https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:42:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1950290 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:43:39 +0000 LuLu Mom 1950290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: Sounds like E to the tee! Yesterday she pottied on the toilet and was tooting, and i said "why don't you try to go poop" and she said no she was just tooting, well then not even 10 minutes later "Mommy i go stinky in my pull-up, change me." SERIOUSLY! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1950237 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:24:47 +0000 mediagirl 1950237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: after. It's always after. Yesterday she told us she was done on the toilet, we let her go pull-up free for a few minutes and she told us after...that she pooped on the carpet. She got off the toilet to poop on the carpet!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1950227 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:20:02 +0000 LuLu Mom 1950227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: OMG do we have the same kid!? E does the exact same thing, she does so good at daycare, and then tells me after she potties/poops at home. I'm like "why didn't you tell me you had to go" and her response "I dunno." It's so frustrating! I'm doing 3 day method over Thanksgiving break! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1950205 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:07:39 +0000 mediagirl 1950205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: ding! Exactly! And that's how we put it, too. We say, "Let us know when you have to go pee so we keep Minnie dry!"</p> <p>We're just kind of floating through right now, though. She pees in pull-ups at home but doesn't at daycare. We need to buckle down and do the 3-day method already. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1950202 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:05:05 +0000 regberadaisy 1950202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pull ups didn't hinder our potty training at all. Once she was ready she would still tell us she had to go potty despite having one on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1950091 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:36:52 +0000 bpcmarj 1950091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter still wears them at night because she sometimes wakes up wet. When we were potty training we called them "special car undies" and she knew not to pee in them. I think identifying them as underwear instead of diapers helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1950040 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 02:26:42 +0000 Boogs 1950040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm thinking of getting some for night training so LO can easily go to the bathroom himself at night when he needs to instead of waking us up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1949991 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:40:36 +0000 irene 1949991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BeachMama: Do you mean your DD is currently in diapers, and you are wondering if you should introduce pull-ups? </p> <p>If so, I think it doesn't matter. I do think pull-ups are an essential middle step though even after your DD is trained. It is a more independent way for her to put her own "diaper" on. My son will get out of bed, use the potty, put his pull-up and pants on, wash his hands, and go back to bed. If it is a diaper, he just couldn't always put it on correctly (he'd try to put it on as if it were an underwear), whereas if it were a pull-up it is a higher chance for him to succeed, which means pee won't go allover his bed if he does pee while he's asleep.</p> <p>If I were you, I would buy really pretty underwear for her now. Order both on Amazon and take her underwear shopping. Let her pick out something that she really likes. After that, just let her pick a pair and let her wear for an hour or so each day (when you have the confidence that she will be able to remain dry during the time). Explain to her that these underwear are so pretty she does not want to make it dirty. It would work. Gradually increase the time she is in underwear if she is able to remain dry longer + use the potty...etc. That's the method that I find successful in home training (I HATED the 3 day method). When she is in underwear most of the time at home, then you can suggest to your daycare to put her in underwear at school too. That step (no pull-ups, only underwear) does give it a push to let her understand she should no longer pee in her pants.</p> <p>After that, pull up or underwear doesn't matter anymore because she knows it is not cool to pee in her pants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1949366 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:56:15 +0000 meredithNYC 1949366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did really early on and we still use them for naps and night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1949260 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:06:41 +0000 cascademom 1949260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're still using diapers at night, but do have a pack of Pullups. I'm thinking that we might use them for travel coming up or nap while travel. He still wets the bed during nap, so I'm thinking that a Pullup could help while visiting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1949238 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:58:58 +0000 mamimami 1949238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use(d) them for:<br /> - The early days of potty training when we had to leave home and the potty situation was going to be dicey (car rides, planes, other longish trips)<br /> - Overnight (my son still wears them overnight) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1949232 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:56:52 +0000 looch 1949232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did at first, because I was too nervous to go straight to cloth trainers. I quickly realized that my son didn't treat them any differently than diapers, so we moved on to cloth full time, except for night, where we still use pull ups. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1949168 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:29:50 +0000 hilsy85 1949168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would think they would be helpful because LO can take them off by themselves/pull them down. So I guess they're good when you're just practicing going to the potty. But in terms of potty training, I do think they hinder it because they feel just like diapers (to my LO at least). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1949165 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:29:22 +0000 autumnlove 1949165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used pullups for a little bit when we were out of the house. We used cloth trainers at daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1949164 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:29:08 +0000 LuLu Mom 1949164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have found Pullups to actually be successful for us, she's not ready for undies, but will pee in a diaper. But she is usually pretty good in her Pull up because she doesn't want to get Minnie/Doc McStuffins/Ariel wet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1949149 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:23:59 +0000 Lindsay05 1949149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only put on pull ups if we are in the vehicle for a long time and LO may fall asleep since she is not nap/sleep trained or ready. The most successful method for us was to let her run naked and make a huge deal of it when she did use the potty. Also bought small cookies to give a little incentive. I think one of our biggest learning experiences as parents were to realize what kind of personality your child has and work around that. My DD is super stubborn and independent so trying to make her go, was not successful. If you let it be 'her idea', she caught on right away. And i'm rambling :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/doesdid-anyone-actually-use-pull-ups-when-potty-training#post-1949137 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:16:17 +0000 BeachMama 1949137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It seems to be the general consensus around here to not use Pull Ups when potty training, but my daughter has seen her friends using them at school and is now asking for them. I'd love to foster any interest in potty possible, since 99% of the time when I ask if she wants to use it she says No. Has anyone used Pull Ups and feel that they helped? Or at least didn't hinder potty training? </p> <p>DD is 2.5, has peed in the potty a couple times, but nothing in recent months. I've been trying to let her decide when she's ready, but like I said she usually says NO when I ask if she wants to use the potty. Her baby brother is due in March so I'd love to get her out of diapers by then! </p>