Another potty training question - training pants?

rockvillebride · August 2011

My son is in pull-ups all of the time now and has been for a couple of months. He does great when we put him on the potty (which we do roughly every 2 hours on the weekends and of course, they do that regularly when he is at school all day during the week.) He still doesn't know though to tell us when he has to go. We tried underwear one Saturday morning recently at home, but he had 3 accidents in under an hour. Would training pants be a good next step for us to work with at home? Any other advice?

krissyh21 · August 2011

I am just reading up on the potty thing right now, and asking opinions of friends and family so keep this in mind, but from what I understand people say things like pull-ups kind of prolong the process. Usually regular undies will help them.

I was also told to ask them every 10-15 minutes if they need to use the potty at the start.

LoveMyGirlz · August 2011

Yea he'd definitely feel it more wearing underwear. My daughter didn't like feeling the pee in her pullups, but I know some kids just don't care ( I think especially boys based on what I've heard). Another suggestion is to make him go to the bathroom and sit on the potty (or stand... whatever boys do, I don't know, lol) and sing the alphabet. If he doesn't go during that time, then he can go back and play, and if he does go then celebrate!

I still do this with my daughter if we're out in public and I want her to try to go. She sings the whole alphabet and if she doesn't go, then that's fine, I'm glad we tried.

mrsolsenk12 · August 2011

We are PTing right now. We only do pull ups over underwear if we are going to be out of the house to prevent messes in the car. He has on the undies so he can feel that he is wet. I ask him and take him every 20-30 minutes. When we first started a week ago, i was taking him every 15.

krissybegs · August 2011

When we were potty training we never used pull-ups and went straight to underwear. We had a lot of accidents in the beginning but he knew immediatley that he was wet. The good news, he was fully potty trained, even at night, in less than 6 weeks. Now, I didn't start this process until he was almost 3 so I believe that is why he did it so quickly. Good luck.

madybug · August 2011

After pull ups didnt phase her i bought the gerber waterproof training pants. They are so uncool she only had to wear them a day or two and she would rather use the toilet then me put them back on her. I wanted her to feel more wetness so i bought them not realizing that just the sight of them made her cringe. she hated them but they worked.

howleyshell · August 2011

Training pants are a good option but I'll warn you that one of mine pitched an ever-lovin' fit because he hated wearing them.

My older one wasn't a fan either but would wear them and they did the job.

A pull up over underwear has the same effect - they feel wet but you're not mopping up pee. And - you already own them so no extra cost.

That's the route I'd go!

GL

JillRock96 · August 2011

I found that we had to ask her every 20 minutes or so to help her recognize when she had to go. After several days of setting a timer and putting her on the potty literally every 20 minutes, she got pretty good about telling us. Now, if she says she doesn't have to go, I give her another 10 minutes, then I tell her she needs to try. While I consider her "potty-trained" at this point (in that she doesn't really have accidents and she wears underwear all day), I still ask her every 30 minutes, and I told her preschool to do the same.

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