Well, it's time to put this blog to sleep. I am starting a new job next month and I know I won't have the time to keep up with it. I'm going to leave it out there though in case someone stumbles across any of my old posts and finds the info useful!
With that said, I wanted to do one last post. And even though I am going to promote a brand, guess what - this was completely done on my own, not sponsored by or asked for from Huggies. I'm just going to relay our recent potty training experience and PullUps play a big part in it!
People are not neutral about PullUps (or Pampers Easy Ups, or Seventh Generation Training Pants, or any of the disposable training pant options). They are either vilified or loved. Well, put us in the "love" camp. When we started K in August on serious potty training, I found them to be a really good transition for him from diapers to underpants. Some people complain that they're no different than diapers. Well, it's all in how you spin it, isn't it? We simply explained to him that they were not diapers, but that they were there in case he had an accident. He got it. (Sometimes I think people don't give their kids enough credit. They're smarter than you think.) What helped was that PullUps meant an immediate transition from being laid down on a changing table for a diaper to standing up and getting dressed like a big boy, so he knew they weren't diapers. And we were always sure to show excitement when he stayed dry in them, and talked about them as if they were underpants.
One of the things I really appreciate about PullUps is something that people are going to have a strong opinion of - Huggies offers a great deal of potty training material, for free. Online, as well as a requestable DVD.
Some people don't like that it's marketing. You know what? It's really not that bad. It's not like it's just one long commercial for Pull Ups. The advice they give works, and it's quite good material. The parenting resources are simple, friendly, and helpful. The kid portions are really fun for them (K will ask sometimes to watch "the Potty training DVD!" and sings the songs). They include little games that show what different potties look like, washing hands games, and lots of little songs about potty time. On the kid portion, they don't even talk much about using Pull Ups or training pants at all. It's all about recognizing when to go, how to go if you're not at home, how to wash your hands, etc. In my opinion, anything that reinforces good potty habits or gets him thinking about it is GOOD. I don't care if it comes from a marketer.
You can check out their website here and request the free DVD.
Anyway, that's just my 2 cents. I get pretty tired of the sanctimommy blogs hating on Pull Ups. I was surprised at how well they worked for us. It's not like you use them forever - we used them for about 6 weeks for daytime and nighttime, so maybe went through 4 packs or so, and now we use them at night only (because I STILL haven't figured out how to potty train for night time... geeez, even *I* hate getting up to pee at night, LOL), and we have one stowed in the diaper bag for outside the house emergencies.
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