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Do pull-ups make a difference?
DD's daycare sheet yesterday said she needed pull-ups so I asked the teacher this morning if DD was showing more interest in trying to sit on the potty and all that and she said yes and no depended on the day which at home it depends too if she wants to try or not and we don't push it much especially given our recent move and school change and all. So the teacher recommended pull-ups instead of diapers, but said obviously it was up to me.
Do pull-ups make any difference in them wanting to sit on the potty/potty train? I know DD already knows when she pees/poops as she says I'm peeing/pooping and she knows when she is wet so I'm sure- do the pullups just accentuate that or what...
I can't decide if I should buy some or not.
Re: Do pull-ups make a difference?
Pullups are just expensive diapers, IMHO.
Do you think that the diaper hurdle is what is holding her back from going on the potty when she has to?
In my experience, pull up is a waste of money.
If she's showing interest and knows when she's going, it may be time to potty train. I understand you may want to wait a bit b/c she's had some major adjustments lately, and honestly I would do the same.
That being said- in my experience when you potty train, the best approach is to go all out or nothing. So put in panties during the day and don't go back except at night. First thing in the morning you put on the underwear and don't ever put her diaper or a pull up back on. If she's truly ready, this should only take you a weekend.
ETA: a lot of the daycare centers like to drag out potty training and insist on using pullups, but they shouldn't be necessary.
I agree with this....
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.
I agree with this. We did something similar and had good results.
We use them for overnight since she still has about 1 night a week that she wakes up wet. It's just easier for her to go to the bathroom herself if she wakes up and has to.
As far as during the day, we never used them when she was PTing. They feel the same as a diaper and keep them dry like a diaper, so there's no benefit to using them over diapers.
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**wanders into post thinking it was about this kind of pull-up**
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Bazinga!
Liz's Yarn
Those kind of pull-ups might make a difference!
DD -- 5YO
DS -- 3YO
This. Pullups are great for naps and nights once ou go no diapers, but that's about all they are good for... Well and as a backup to keep in the car in case of a potty accident when out and about. If she's ready to PT then just put her in underwear and never put diapers on again. There might be some messes initially, but it doesn't last long. Plastic pants and thick training pants help minimize the messes. Pull ups IMO drag out PTing and make it more difficult or the kid to grasp the concept.
ditto all of this. Both kids wear pull-ups at night, DD is an extremely deep sleeper and just doesn't wake up to go potty and DS is just semi-potty trained so I don't fully trust him yet, but during the day I went straight to underwear.
I would make a really big, exciting "big girl" trip to the store and get her involved on which panties she wants to buy. Talk all about them and be ridiculously excited, then consider renting "Potty Power" or whatever from Netflix and have her watch it once. I'm telling you, the kid will be potty trained in two days.
The key is just keeping everything super fun and not criticizing when she has an accident. I would ask DS if he was a baby or a big kid (following the movie) and he'd scream "BIG KID!!" and he was potty trained almost instantly. We waited (like you) until he was good and ready, which it sounds like she is.
Pull-ups are great for nap/night time. After you introduce big girl panties, I wouldn't use diapers anymore. "Diapers are for babies." Pull-ups can still be for "big kids" like her. HTH!