To think pull ups are just nappies.

We use the tab ones during the day, and the pull-up ones at night as a general rule.

I use them at night because they do seem more absorbent and don't move about or come undone. Baby seems to get less red marks on the skin too. (They sleep with their bum in the air like they just don't care).

I also find them easier to put on at night after a bath when baby can go from hero to zero very quickly because of tiredness, less risk of an accidental? kick to the boob if I use the quicker pull ups.
I had no idea you could rip them to get them off - I use scissors if I get the rare pooey one.

I have no idea why people wouldn't think they are nappies, they are just a different style.

But I have decided as my son's mother that there is a need. He was crawling at 5 months and has been non stop on the move ever since. The tab ones forever came undone and have no stretch. They look so uncomfortable. I like my child to be as comfortable as he would be in pants.

Totally agree with this, both of mine were in pull ups (nappy ones) from being around 10mths old. Much more comfortable for active toddlers, much easier to change out and about for active toddlers who can stand up for changes. Rip down the side for poos and change the same as a tab nappy if needed.
Just altogether much more convenient and far nicer for toddlers on the move.

Oh course they are nappies

Yes they are just nappies but I’ve never known anyone who’s used them for potty training. Don’t people normally use them to make changes easier when babies have become more mobile/impossible to pin down to change?

Same here. Never heard anyone saying that pull-ups are not nappies. They are, just with a different closing mechanism. We'll be potty training in a few weeks and I've just bought proper potty training pants. They are still around and there is a wide range to choose from.

Fair point, I only used them at night too so hadn’t really considered the practicalities.
On the OP’s point though, I’ve not actually known anyone say they’re potty training because they’re using pull ups. Amongst everyone I know, potty training involves bare bums/actual pants. Pull ups tend to just be used because they’ve got a wriggly baby who won’t lie still for a nappy change.

How do you put a new one on if you dont take shoes/trousers off?

But you still need to take trousers, shoes etc fully off to put a new one on. That'd why I never used them except at night. Too annoying.

You rip the sides, no need to take everything off at all.

Agree, I’ve potty trained 3 kids (the latest just a couple of months ago so I’m not outdated with my experiences!) and never once bought a pull up. I don’t understand their purpose. We just went from nappies to no nappies in the day, nappies at night gradually tapered off as they woke up dry.

Pull ups are the bane of my existence, I work in a nursery and the amount of children in them is ridiculous, some are as young as 10 months and there's absolutely no need.

They just must have the sort of baby that lies there during nappy changes.

My son has been in pull ups whenever necessary since seven months old when he learned to crawl and immediately started fucking off during nappy changes.

This is absolutely true - my friend sells washable nappies, has done for years - her daughter is 25, and says that Pampers brought out the pull up nappies with the sole intention of keeping babies in nappies for longer (this was circa 2002, as birth rate was low. They spent a fortune on advertorials saying 'leave potty training till your baby is ready' and that's what happened, babies were put in pull ups and of course they still thought 'this is a nappy and wet it!
It worked too, the average age for potty training was 18 months in the 1960s, by 2000 it was just under 2y 3 months, and shot up to almost 2yr 8 months by 2004.

Funnily enough, pull ups most often come up on mumsnet in the form of nursery staff complaining that they’re a pain in the bum to change (and they’re right!) It seems like some parents are using them long before potty training is on the horizon.

I’m one of them, as my youngest is awkwardly shaped so nappies either fall off or pop open when she bends at the middle.

I think the pull ups for potty training is a MASTERFUL marketing scam. At the end of the day, they’re just as absorbent as nappies and so there’s zero incentive for the kids to wait to wee in the potty.

My method for potty training has always been get poo down first, then switch to the training pants (the washable, reusable kind) as you know pretty instantly if they’ve had an accident, and you know accurately where you are in progress (whereas with a pull up, am I looking at one big wee or several small ones?) The pull ups just seem really counter intuitive over all.

Never had any fuss with them

They don't make any mess when you rip them. My son has been in pull ups since he was 4 months old because I find them better than normal tab nappies and nice and comfortable for a very active child as they're elasticated and soft all the way round his waist.

Not sure why they'd be a waste of money or inconvenient, I think they're fantastic and comfy.

I hated the pull up nappies, I found them a waste of money and inconvenient as
you have to strip the whole bottom half to change them shoes and all,
they also sagged really easily on my children so I found I used loads more than regular nappies.

This was my undertanding too.

Pull ups are just easier to pull up when you have a toddler that doesn't want to lay still anymore.

Training pants are different as they let the child feel wet, but they hold it in a bit so you can still leave the house without them getting drenched if they do wee?

They don't make any mess when you rip them. My son has been in pull ups since he was 4 months old because I find them better than normal tab nappies and nice and comfortable for a very active child as they're elasticated and soft all the way round his waist.

Not sure why they'd be a waste of money or inconvenient, I think they're fantastic and comfy.

Pull ups mean you don't trash a nappy when the child needs to sit on the potty. You can pull up afterwards.

The child sees them as big kid pants so makes an effort to go to the potty.

With pull ups child can sit on potty before and after every meal without needing a nappy change.

It's a huge difference in my opinion. Gives the DC some control, too.

Let's you do a car journey with security against accidents.

I'm not sure what's wrong with them to be honest.

And I've used cloth nappies as well.

This is what we did. DS1 was around 9 before he was reliable at night. So we called them nighttime pants. We never put them on during the day. As soon as we started we just left them bare bottomed in the house and in pants with lots of spares if out

I couldn't get worked up about it either way and don't really care what people choose to use, call them or when they potty train.