to be creeped out by this potty training aid

[AuntiePickleBottom]

www.drylikeme.com/products.htm

they look like sanitary towels on googling more

www.thefamilyexpress.com/2011/07/dry-like-me-and-my-6-year-old-daughter.html

[VeraCanSignChocolateAndWine]

[Hmm]

[VeraCanSignChocolateAndWine]

YANBU btw

[joric]

No, don't like them.

[CailinDana]

Eh I don't see the problem. What exactly is creepy about them?

[AuntiePickleBottom]

to me it's like putting a sanitary towel on a child

[CailinDana]

And what's creepy about sanitary towels?

[cookielove]

I agree that they are odd, but after reading the review from that mum it does seem to have a positive effect for children with special needs in that area.

[AuntiePickleBottom]

nothing when used by a female on her monthy

[PippiLongBottom]

They sound like a great idea for the 6 year old in your second link but for a toddler with no additional needs they seem unnecessary and superfluous.

[CailinDana]

But exactly the same pads go into nappies for babies, it's just that there's more padding around them too. Do you think it's better for older children to wear nappies instead? There's nothing "creepy" about periods, pads or tampons, they're just normal everyday things. Feeling weird about something just because it looks a bit like something a woman might use for a normal bodily function is exceedingly odd.

[reallytired]

I can see the sense of it for special needs kids.

[AfternoonDelight]

I find them creepy, but when my DF asked me why I couldn't put it into words.

[Hulababy]

I see them more as incontinence pads than sanitary pads tbh.

Can see benefit of them for children with special needs or bladder conditions.

I wouldn't use them with a child going through normal potty training though.

[A1980]

What's creepy about it? Nappies are just sanitary pads that cover the whole arse if you think about it.

[AuntiePickleBottom]

i agree there is nothing creepy about period product ( some MN may think mooncups are creepy though)

but to me it seems creepy to put a product that looks like a sanitary towel

[CailinDana]

Well I suppose if you see them as being like sanitary pads and you have some sort of shame or taboo feeling surrounding periods then that might explain why they seem odd perhaps? They're only absorbent pieces of fabric used to soak up wee, there's nothing sinister about them.

Do you feel the same way about things like Tena Lady that older people wear?

[Sandalwood]

I just think 'poor Brooke' and is there any need for the photo?

[AuntiePickleBottom]

didn't see it that way

[Letz]

They work out at 19p each at Asda, sanitary towels are around 9p Tena lady around 12p. So you are paying the extra for a chameleon picture on the front or what?

Love the blurb that explains how you can layer them in different ways and place in areas of the pants to collect either the poo or pee!

60mls dosen't sound like a lot of pee either but I don't know my DD is still wearing nappies.

[scrappydappydoo]

I don't think they're actually I think they look rather good. My dd is 3 and she mastered wees back in January but she still refuses to poo on the toilet - she won't wear nappies anymore and if these mean I don't have to clear up pooey knickers then I'm willing to give them a try..

[cookielove]

A sanitary towel won't absorb wee as well as a nappy or i assume this product will, unless you buy the really thick cheapo ones, which could be quite uncomfortable for said child.

[ChazsBrilliantAttitude]

I think the are a great idea for older children with ongoing continence problems as it will give them some control and the ability to sort themselves out.

[scrappydappydoo]

that should say - I don't think they are creepy

[Teaandcakeplease]

I bought some in Asda the other week actually. They only hold 90mls of fluid so they'll partially help to limit the constant changes of wet pants/ shorts etc when potty training. They certainly do not hold a full wee before leaking and my boy thought it was all rather fab whilst wearing his Cars 2 pants. But I'm not sure whether I'll buy another pack again. I just wanted to give them a try. Hoping no one thinks I'm odd for having tried them

[AuntiePickleBottom]

perhaps i should have an open mind.

my DS who is 5.5 is still not toilet trained at night, and he wears dry nights.