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Pull-ups

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popsycal · 09/01/2004 22:13

Ds is 17 months and is wearing huggies adventurers after leakage problem with another brand
Have been considering pull-ups but have a few questions:

What are they like at night time in terms of absorbency - our major problem was the previous brand, even though changed when I went to bed, tended to leak during the night - huggies adventureers tend not to as much
What size do they go up to - I know I could easily find out by going to the supermarket but thought that I might as well ask
Are they a lot more expenisve then normal nappies (ditto what I said about point 2) Do ou use pull-ups? And if so, what do you feel are the advantages? Apart from the obvious fact that they are easier for wriggly bottom babes!!

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sammac · 09/01/2004 22:17

Popsycal, Im also interested in this. Ds wanting to wear pants ( got 18 at Xmas!) but it's hit and (p)miss! He gets on the potty successfully at bathtime but is unaware of poos. Just said to dh tonight that I'd get some tomorrow.

Hulababy · 09/01/2004 22:22

DD has been in Pampers Easy Ups for ages now, since being about 14 or 15 months I think. I much prefer them. I find them more convenient for DD, not sure why really but I do and wouldn't go back to nappies. You do sometimes get builder's bum effect though DD likes them as they have pictures of elephants on!

Never had any problems with absorbancy at any time, but them we have not had this problem at all before anyway - even with nappies. Only leaks we ever had were during day when we tried Huggies. Used Pampers no problem.
There are 3 sizes. Size 4, 5 and 6. Size 5 is 26 pounds upwards but I put Dd in these a while back and she is only just that weight now. Size is for much older toddlers.
They are dearer than normal nappies, a bit. I do find that I don't go through that many a day now though. I think DD is controlling her bladder much more. TBH I think she is ready for potty training but it has to wait until a holiday! I wouldn't say they were a lot more expensive, maybe the difference of 2 or 3 nappies per big pack?

Hulababy · 09/01/2004 22:23

BTW, I have been told that if you use Pull Ups before attempting potty training you are better not to use them when attempting it. Your little one will be so used to using them like a nappy thet don't get that shock factor of a dirty/wet bottom. I will be using proper training pants for potty training instead because of that.

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popsycal · 09/01/2004 22:25

the size thing worries me a bit
ds is a big lad - was just under 26lbs on hos first birthday and no idead what he is nw but it HEAVY!!!
Already in 4+ or 5 in pampers, and large in huggies.....worried that if he takes ages to be potty trianed then nappies will be too small!!!!
he has no idea at all about wees and poos atm so he is no where near ready
but he is only 17 months

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popsycal · 09/01/2004 22:26

useful advice about the potty training bit hula - thanks!

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Hulababy · 09/01/2004 22:27

Just looked at bag in bathroom. Size 5 goes up to 40lbs or 18kg (large), size 6 is extralarge and goes up even higher.

Hulababy · 09/01/2004 22:29

Mollie's nursery told me about the potty training advice Popsycal. I hadn't thought of it before but it makes sense. I think this is probably a problem with all disposable nappies though. They are now so good and absorbing that the toddler doesn't actually know he/she is wet. Wonder of that is why potty training is done later than in the past. With old terries my mum says they needed changing umuch more often as the hild didn't like the wetness of them.

lydialemon · 09/01/2004 22:30

Can't answer this as my kids were weird and were dry at night a long time before they were dry during the day so we never used them

A lot bigger than nappies, I think you can get ones for 4/5 year olds and the night time ones get even bigger.
You get a lot less in each packet, so individually more expensive.

We tried tesco pull-ups on DS1 but he was so allergic to the elastic in them that we ended up going 'cold turkey' with the potty training. His poor bum was so sore and red he had to go naked for 3 days, but was dry within a week

Used pull-ups with DS2 as he was a wiggly run off baby too! They are great to put on them and ok to take off if they are just wet but horrible to take off with poo in them. Also with nappies you can roll them up and seal them shut, the tags to do that on pull-ups are crap, and poo just squeezes out the sides! (sorry)

IME they also don't work for potty training as they feel to much like nappies so DSs would just use them as that. I do sometimes feel that they were invented solely to squeeze more money out of us.

