Toilet training: disposables vs cloth

[prama]

Hi ladies

Would love your advise on using disposable vs cloth toilet training nappies.

I read that sposies aren't as effective as they dont give them the same wet feeling as cloth toilet training nappies. is this true?

cloth tt nappies - what would your recommend, are they only avail online?

i get confused - some sposies are referred to as pull ups and others training pants - are they the same thing?

Thanks heaps, appreciate your wisdom!

[shellbell3]

For us we had trial pack of the pull-ups and even tho you feel wetter she still saw it as a nappy.
We had the cloth training pants given to us from family and used those a bit. mainly I just had her in either nothing, easier that way (have floorboards so accidents easy to clean) or I also bought packet pretty but cheap undies so she could be a big girl, that way worked best for us.

[*Beema*]

I would say cloth is definitely the go, reason being, of most of our IRL friends and the little one's all about the same age as DD, she is the only one that is showing signs of being toilet trained, and I believe that is because she wears cloth nappies and she feels the difference. So I think the same would go for the pants, you want them to feel it and understand what is happening, I have a feeling that some of newer pull ups or similar do take longer the draw away the weness but I am not 100% certain on this. I just know from experience with DD being in clotha dn her friends in dippies, DD has been on the potty for the last couple of months, and will tell us if she needs to do a wee or poo, or if she has done one

[Kitt3n]

Yeah I would say cloth - Laa is only 16 months and already showing signs of TT.

Check out Genessa Forge and Blueberry (not sure who else does trainng pants but they are a start!)

[Curly]

I'm a sposie user but I say cloth pants or even just straight into undies.

Re pull ups - some are special TT pull ups that are supposed to allow them to feel the wetness before absorbing it - and they don't have the same absorbency capacity as a regular disposable nappy. The others are called nappy pants and they have the same absorbency as a normal nappy, made for kids who refuse to lie down for nappy changes, so you can then change their nappy while they are standing up.

I personally thought the TT pullups were a massive waste of time. They are far more expensive, less absorbent and my DS still thought of them as a nappy. I only ever bought 2 small packets and I used them for times when we were going out and dealing with an accident would have been a complete PITA. Then if DS asked to go to the toilet, I could pull them down and back up again, and if he wet himself I could change him with less mess. I think I still have a few hanging around actually, that was how seldom I used them.

I spent a few days at home doing the hard yards with getting him to learn to go on the potty, and then bit the bullet and took him out with undies on - mind you he was already 2 years old then.

[prama]

thanks girls. DS is two and has been having TT at day care and home. but i was told today that at day care he wants to go to toilet etc. but doesnt wee. at home he asks for his potty and does his wee. he still is in normal nappies.
will look at cloth for sure.

thanks for the names kitt3n, will check them out!

i came across bright bots.. are htey any good?
I'm sure there are heaps of cloths there but others may not be so good.