Best trousers/bottoms for potty training

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This is not a glamorous style and beauty thread but I want links to websites so I thought S&B will have like minded shoppers around!

My son is 2 years and 5 months old. We want to try potty training him and want to buy trousers that are easy to pull up and down. I am struggling a bit because his current daily wardrobe is mostly jogging bottoms but he is tall and skinny so all the bottoms have to have a draw string to tie them otherwise they will fall down. Most elastic waist stuff that don’t have a draw string would also not sit tight enough. The only elasticated waist that stays up on him is leggings or pyjama bottoms as they are usually very tight fitting. I don’t really like the look of legging styles though and they aren’t all that easy to pull down in a rush either! Is there any happy medium, not skin tight thin leggings and also not draw string or difficult to pull down?

I may be overthinking this or completely missing something but can someone enlighten me? What am I supposed to dress him in exactly? Does anyone have any suggestions with links to websites please?

Just get trousers with an adjustable waistband inside. Try next, h&m, m&s

This type of ribbed leggings are not skin tight and are pretty easy to pull up and down.

tuclothing.sainsburys.co.uk/product/tuc144763322

It doesn't answer your question exactly but can you take a few days and just stay at home with him with no bottoms on? At his age he may very well just 'get it' and then you can go back to joggers. This is how my skinny boy was potty trained x

We used exactly those ribbed leggings that @BarnacleBeasley used when we were potty training our very narrow son.

This is what I plan to do. I want to try to loosely follow oh crap method where you start off staying at home with no bottoms on and then progress to wearing bottoms. But I still want the bottoms to be fairly easy and quick to pull down to minimise accidents. I don’t mind about the mess or hygiene as I’ll clean it up. Wherever possible, I just want to minimise chances of my boy feeling stressed or discouraged if he doesn’t make it to the potty on time IYSWIM.

Oh, just went to buy them and they are out of stock in his size. Will try to find some similar ones elsewhere!

Ah I get you. Have you looked at parsnip pants? I find those a better fit for what you need. It's a pain - ds needed braces to keep his trousers up unless it was leggings so I was so happy he clocked it quickly and then we could work on getting clothes up/down, but he did spend an awful amount of time at home with his bum out 🫣

Kidly sometimes do similar and they tend to be quite long.

Have never hear of parsnip pants? Is that a brand? I will google it haha.

I am also a bit worried that DS will not like having his bum out all day as he does ask me to put his trousers on any time I take them off for nappy changes etc. It’s like he can’t stand the feel of air on his legs. Our house is pretty old and drafty though so it may just be that he’s too cold. So not sure how long the bum out stage is going to last. That’s why I need some easy fuss free trousers on standby I think.

As a side note, I don’t understand who is deciding the sizes of kids clothing these days. My son does look slim build to the eye but he is still over 50th percentile on his weight, so in theory he is slightly heavier than the average child his age. I don’t understand why the waistband of his clothes have always been so loose. I would like to see a child of the same age wearing said clothing without the drawstrings pulled tight like a Victorian corset, just to see how these clothes are supposed to fit someone!

Duns do parsnips. They are tight at the ankle and elasticated waist but I found the sizing better! Also some independent makers make better sizes like bblb if they're still around. I don't know who fits the sizes - they've never been right for mine but my youngest was the worst as he couldn't eat so is tall but tiny!

Right so I’ve googled it and parsnip pants are exactly the thing I’m looking for but need to buy a few of them in case of potty training accidents etc. They are really quite expensive from these branded retailers. I’m after a more multipack from M&S or supermarket kind of product I think! Has anyone found any cheaper ones?

These branded patterned ones look lovely but it’s really going to cost a fortune as I’m going to have to buy at least 7 I think. Don’t want to stress about keeping up with the laundry if he is messing himself to begin with.