Would you recommend training pants for potty training?

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Or just using normal pants? They are quite expensive so want to make sure they are worth me spending the money..

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I never use them - I just have plenty of spare clothes handy and use a towel in the car seat. If you time it right and the child is ready then the accidents only last 2-3 days.

Yeh they are expensive. When I toilet trained LO It just didn't happen, I think we both weren't ready. I tried again a month later and he managed to get the hang of it within a week. I took away the rug, soft toys, unnecessary things that would need cleaning if weed on. I filled his bottle with water, this way could monitor how much he was drinking and would take him to the toilet every 30 mins initially then increase the time. I just bought lots of cheap underpants and soaked them at the end of the day. I did use the pullups when going out and at night just as a precaution.