Hope this is of some help!

Hulababy · 09/01/2004 22:35

Not sure if they are different now but with the Easy Ups if it is dirty then you just rip down either side to remove, so pretty much like a nappy we have found.

lydialemon · 09/01/2004 22:40

I think I'm just a wimp, I could never tear them properly - they would sort of stretch instead. Did get to the point of using my teeth once and that is not recommended when DS has quite potently inherited DHs bowels.......

Hulababy · 09/01/2004 22:41

Yuk lydialemon!!!

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popsycal · 09/01/2004 22:41

the poo thing concerns me and puts me off a little as ds has phases of horrible horrible poos - though we are going through a nice stage atm (touch wood!)

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Hulababy · 09/01/2004 22:43

THis is going to sound horrid but here goes:

It is actually the more solid poos that would be the problem as they are more likely to fall out when you take the nappy off. Other types are generally not so bad.

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popsycal · 09/01/2004 22:45

i can deal with solid poos falling out but not explosive huge poos emanating from the nappy onto my hands...which is what will hapen when ds is in an explosive phase
may stick to huggies for a little longer...he is ony 17 months still

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nutcracker · 09/01/2004 23:14

The main poblem that i had with pull ups was that when they wet them the picture on the front was supposed to dissapear, apparently encouraging them to not wee in them and keep the picture, but my dd2 thought that it was great fun to get the picture to dissapear.

mieow · 09/01/2004 23:59

DD2 is 26 months, she tells me when she is wet and will sit on the toliet and in the last 2 weeks has taken to ripping her nappy off. She loves to be freeeeeeeeee!!!! I am not sure if she is copying her older sister who at 3.5yrs has just got dry (she has CP) or if she is really ready. She can say wee-wee and poo, wet, dirty, potty, and seems to like the idea, so should I just go with it?? Sorry seems silly considering I have 2 older children but they both have CP and didn't get dry till late

lydialemon · 10/01/2004 00:16

I'd say go for it - she seems to know what shes doing!

SoupDragon · 10/01/2004 09:27

Go cold turkey with knickers for a week and see if she gets te hang of it. If she doesn't seem to have made any progress in that time, give up for a while and then try again. It does sound like she's at least keen to try and has some awareness of what's required. Good luck!

Pullups - great for the potty trained child who isn't night trained. It's so much easier to pull them up and down if they wake up in the night wanting the toilet. They're also great for travelling. However... in order to change them, you do have to srtip your child from the waist down. With a nappy, you can get away with pulling trousers down to their ankles. You need to remove shoes to get trousers off to change a pull up...

Hulababy · 10/01/2004 10:31

Good point soupdrago. Witht tousers you do need to undress fully. Great for little girls if wearing skirts and dresses though. Found them fab on holiday in the summer for that reason.

GeorginaA · 10/01/2004 10:33

I have to say we love pull ups in our house now ds is potty trained (as Soupy says - for nighttime use). Ds treats them as pants and still asks for the potty with them, but at the same time there's no pressure for him to be night trained yet. Wonderful invention!

LIZS · 10/01/2004 15:27

popsycal

With ds I flirted with Huggies Pull Ups and didn't find them particularly absorbent or useful for potty training, except when I really couldn't run the risk of an accident. Certainly couldn't use them overnight and used Adventurers then instead.

With dd I started using the Pampers Easy Ups a few months ago - she's 2.4 and wearing size 4. They have the absorbancy of a nappy and can use them overnight.I find that they are quite a bit more expensive so I tend to use them in the day and normal nappies at night.

They are not really helping progress towards potty training though, just more convenient if she wants to copy me and have a go if we are out. She is also ready for training but am putting it off until we have more free time and the weather is better. (Actually am hoping my Mum will try her on her next visit as dd is so stubborn she won't be encouraged into it by me!). If she does poo in them she'll head for the potty anyway so I change her over it in case of fall out iykwim.
She likes wearing them, chooses which design to wear in the morning, makes less fuss about being changed as she won't lie down for me at all and puts them on herself.

hth

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