Do pull-ups or training pants help or hurt with potty-training?
That really depends on whom you talk to. Many parents swear by pull-ups as a transitional solution, contending that they cut down on mess and contribute to a child’s sense of independence by being easier to pull down when the need arises. (Theoretically, you can also pull them up again; though they’ve been known to rip pretty easily when tugged at.) Some parents use them for nighttime after their child is daytime potty-trained so their kid doesn’t have to feel he or she is wearing a diaper anymore. Some use them for car trips or for sleepovers at grandma’s, when an accident would be particularly inconvenient. But other parents feel that pull-ups, which tend to be about as absorbent as diapers, get in the way of potty-training. They argue that pull-ups make it harder for kids to tell when they are wet and give kids a middle ground, something that functions like a diaper but doesn’t carry the little-kid stigma that is often a motivating factor in getting kids to move up to big-kid underw
