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Sawyerplus1
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Can someone explain Pull Ups to me?
Sawyerplus1
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My idea of pull ups is that they're just diapers that tear off at the sides and are easy to pull up and down for toddlers. Is that the only difference between them and diapers? In your experience were they helpful for potty training or no? And why/how?
We're going to start potty training DS. At first I thought we'd start slow and put him in undies for a few hours a day, slowing building up. He has a language delay, and is pretty...ummm, easily frustrated. He's a complicated little guy, but ready to potty train. But for these reasons I think it may be a bit of a slower process for him. Do you think Pull Ups could come in handy, or should we skip them and just go from diapers to undies.
Any help is appreciated! TIA!
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Re: Can someone explain Pull Ups to me?
The other main difference is that don't completely wick moisture away like diapers do, so they feel when they're wet.
We went the straight to undies route and were successful. We are still doing Pull-ups at night, but treat them like underwear, and expect her to keep them dry (though she isn't always able to). But I've heard a lot of people having a harder time when Pull-ups or diapers are used for daytime. Every child is different though!
My son doesn't handle a lot of change easily and gets frustrated easily too so we've had to take potty training step-by-step as well. I could never, ever do the whole "say goodbye to diapers, here's underwear" route with my son.
We started with being naked or wearing underwear at home and he immediately did really well going to the potty. We had very few accidents. I've started putting him in pull-ups for going out of the house. I put them on and off like underwear and encourage him to tell meif he has to pee if we are out. He does sometimes but mostly still just pees in the pull-up. We've been building up to wearing underwear out of the house and I told him this weekend we say goodbye to diapers. He's a little apprehensive about it but he's been doing well around the house for a month or so, so I think he's ready. I'm sure we'll have a few accidents!
I think it depends on the kid. I've had friends say Pull-ups were a waste of time and just made their child regress. It sounds like your son is similar to mine, and just jumping in to full on potty training would be difficult so pull-ups may be a good way to ease into the idea.
Are pull-ups more expensive than diapers? We CD, but did use pullups in the car.
If your LO is lang. delayed and easily frustrated when confused, and if he's a toddler, the switching could seem arbitrary and perhaps grounds for arguing, "I know she puts those special diapers on sometimes... I don''t know when or why she does, so just let's throw a tantrum and see if that's the proper trigger." If you fall into that trap then you won't be potty training, simply fighting.
We went straight to underwear and used pullups in the car for a couple weeks. You may consider buying cloth training pants. They are washable underwear, but have protection in there incase there's an accident. That way, he isn't confused with how things are going to go down, you know?
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For my daughter, we started potty training at 18 months- she was ready, I was ready. We just put her in pull ups at 2 because she finally got well at waiting to pee until she sat on the potty, so she stayed dry, and it was easier to just pull down and back up the pull ups. Until then, when she was usually wet and peed, we used diapers. Shortly after we switched her to pull ups, I started putting her in panties around the house and it worked almost perfectly! When we go out in public, I put panties on over her pull up and tell her, "Remember, you're in panties, so you can't pee in your pull up!" and that usually works.
I work at a daycare, and most of the time when the parents start potty training and let us know so we can, too, we tell them to keep sending diapers if they'd like since they will usually still be wet when we take them potty. They're also cheaper.
So really, I think the only thing that makes pull ups better is you can put the underwear on over them and tell the child that he/she is just wearing the underwear, and that when your child does start holding it, it's easier to pull them down and up. They are not nearly as absorbent, though!