20 year old and a 2 1/2 (she turned 2 in Sept). Panties are better. My two year is full potty trained because she could "feel" when she had an accident as opposed to the pull-up where they are much like diapers. Go to Walmart and get some plastic panties to wear over her panties, in order to keep her clothes dry while she is learning. Don't let her sleep in pull-ups either.