To think pull ups are just nappies.

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I see all the time that people say 'we're potty training, he's in pull ups not nappies'

They're exactly the same thing.

Huggies have done an amazing job with the marketing.

I really believe it's why people are training their children later and later and struggling when they do so

You can get pull ups for tiny babies now which are very tricky to put on as you can stand a small baby up to pull them up like you can am older baby or toddler.

I hate them in my work place, especially in winter when you have to take all their bottom clothing off to change them. Takes forever when you have a dozen children to undress and the re dress.

I agree with you, OP. I didn't actually notice they are less absorbent, and I don't think my dc ever pulled them up and down himself. But we were in them for a short time.

I read a lot on child development, keeping up with the latest advice for parents, but with potty training I did stick with what my mum told me and put him on the potty 'way too young' and he was out of nappies by two. I did have the luxury of time and being around.

I saw them as being much the same as nappies but I found them more useful for when dd started moving around more, for when were starting to potty train but we were out and about for a long time and for at night time. We phased them out gradually and that worked for us with no problems. That oh crap method or whatever one where you do it over a few days is not for everyone. It depends on the child and on the circumstances. There’s no right or wrong way to potty train. I read a lot about different methods but in the end I just went with my instincts and it worked out perfectly fine.

Pull ups are nappies,potty training takes time and patience and unfortunately both are scarcer these days. Potty training means having a potty at hand all day and asking constantly if it is needed lol. Night time trickier. To say that they will do it themselves in their own time is rubbish and the reason kids go to school in pull ups which is not acceptable.

Potty training also depends partly on the child. I did similar things with all of mine and there was a big difference in the time taken between them. So it's not a case of just "doing it right". Also they can be dry in the day but take a lot longer at night. One of mine was in pull ups at night for quite a while. Pull ups aren't as absorbant as nappies and I certainly wouldn't use them on a 10 month old. That said there does seem to be a huge increase in kids starting school still in pull ups (or nappies if you prefer). But then I've noticed a big difference in younger parents tbh. Some are way more entitled and looking for the least effort path wherever possible. I feel sorry for primary school teachers effectively being asked to parent as well as teach.

Presumably the argument is that children will pull them down themselves and go for a wee in the potty? Hence using them as part of training. I think most children wouldn't bother, though.

I didn’t say no one is doing it, I don’t know everyone. I just said it’s not something I’ve encountered in my real life.

When potty training we went straight for cotton pants. Tried it once with DD, I don't think she was ready so gave up after a few days, tried again a few months later and it was much easier, and done in a week.
Both DC wore pull ups at night until they were 6 or 7 because they were late to be reliably dry at night.

Parents supply the nappies, very few nurseries offer provided nappies. So yes it is extremely time consuming when there's a hand full of nappies and the rest in pull ups.

I don’t get that argument though. Just go to normal, washable underwear and save the landfill.

They seemed a pointless step to me.
We just went straight to pants. 5 days and done with both of mine. They weren’t ready at the same time though. My eldest was 21 months and my youngest nearer 2 and a half. We kept nighttime nappies for about 6 weeks after dry in the day but proper nappies not pull ups. Neither of them have ever wet the bed.

We never used pull ups for daytime with our twins. We used Bambino Mío training pants during the day and pull ups at night as they didn’t want to wear nappies even at night.

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Completely agree re night time.

Except it often isn’t a day at 3. They are so much more resistant and defiant at this age I think it can often be much harder. Give me a battle with a 2 year old over a battle with a 3 year old any day of the week.

Yep, 3 year olds can simply decide to not do it.

It may have changed but when mine were toddlers there were 2 different kinds. One was just nappies that you pulled on that made nappy changing easier and then there were the kind for potty learning that were less absorbent.

Exactly. I am forever grateful we bit the bullet and trained DS1 at just after 2 even though he wasn’t showing all these signs of ‘readiness’. He got it in under a week. If I had tried at 3 he would have simply said no and he’d likely still be in nappies now.

I completely agree with cloth being a much bigger incentive to train as well. We used cloth and I was so sick of washing them we went for it as early as possible. I don’t think clothed toddlers are smarter or anything like that at all. I just think their parents are sick of nappies much earlier because they are more of a faff!

Same here, its like caring about whether someone wipes their nose with a tissue or toilet roll, couldn't give a monkeys.

Yanbu. They are an incredible example of a successful piece of marketing. Children are potty trained much later than they used to be.

Yes they are. You need proper knickers or go naked bottom half when potty training.

Totally agree OP they are just nappies. And when you are in the throws of difficult potty training you will be desperate enough to make it easier. I tried them but my dc just treated it exactly like a nappy . I don’t think he “felt wet” in it at all.

Agree. I started used pull ups when they started wiggling during nappy changes and so I could change them whilst they stood up - around 9m. They were not some sort of potty training device.

Nappies and pull ups need to be removed for potty training.

When I potty trained my DC (about 15-17 years ago) we were told not to use pull ups as they weren't helpful.
Mind you they were also totally useless on my DC, far too big around the leg holes so the one time I ended up with some they leaked.

Coming from an early years worker who regularly battles with pull ups, high top converse, dungarees and two popper tops on children as young as 9mo ... they are not the same 🫠😂