Cloth Training Pants - Newmarket, NH

We are just doing the potty training thing (first pee in the potty Wednesday!) and she is wearing Gerber cloth training pants, available at Walmart & Kmart for about $8/3pr. I've found it better to use them than to let her run naked as others suggest because quite frankly my house isn't spotless and I don't want her getting stuff all over her privates when she's sitting to play. So these work well for us but they definitely don't hold in any leaks - you'll get a puddle on the floor. which is sort of the point.

For going out we are using disposable pull ups, and still diapering at nap and bedtime.

Good luck!!

Hi K.,

I purchased some Scotty Potty training pants recently and like them. I got just cloth (not water-proof) and also some of the 2-1 that have PUL water-proof fabric. I actually like the cloth-only so that I can tell right away if my son is wet (we are doing early potty learning now). They get very wet but hold quite a lot of pee unless they pee a whole bunch. It is good to contain most of the pee but to help the child be more aware of peeing.

The 2-1 are pretty darn good. They don't seem as comfy as the all-cloth, but my son doesn't seem to mind. They are still more comfy than a diaper! They do contain the pee so it doesn't get everywhere, but they child still feels wet.

I bought them all online on the Scotty Potty website. Good luck and have fun! :)

L.

I used the type of underwear that has plastic on the outside. Kinda looks like the old version of a cloth diaper. They were nice because they hold most of the accident in. Actually just last night we had an accident and the whole thing stayed in. It also feels like wet underwear which my daughter hates.

Hi K....Some boys are precocious but it has been my experience that little boys are seldom ready for potty training until age three.
I have five sons and they were potty trained from age 2 to four..it really depends on the child.
Months before starting I would read "potty" books to them...Sesame Street has one, "No More Diapers" and there are several newer ( and very good ) ones. Then I would talk it up, the whole being a big boy now thingy, and big boy pants ect.
Next step was to take the child shopping for a potty of their own but not use it yet. Letting the child be an active part of this we would decide where the best place for the potty was. Bathroom is not always the easiest and best place for a potty to be.
Go shopping ( separate trip..makes it more exciting to them) go shopping for big boy panties...favorite character panties are good.
Still not using it...just getting used to it being there. Still talking it up, telling child he would not pee or poop on my floor, would he?
In the spring, after weeks of "soon we will take off the diapers and use the potty" pep talks, We took off the diapers.
First few days the best you can hope for is most of the pee going into the potty...place newspaper or some such under it.
After a couple weeks child should have the idea and be doing most of the peeing in the potty. Then put on the big boy pants and give him month to get used to pulling them down to pee.
I used diapers for first few weeks ( or however long it takes) at nap and night. Then left the panties on for nap with a plastic sheet on bed (crib..) The night ones will take quite some time as will outings. We use pull ups for three year old grandson.
It takes a lot longer for the poos. Children seem to have an inner fear of doing bm's in pot or toilet. It took grandson about three or four months to use the pot for bm's.
We are not above bribing. He gets a star for each successful bm and when he has ten or so will get a favorite item...maybe a thomas engine or such.
In my opinion it would make things more difficult to use any diaper type covering for potty training. I think it would be a tacit approval for peeing/pooing in them...too much like diapers.
It takes bit of preparation with the stories ect and lots of patience and a tincture of time.
Best wishes and God bless
Grandmother Lowell

I didn't use any special type of cloth training pants, I just bought the normal cotton underpants at walmart or Babys R Us. A few incidents of peeing himself and standing in a puddle trained him really quickly. He is 27 months and fully potty trained. Sometimes the "trickle free" is easier for the parents to deal with because it's not as messy to clean up, but may make it a longer training process. Just my personal opinion.

Hi. WE just go with out a diaper at home. I didn't see the sense of buying training pants. We are using the 3 day bare bottom potty training method so far so good. He's only had 2 accidents in the last 2 weeks and both were at home. But for you the expense might be worth it because you have another little one that will get use out of them. I just didn't see the need.

I used the Gerber brand ones - nice and soft and have the extra thermal knit layer. They make them with little designs on them too.

I got some Imse Vimse training pants, but they weren't really waterproof at all. They've been good for use at home, but not going out. If you find a cloth pair that works well enough to go out in, I'd love to hear what brand.