46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Gosh Mom What Happened to My Glow-in-the-Dark Pull-Ups?, July 20, 2005
This review is from: Huggies Pull-Ups Training Pants with Learning Designs (Health and Beauty)
Oh, the joys of potty training.... Giving birth was easier than toilet training my boy. I won't go into woes, suffice to say, my freakishly stubborn child is trained during the day. Now, if I can get him to stay dry at the night, I'll be a happy camper. This product has changed over the years, and in my opinion, it's better today. To be clear, I am reviewing the Huggies Pull-Ups Training Pants with Learning Designs. The reason I specify that is because Kimberly-Clark is distributing a new product called Huggies Pull-Ups Training Pants with Wetness Liner. I'm not certain that pull-ups actually facilitate potty training, although there's no question that these pants helped to reduce my need for Extra-Strength Tylenol.
I think the reason why pull-ups in general don't encourage toilet training is mostly due to the absorbency. They don't allow children to feel wet, so why would they be persuaded to use the potty. It's just like a glorified diaper that pulls up. After 3-months of trying to train my son with big-boy underwear, and trainers I finally gave into pull-ups. My son thinks these are cool because he can pull them up, and down by himself.
We had several nighttime disasters, so I picked up a box of Pampers Easy-Ups. They are more absorbent than the Huggies brand; however, the tare-away sides annoy me. When Procter & Gamble introduced the Feel 'n Learn Advanced Trainers I was encouraged, but they were disappointing as well. Therefore, I went back to Huggies, and today they are my brand of choice. We only use these at night now, and I've learned to limit my son's liquid intake at night. If William's had an excessive amount of water throughout the day I either double up, or wake him up during the night and have him use the toilet, otherwise I'll wake up to a soggy bed.
Do the learning designs work? Yes, in fact, they do fade when wet, but I think the front indicators are insignificant. On the other hand, children aren't in the habit of looking down at their crotch. Therefore, unless their shorts are off, they're not aware the designs have faded unless they're told. With the introduction of the star designs on the inside of the pants, my son is able to see them, and he knows if they fade. He'll tell me in the morning that all his stars are gone. The Toy Story learning designs used to feature glow-in-the-dark indicators, and my son loved to dance around, and see the planets move before he doned his jammies. He misses the glow-in-the-dark planets.
I think my son had too many life adjustments when I first started training, which slowed his progress. Ultimately real underwear, potty incentive, and lots of patience trained my boy. The Huggies Pull-Ups Training Pants with Learning Designs certainly made my life easier, although I don't think they support toilet training per se.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Time saver!, March 31, 2011
I love these Pull-Ups. I'm a fan of Pampers diapers, but I used Huggies Pull-Ups for my older kid and the same is true for the younger one currently (FINALLY) being potty trained. These training pants are super easy on/off and the sides don't lose their ability to 'stick' after many tries at the potty. For being a wonderful, basic potty training necessity they rate five stars. However, I have a few suggestions...
1. This mega-pack does NOT hold individual smaller packs - so you either have to keep the Pull-Ups in this big ol' bag or find a convenient storage space for all 58 pants. It's great that the packaging is an attempt to be Earth-friend, but not great when you don't have enough kid-proof storage space...
2. The package (all around: kid model on the front, at the top, and on side) shows Toy Story as the "new design" characters. However, the Pull-Ups were ALL Cars characters. Not a big deal, but if your little one is really into the characters, you might have to do some fast explaining... This is obviously a packaging issue through Huggies since Huggies is converting all boys' Pull-Ups designs to Cars 2, but there really should be a "designs may vary" disclaimer on Amazon just in case.
3. Lastly... I really hope Amazon does it's Amazon Mom members a solid and bumps up the "Amazon price" to $25.01. Some of us have to qualify for Prime via $25 orders in baby products, so... While I was able to buy these "NOT Toy Story, but Cars Pull-Ups" at a GREAT price, I would have been just as happy paying a little bit extra for my order to qualify.
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