Pull ups or straight to underwear?

I have tried both and I would recommend strait to underwear. It costs a litlle more for laundry, but the feeling they get if they wet themselves teaches them faster to use the toilet. Pull ups are just like diapers and they don't get that drastic wet feeling in them if they have an accident.

I recommend going straight to under wear, if you don't mind a little extra work. I tried pull ups, for my son - 1 day. And he treated it no differently than a diaper. The next we went to "big boy underwear". A week later - he was potty trained. He liked the independence. But, it is a little bit more hassle. You do have to clean up the messes, that aren't caught in the pull ups. I just made a spray bottle of bleach water, so it only took a minute to clean. I wish you luck!

oh honey! i say str8 to panties. or underwear! pullups only use when your going out. my daughter was so easy to potty train! lets say i started monday. she was FULLY potty trained by the weekend! = )

I USED THE PULL UPS AT NIGHT AND BIG GIRL PANTS DURING THE DAY AND SHE WAS TRAINED FAST

When i was potty training my daughter I used pull ups only during the night time. When she started to wake up with dry, or mostly dry, I would use panties. I would not give her something to drink 1 - 2 hours before bed and I would get her up in the middle of the night to go potty. It only took about 2 mths and she would get up in the middle of the night on her own to go to the potty. She was totally potty trained by 3.. some children take longer.

My daughter is 2 years old and is in the middle of potty training. I use pull-ups with her. Some days she does really good and some days she doesn't. I use the reward thing with her also plus I started taking her to the potty every hour. I heard about the straight to underwear thing also. But I don't want to lower my child's self esteem by having her wet her clothes. I have enough laundry to do. LOL. Anyway, I may try her in the underwear eventually, just not right now. She's doing good in the pull-ups. Just do what you think will work the best.

Pull ups do not work they are just like diapears. I would let them wear a pull up at night or if you are out at the grocery store or something but at home they should wear underwear so they learn they do not like the wet uncomfrtable feeling.

That's ultimately a matter of preference, but in our case we did transition to pullups and got to the point where we used them at night and regular big boy pants in the daytime.

Do not start with pull ups. I let my son wear pull ups to bed, not during the day, and I think that it trained him to think that it was okay to pee in his pants at night. We have had a terrible time with nightime accidents. When I talked to my son's doctor about this he said that I should not have used the pull ups because it pulls the moisture away from his skin which meant that he could not register when he was wet at night. Plus that I have heard that a lot of children that wear them during the day eventually figure out that they are basically a big diaper.

I would recommend trying the underware at home but using pull ups when you go somewhere. My grandson is potty trained, but there are still times when he waits too long to say something when he's out in public.

Straight to underwear! I have seen too many children confused by pull ups, since they are basically diapers. I think pull ups are nothing more than a ploy the diaper companies use to keep you buying their products longer. It's genious.

I would start out with pull-ups. Explain to him what they are and how the work. After all do you really want to have to throw away so many pairs of underwear that are beyond cleaning?

I tried pull-ups and like everyone has already said...they are not much different than putting him in a diaper. He is great using the bathroom during the day...he loves his underwear...he says he is a big boy like daddy! But I am still having a few problems with him wetting the bed at night and its MY bed he is wetting! He sometimes will get up and go pee but sometimes sleeps right through...so now comes the transission to get him in his own bed...BLAH!

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I also think you should go straight to underwear. That's what I did with my son. But make sure it is not too tight for him. At early stages, it's not necessary to be tight. Also make him sit on the bed and try wearing it himself.

My son just treated pull ups the same as diapers, so i put him into underwear and he is doing really good. He still has accidents sometimes when he is busy playing, but other than that he does good... when he does have an accident now it's only pee though, no poop in the undies anymore..woohoo!

I used pull-ups with my kids. I liked them because they limited my laundry washing. Plus in my opnion they are a great starter to introducing the potty and a learning tool to pulling up and down of the pants. I am currently potty-trainging my 2yr old and we are having great success.