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 By Kaycee Nilson June 15, 2006 In today’s world, there are as many different training pants as there are diapers. It can boggle the average parent’s mind as you stand in front of the display wondering which one to purchase. This one promising to turn cool if the child wets, that one promising to have the pattern fade away when wet. Then you have the traditional cloth pants with a plastic cover like my Mom used on me when I was a toddler. But which one is the best? To be honest, when you come right down to brass tacks, it doesn’t matter. Some say price is the reason why they selected a certain brand; others say it is the skin sensitivity of their toddler for their choice. So that still leaves a new parent with the same question, which training pant is best for my child? After trial and error, I personally have been through the gambit of training pants with my now four-year-old. And to be honest with you, I’m still confused on which one was the best. We tried the Pampers brand with the cool core that turned cool when he wet himself. But that brand didn’t work to well because apparently my child likes to be wet and cold. Plus the sides were not an easy rip side and I ended up cutting them off of him. The Huggies Pull-Ups have a “learning design” meaning that the pattern of stars would fade when he wet in them. The sides of this brand are easy to rip and I have ripped many of them just putting them on him. The cloth pants with the plastic over-pant made me ill to my stomach when he did more than just wet in them and you had to dunk the cloth pant into the toilet. The generic Wal-Green’s brand broke him out in a diaper rash. The generic I bought at Target made the diaper rash worse. So now we are back to the easily ripped sides of the Huggies Pull-Ups. Yes he is four and we have yet to master the art of potty training. Being two parents that graduated college, we even bought books about training and DVD’s for him to watch. Needless to say, he laughed at the DVD’s and the books put him to sleep. No, I don’t have an answer for the issue of potty training, The experts such as your child’s pediatrician and Parenting Magazine seem to frown if your child is past the age of two and not potty training. Then my mother told me that every child is different and will potty train when they are ready. The way we are going, this kid will be wearing Over-Nights in kindergarten and will be carrying Depends in his briefcase when he is 20. We even thought of the idea of sending him into the bathroom with his father and his big brother every time they went for him to witness what is to be done and how to do his business in the bathroom. He would rather climb up the side of the bathtub and eat toothpaste. So I guess that my advice to any parent of a soon to be toddler that is nearing the readiness of potty training is; first find which brand will not cause diaper rash because of the sensitivity of your child’s skin, think of price when going through the family budget. Don’t lose patience and persevere with your quest to move your child from the diaper stage to the potty stage. Believe me, in the end, it’s patience and time before you are into regular underpants. ------------ About the author: Kaycee Nilson has completed her first novel, "Night Falls on Chicago." The first two chapters can be viewed at http://www.KayceeNilson.com. Besides writing columns for Useless-Knowledge and Speedway Media, Kaycee is currently working on two more novels, "From the Mind of a Vampire", and "I'll Love You Til You Die." If you have enjoyed what you read, or would like to leave Kaycee a message, please visit her message board at http://www.KayceeNilson.com/Board Email: Kaycee@kayceenilson.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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