Washable training pants

[mrsoutnumbered]

I just noticed these are on offer in Ocado at the moment. Are they worth getting? I used disposable training pants with my older two.

If you use them, how many do you need?

Thinking about training my 27 month old over the school holidays!

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[TheEagle]

What are these? Why would you not just use regular underpants or am I being a bit dense?

In the throes of potty training DTs and just have loads and loads of spare undies and shorts on the go.

[mrsoutnumbered]

I think they're like pull up cloth nappies, but probably not as absorbent. So if they had a little accident it would catch most of it.

I did cloth nappy my older two but didn't use them. I quite like the idea of them now!

[NannyR]

I don't think you need pull ups/training pants for potty training. I've potty trained 11 children over the years (as a nanny) and I prefer not to use them. They feel different to normal pants and if they are there to catch accidents, children tend to use them for little accidents rather than rushing for the potty. Just have plenty of spare pants and shorts and an old towel and bin bag to line the car seat and pushchair.

[TheEagle]

I Googled them and I still don’t get them!

It seems like they’d just be another “thing” to get rid of along the way to getting to use regular underwear.

If you’re concerned about using nappy bags etc to put wet gear in, you can buy reusable wet bags which minimises plastic use.

I think feeling wet is an important part of the child learning to tell when a wee is coming.

[TheEagle]

Oh and we used puppy pads for the car (and the kitchen chairs for the first day or two).

We’re 2 weeks in and thankfully no wees or poos in the car!

[CatWithKittens]

We've used them for all 5 of ours. I've found them great for the car or when we were out and couldn't be sure of a loo or anywhere to use a potty in a hurry. They can be pulled up and down easily, when wet they feel wet so the child knows he/she has wet but they protect anything that's being sat on at the wrong time and also stop trousers getting wet or dirty if there is an accident. I agree you have to sue them with discretion so the child doesn't begin to treat them like a nappy but we didn't find it a problem if used like I've mentioned.

[TheChatsPyjamas]

My experience was the same as catwithkittens, but we introduced the training pants after a few weeks of going commando under shorts/trousers. They don’t hold a whole wee but if you change them quickly you can save the trousers. They also hold pops better than normal pants.

[mrsoutnumbered]

Thanks all!

I may get one or two for when I'm out and about. I remember with my son I put bed mats on the pushchair and used a travel potty (which I still have!).

I'm not convinced I need them, think I'm being tempted by the cute print if I'm honest!!

[schooltripwoes]

I don't rate them (or indeed any training pants TBH). They don't hold a full wee.

Just go straight to normal pants. If they're not ready to be dry after a few days, then it's probably to early to be training and I think it's confusing if they know they can wet because their pants will absorb it.

The exception was car journeys. We used 'car pants' (disposable pull ups) which I put on over normal underwear just in case I couldn't stop the car safely for an emergency wee in the early days.