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Training Pants
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Jenyne says::
Do you have any recommendations for cloth training pants? We are in the process of starting potty training with our son and have looked around for good cloth pants but don’t know where to begin. Any advice you could give would be wonderful!
Thanks,
Jenyne
I’ve used a few different cloth training pants including Bumbledoo, Kissaluvs, Snap-EZ, Flip and Super Undies. If I had to pick a favorite, it would probably be Kissaluvs since they are fairly trim, have a bit of absorbency sewn in, but have a pocket to add more.
A “good” trainer to me is trim, easy to pull up/down, has snaps to easily remove it in case of accidents, and can be made more or less absorbent as needed.
All About Cloth Diapers recently wrote a three part series on cloth trainers where she shares info on lots of brands and opinions from many Moms!
Have you used cloth trainers? What was your favorite?
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I finally received the Flip Trainer I ordered the day the new products/colors/prints were announced! My son is 2 1/2 and isn’t terribly interested in the potty. He was doing pretty well before the baby arrived, but backpedaled a little bit. I know that’s normal and I’m not concerned! I was, however, excited that Cottonbabies had created a trainer, because I knew it would be good!
The trainers are available in all 13 colors and 2 prints, including the new Albert print (what I chose.)
The trainers come with a reusable, waterproof PUL shell and 5 organic soaker pads. Each set retails for $24.95. Additional soaker pads are available in packs of 3 for $17.95, and the side panels are available separately for $5.95 a set (so you can customize the look of the trainer.) Unfortunately, the shells aren’t available for purchase separately.
The trainer unsnaps on the side to make it easy to handle messes, and the sides are stretchy for a snug fit and to make them easy to pull on and off.
They have both front and back elastic, along with gentle leg elastic.
I love the Albert print!!
The trainers have the snap down rise we’ve come to expect from Cottonbabies (trainers are estimated to fit 20-50 lbs and 18 months to 4T), and the inner is wipeable PUL.
Soakers attach to the front and back of the trainers with hook & loop. There is a “laundry tab” to press on top during washing to avoid snags.
The soakers have additional loop, as well as folding guidelines to attach them when the trainer is on the small or medium setting. You can put the extra absorbency in the back for a girl, or the front for a boy.
In addition to the rise adjustment, there are also two settings for the waist.
The adjustment is done via the rear side panel snaps. You can put each panel at the smaller setting, each at the larger setting, or one on each to get the right fit for your child.
Between the rise setting and the waist setting, the leg opening gets quite large!
Here’s the smaller waist setting measured flat and stretched (I stretched the trainer, then had to let go and place it on the tape measure since I only have two hands, LOL.)
and the larger setting:
Here’s the small rise setting measured folded & stretched:
The small setting is fairly similar to the medium Bumgenius (this is a medium 3.0 AIO.)
Medium:
Large:
My son has become very picky about diapers. He doesn’t want to be changed most of the time, and when he does, he wants specific diapers. He is not into anything new at all. I mean he freaked.out. when I put this on him. So I put it on him, then took it right off. Therefore, I unfortunately have no idea how it actually absorbs or performs! I tried to tell him that when he uses the potty, he can decide what undies he wears, but he didn’t go for it, LOL!
Here he is in the small setting at 2 1/2 years old and about 28+ pounds.
It was easy to put on and easy to take off, and fit him quite well (with tons of room to grow.)
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Super Undies are adorable cloth training pants designed to look like big kid undies. The super hero inspired training pants are made in the U.S.A., and are trim, absorbent and easy to use.
Even the packaging will get your little one excited to use the potty! Super Undies are available as a simple pull on style trainer ($19.95-$21.95 depending on size), nighttime undies with 9 layers of absorbency, fleece covered legs and waist and sizes to fit up to 12 years old ($29.95-$34.95) and the pocket trainers that I received ($19.95-$21.95.)
The trainers are easy to pull on, but also have snaps at the back to make them easier to take off in case of accidents.
The really nice thing about the pocket trainers is that you can make them as absorbent as you need to.
They have a thin sewn in soaker, but also have a pocket to add more absorbency.
I received one step-up insert with my trainer ($3.50 each.) You can really use as many as you need, but Super Undies does recommend that you consider sizing up if you’re planning to use more than 1-2 inserts. You can use one, two or three inserts as you need, and Super Undies can essentially function as pull up diapers for a child who is very new to potty learning, making the transition from diapers to trainers much smoother.
