Training Pants (Not Pamper Style Pull-ups)

Pull ups are really just diapers, not much help and just extends the time it takes to master the potty. A child needs to feel wet and uncomfortable to really understand why to use the potty.

I myself like just plain old training pants. (We like the trainers from Hanna Andersson, super absorbent and they hold up well.) You are right with avoiding diaper/pull-ups. Kids think of them as 'magical underwear' and do become confused by them. I'd go with the extra padding in the crotch. I think trainers are great because your child understands what happens when they wet themselves. Perhaps you want to keep the plastic-on-the-outside for outings or car trips? They are still likely going to leak somewhat, if the padding is filled to capacity though.

DO NOT put the plastic ones in your dryer!!!! I know it says you can dry them on low - I followed the instructions - but they still melted all over the back of my dryer. My daughter does like the all cloth ones and while they don't hold a full bladder, they do catch the little bit when they realiza at the last minute that they waited too long.

well I cloth diaper and used both of these with my older kids for potty training (although pullups are GREAT for bedtime) The plastic outers are better in the early stages when more accidents are likely, because they keep clothes and furniture dry, or say if you are going out and may not have a bathroom right there when needed. The other that seem like very absorbent underpants are great when accidents are few and far between, or when kids have the control to realize they are wetting themselves and get to the bathroom in a hurry.

In both cases fit is a big deal, otherwise everything just falls out. (my second son actually left a trail of poo on my dad's kitchen floor).

I'm a huge believer in the undies w/extra padding in the crotch. I used plastic outside covers to help back when my kids potty trained. I generally used pull-ups for traveling if needed.

Best of Luck!!!

I have used both with my kids. For traveling, I used the pull ups to manage not being able to get right to a potty. I found that my boy did well with the padded trainers -- washable is a big plus. We used these at home awhile before having him pick out his big kid underwear. He had a few accidents, but got a hang of it. The cloth helped my kids feel the wetness which they did not like. I also waited until warm weather to start -- less clothing to remove and could go without bottoms if needed.

I have a girl so we used Potty Patty (same as Potty Scotty but for girls) LOVED them. I imagine they are similar to your Gerber with the plastic outside. They were perfect for outings and nap time bed time. When there's an accident there was never much soak through to clothing and there was never any to bedding. So they made accidents easier. I used the unlined Gerber as her "first" underwear. She's moved on to regular panties now but also still wears the Gerbers just because they still fit her. She totally potty trained now and doesn't seem to care which underwear she wears. Though the Potty Pattys were pretty thick so those she was excited to not wear anymore once they weren't needed anymore. Giving up pull ups was TOTALLY the way to go. Good luck!

I had no luck with either of these. My son refused to wear the ones with the plastic. And the ones with the extra padding didn't work. There is extra padding there, but it's not enough to hold a bladder's worth of liquid. In the end, I used regular underpants and frequent reminders...

No on the pull ups. They do confuse them as diapers. I would do the diapers with the cotton with exxtra padding in the crouch. DO the method of no underware when you are at home. I bought a training potty with my son at walmart. He picked it out. I had him in a shirt in no underware at home.He peed for about two weeks on the potty then he pooped. After that we had some accidents but now it has been almost a year since he has been potty trained.

I was a cloth diaper mom and when my son was about 2 and ½ we started to talk about being a big boy and using the potty. One day we went to walmart and he picked out a pack of big boy underpants that he LOVED and that was it. I washed them and he picked out which ones he wanted to wear and it was all good. Now I wont say he didn’t have any accidents ever but I can count on one hand the number he did have. I also made sure he had a small “bribe” of M&M’s he got one to pee and two to poop. I know this will gross a lot of people out but we also took a picture of his first poopie in the potty to show daddy since he was at work and we never had an issue with him not wanting to go or being scared. At night time we did use the pull ups, we made sure he went potty before bed and woke him once during the night and then as soon as he got up and as soon as he was dry all night they went away also. It worked well for us and it worked well for my daughter also. Good luck!

i got pull ups for my daughter, she didnt care it pull up or diaper. Just one day i put regular panties on her and gave up diapers. First day we had 6 accidants, next day we got 4, and after 4th day she was peeing on the toilet. We did stickers too. After she would get 5 stickers she would get a treat. First couple of days it was messy and wet everywhere but it was totally worth it. She hated to be wet.

I think it's a myth about the pull-ups. When a child is READY they will do it no matter what they are wearing. But putting on the cloth training pants, with or without plastic, you will have pee on your belongings. That's just gross. I've seen many children train fine with the pull-ups. Boys just take longer anyway.

depends on how big the wet is. What I liked the best were the potty scotty underpants. There is a website that carries them if you google them. they seem to be a bit thicker and hold pee better. the pull ups are just like diapers to them.

I bought something similar. I bought the Blueberries brand and I used them for a weekend (we realized he wasn't ready) and loved them!!!
Generally I wouldn't buy Gerber diapering/training products just because they have a bad rap for not ever working. So I would take them back.
I like the Blueberries because they have a hidden layer of PUL fabric which is the fabric used for modern cloth diapers and it is what makes the diapers so waterproof. I highly suggest going that route. And if you plan on having more kids, you can save them and use them for them too. So you are going to save money in the long route anyway :D

I bought these for my daughter, and was planning to go that way, but when I tried to put them on her she'd have no part in it. We were doing a version of "3 Day Potty Training" and I said we'd be wearing undies and putting these on over (as I had visions of wet carpeting everywhere...guess I thought this was going to be like training a puppy!). I guess she didn't like the crinkly noise.

She is now daytime potty trained, and I am holding onto those plastic pants for when it's bedtime training, as I really really do fear wet bed sheets in the night!!!

Good luck!