The super undies are available in 6 super hero inspired colors (midnight blue bandit, infrared racer, moss monster, wild orchid fairy, caped canary and coral sea maiden.) I received the red. I washed the trainer & soaker together, but apart from other diaper laundry since I was in a hurry to use it, but didn’t have other diapers to wash. The red did bleed onto the inserts a bit, so I’d recommend washing your super undies separately the first few times.
Super Undies Size Chart
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Waist
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Legs
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Rise
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Typical Age | |
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Small
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16-19″
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9-12″
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15″
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2 – 3 yrs |
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Medium
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18-21″
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10-14″
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17″
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2 – 5 yrs |
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Large
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19-25″ |
13-18″
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19″
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5 + yrs |
I received a size small for my almost 2 1/2 year old, 27ish pound son.
Here is the small pocket training pant measured folded and stretched:
There are two snap settings with 3 snaps each.
Smaller setting (laid flat as well as stretched):
Larger setting:
The smaller setting fit my little guy well, and he has plenty of space to grow into them.
The insert fits perfectly into the pocket, and it looks very trim even when stuffed.
They are easy to pull on and off as needed to use the potty or to change them.
The stretchy sides make them very easy to use!
Super Undies are training pants that can take you from the “still needs diapers, but trying to use the potty stage” all the way to “just need a little help on car rides.” The night time undies are a great choice for older kids that might need extra security at night, but don’t want to feel like they are wearing a diaper.
You can buy directly from Super Undies; they will email you a code for $5.00 off your first order just for creating an account! You can also find Super Undies at retailers. Be sure to “like” Super Undies on Facebook, follow Super Undies on Twitter and subscribe to the Super Undies YouTube channel.
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Stacie says:
I love your mailbox Mondays. I have learned so much!! Thanks for doing it!
My question for you is my daughter has just turned 1, but I am of course thinking ahead to the next year of my cloth diapering journey. I know I don’t want to use paper training diapers when she starts potty learning, but when it comes to kinds of cloth training diapers I am lost. There are quite a few kinds and they are kind of expensive! I’d love to know what kinds are great training diapers to buy, how many one should have when starting potty learning and what the difference is (if any??) in the kinds of cloth training pants.
Thanks so much!!
Stacie
Hi Stacie! I’m glad you like Mailbox Mondays! Your question is pretty timely since the “personal” post I have planned for this week is about potty training! As I will explain in that post, we used disposable pull-ups for our daughter, but they are really just diapers that pull up and down. They worked just fine for us during that period when she was just starting to use the potty and didn’t have the control quite yet. It made it much easier to constantly “try” to go potty without having to take diapers on and off. Once she was having very few accidents, we just switched her to undies & saved the pull-ups for night time.
I really look at cloth training pants the same way. There are cloth training pants that have a sewn in layer, and others that have a pocket to adjust absorbency. The common theme seems to be that they are side snapping (easy off in case of accidents), though there are some that are basically padded undies (like Blueberry trainers, which are OMG so cute!) Something like the Blueberry trainers would be great for kids who are just about ready for undies, but are still having small accidents.
Cloth training pants also usually (but not always) have cotton, or other “feel wet” inners, vs the stay dry inners of diapers.
So far, we have only tried the Bumbledoo Training Pants, Kissaluvs Training Pants and Snap-EZ Training Pants, but there are lots more out there.
My son is rather petite, so we can really get away with using any number of side-snapping diapers as pull ups. However, cloth training pants usually come in larger sizes, to fit kids who may have grown out of one-size diapers. In fact, some of the pocket trainers could be used as pocket diapers for bigger kids until they are ready to use the potty! I really like training pants that have a thin sewn in layer, as well as a pocket to stuff, since they can take you all the way from the diaper days to the not quite ready for underwear stage!
So for me, I’m not going to run out and buy a bunch of trainers, but if you need bigger sizes and/or you don’t have many side snapping/easy up and down diapers, you may want a few (especially if most of your diapers have stay-dry inners.)
When my son is potty trained during the day, I will still want to have maybe three trainers on hand for night time use, until he stays consistently dry at night. Having a pull up at night makes it much easier to do quick trips to the potty and get back to bed, and of course, I want him to feel wet if he has an accident! We’re definitely not there yet though!
As you’ll see in my post this week, my “potty training methods” are a little different than some, and I know I’ve been all over the place here, so I’m going to ask everyone else!
Do you have a favorite cloth training pant? How many did you find you needed?
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